Paddy Barnes participant in boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – light flyweight
2007 | World Amateur Championships
At the World Championships in Chicago Barnes missed out on a bronze medal after he was defeated by China's Zou Shiming in the quarter-finals, Zou went on to win the gold medal.However, Barnes qualified for the 2008 Olympics by virtue of getting to the quarter-finals.
1st round – defeated Choi Jon Chuk  North Korea 33–19
Round of 32 – defeated Sadegh Zade Faraj  Iran 30–10 (RSCO)
Round of 16 – defeated Kenji Ohkubo  Japan 24–6
Quarter final – lost to Zou Shiming  China 8–222008 | Olympic Games
Barnes won Ireland's inaugural medal, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, by winning his quarter final bout in the light flyweight division.  Barnes won a bronze medal after he was defeated in a second match with Shiming Zou in the semi-final, in a match where replays showed some of Barnes landed punches counted as points for Zou.
Round of 32 – bye
Round of 16 – defeated José Luis Meza  Ecuador 14–8
Quarter final – defeated Łukasz Maszczyk  Poland 11–5
Semi-final – lost to Zou Shiming  China 0–15
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