Boxing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_flyweight

Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight

Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight

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The women's flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events was joined by three women's events: flyweight, middleweight, and lightweight.[1]

Nicola Adams from Great Britain won the gold medal — the first Olympic gold ever awarded in women's boxing. Adams beat China's Ren Cancan by 16 points to seven in the final.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-finalists, Marlen Esparza of the United States and Mary Kom of India. Each bout comprised four rounds of two minutes each.[2]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

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Results

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Ren Cancan (CHN) 12
 Elena Savelyeva (RUS) 12  Elena Savelyeva (RUS) 7
 Kim Hye-song (PRK) 9  Ren Cancan (CHN) 10
 Érica Matos (BRA) 14  Marlen Esparza (USA) 8
 Karlha Magliocco (VEN) 15  Karlha Magliocco (VEN) 16
 Marlen Esparza (USA) 24
 Ren Cancan (CHN) 7
 Nicola Adams (GBR) 16
 Maroua Rahali (TUN) 6
 Karolina Michalczuk (POL) 14  Mary Kom (IND) 15
 Mary Kom (IND) 19  Mary Kom (IND) 6
 Stoyka Petrova (BUL) 23  Nicola Adams (GBR) 11
 Siona Fernandes (NZL) 11  Stoyka Petrova (BUL) 7
 Nicola Adams (GBR) 16

References

  1. [1]
    Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
  2. [2]
    Women's competition format. Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.
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