Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight

The super heavyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the heaviest class. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).

Men's Super heavyweight
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenueWorkers Indoor Arena
Date13–24 August 2008
Competitors16 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Roberto Cammarelle  Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zhilei Zhang  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vyacheslav Glazkov  Ukraine
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Price  Great Britain
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Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

16 boxers qualified for this category after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 9 Continental Qualification Tournaments.[1]

Draw edit

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Round of 16
Wednesday, 13 August 2008
20:45-22:45
Quarterfinals
Monday, 18 August 2008
21:00-22:00
Semifinals
Friday, 22 August 2008
21:30-22:00
Final
Sunday, 24 August 2008
16:30-16:50
        
  Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR) 5
  Robert Alfonso (CUB) 3
  Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR) 10
  Newfel Ouatah (ALG) 4
  Newfel Ouatah (ALG) 7
  José Payares (VEN) 5
  Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR) WO
  Zhang Zhilei (CHN)  
  Mohamed Amanissi (MAR) 0
  Zhang Zhilei (CHN) 15
  Zhang Zhilei (CHN) 12
  Ruslan Myrsatayev (KAZ) 2
  Daniel Beahan (AUS)  
  Ruslan Myrsatayev (KAZ) RSC
  Zhang Zhilei (CHN)  
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) RSC
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) 13
  Marko Tomasović (CRO) 1
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) 9
  Óscar Rivas (COL) 5
  Kubrat Pulev (BUL) 5
  Óscar Rivas (COL) 11
  Roberto Cammarelle (ITA) RSC
  David Price (GBR)  
  Islam Timurziev (RUS)  
  David Price (GBR) RSC
  David Price (GBR) RSC
  Jaroslavas Jakšto (LTU)
  Onorede Ohwarieme (NGR) 1
  Jaroslavas Jakšto (LTU) 11

See also edit

Reference edit

  1. ^ "Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Super Heavyweight". Olympedia. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

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