Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight

The women's lightweight boxing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from 12 to 19 August at the Riocentro. Estelle Mossely won the gold, beating Yin Junhua in the final. The bronze medals were awarded to Anastasia Belyakova of Russia and Mira Potkonen of Finland, the latter being her country's only medal at the 2016 games.

Women's lightweight boxing at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 6
Date	12–19 August 2016
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Estelle Mossely  France Yin Junhua  China Mira Potkonen  Finland Anastasia Belyakova  Russia

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 12 August 2016	11:34	Round of 16
Monday, 15 August 2016	11:00	Quarter-finals
Wednesday, 17 August 2016	14:00	Semi-finals
Friday, 19 August 2016	16:00	Final

Results

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Katie Taylor (IRL)		1
	Mira Potkonen (FIN)		2			Mira Potkonen (FIN)		2
	Adriana Araújo (BRA)		1								Mira Potkonen (FIN)		0
	Yin Junhua (CHN)		3								Yin Junhua (CHN)		3
	Hasnaa Lachgar (MAR)		0			Yin Junhua (CHN)		3
						Yana Alekseevna (AZE)		0
																Yin Junhua (CHN)		1
																Estelle Mossely (FRA)		2
						Anastasia Belyakova (RUS)		2
	Jennifer Chieng (FSM)		0			Mikaela Mayer (USA)		0
	Mikaela Mayer (USA)		3								Anastasia Belyakova (RUS)
	Irma Testa (ITA)		2								Estelle Mossely (FRA)		TKO
	Shelley Watts (AUS)		1			Irma Testa (ITA)		0
						Estelle Mossely (FRA)		3