Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light flyweight

The men's light flyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 31 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's light flyweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	31 July to 12 August
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Zou Shiming  China Kaeo Pongprayoon  Thailand Paddy Barnes  Ireland David Ayrapetyan  Russia

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament.[1] This event consisted of 26 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 2011 and 2012. The competition began with a preliminary round on 31 July, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 11 August.[2] As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

All bouts consisted of three three-minute rounds. The boxers receive points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body.[1] The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday 31 July 2012	13:30 & 20:30	Round of 32
Saturday 4 August 2012	13:30 & 20:30	Round of 16
Wednesday 8 August 2012	20:30	Quarter-finals
Friday 10 August 2012	13:30	Semi-finals
Saturday 11 August 2012	20:30	Final

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Zou Shiming (CHN)	15
	Paddy Barnes (IRL)	15
					Zou Shiming (CHN)	13
					Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)	10
	David Ayrapetyan (RUS)	12
	Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)	13

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Zou Shiming (CHN)		14
	Billy Ward (AUS)		4			Yosbany Veitia (CUB)		11
	Yosbany Veitia (CUB)		26								Zou Shiming (CHN)		13
	Mark Barriga (PHI)		17								Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ)		10
	Manuel Cappai (ITA)		7			Mark Barriga (PHI)		16
	Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ)		18			Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ)		17
	Jérémy Beccu (FRA)		17													Zou Shiming (CHN)		15
																Paddy Barnes (IRL)		15
						Paddy Barnes (IRL)		15
	Thomas Essomba (CMR)		13			Thomas Essomba (CMR)		10
	Abdelali Daraa (MAR)		10								Paddy Barnes (IRL)		23
	Devendro Singh (IND)		RSC								Devendro Singh (IND)		18
	Bayron Molina (HON)					Devendro Singh (IND)		16
						Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (MGL)		11

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						David Ayrapetyan (RUS)		15
	Jantony Ortíz (PUR)		20			Jantony Ortíz (PUR)		13
	Tetteh Sulemanu (GHA)		6								David Ayrapetyan (RUS)		19
	Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)		16								Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)		11
	Carlos Suárez (TRI)		6			Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)		20
						Ramy El-Awadi (EGY)		6
																David Ayrapetyan (RUS)		12
	José Kelvin de la Nieve (ESP)		11													Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)		13
	Carlos Quipo (ECU)		14			Carlos Quipo (ECU)		6
	Mohamed Flissi (ALG)		11			Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)		10
	Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)		19								Kaeo Pongprayoon (THA)		16
	Aleksandar Aleksandrov (BUL)		22								Aleksandar Aleksandrov (BUL)		10
	Juliano Máquina (MOZ)		7			Aleksandar Aleksandrov (BUL)		15
						Shin Jong-hun (KOR)		14

References

1. Men's light flyweight competition format. Accessed 2 May 2012.
2. Men's light flyweight Accessed 18 July 2012.