Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Qualification for the Boxing Events at the 2012 Summer Olympics is based on the WBS Individual Championships, the 2011 World Championships and 5 Continental Qualifying Events to be held in 2012. Qualification for the women's events was at the World Championships only.[1]

Qualification summary
NOCMenWomenTotal
495256606469758191+91516075
 AfghanistanX1
 AlgeriaXXXXXXXX8
 AngolaX1
 ArgentinaXX2
 ArmeniaX1
 AustraliaXXXXXXXXXXX11
 AzerbaijanXXXXXXXX8
 BelarusXXX3
 BeninX1
 BotswanaX1
 BrazilXXXXXXXXXX10
 BulgariaXXXX4
 CameroonXXXXX5
 CanadaXXX3
 ChinaXXXXXXXXX9
 ColombiaXXX3
 CubaXXXXXXXX8
 Czech RepublicX1
 DenmarkX1
 Dominican RepublicXXX3
 Democratic Republic of the CongoX1
 EcuadorXXXXXXX7
 EgyptXXXXX5
 FranceXXXXX5
 GabonXX2
 GeorgiaX1
 GermanyXXXX4
 GhanaXXX3
 Great BritainXXXXXXXXXX10
 HondurasX1
 HungaryXXX3
 IndiaXXXXXXXX8
 IranXXXX4
 IraqX1
 IrelandXXXXXX6
 ItalyXXXXXXX7
 JapanXXXX4
 JordanX1
 KazakhstanXXXXXXXXXXX11
 KenyaXX2
 LithuaniaXX2
 MauritiusXX2
 MexicoXX2
 MoldovaX1
 MongoliaXXXX4
 MontenegroX1
 MoroccoXXXXXXXX8
 MozambiqueX1
 NamibiaXX2
 New ZealandXX2
 NicaraguaX1
 NigerX1
 NigeriaXXX3
 North KoreaXX2
 PanamaX1
 PhilippinesX1
 PolandX1
 Puerto RicoXXXXX5
 RomaniaXX2
 RussiaXXXXXXXXXX10
 SerbiaX1
 SeychellesX1
 South AfricaXX2
 South KoreaXX2
 SpainXX2
 SwedenXXX3
 SyriaX1
 TanzaniaX1
 TajikistanXXXX4
 ThailandXXX3
 Trinidad and TobagoX1
 TunisiaXXXXX5
 TurkeyXXXXXX6
 TurkmenistanXX2
 UkraineXXXXXXX7
 United StatesXXXXXXXXXXXX12
 UzbekistanXXXXXX6
 VenezuelaXXX3
 ZambiaX1
Total: 79 NOCs26262828282828261516121212285

Qualification timeline
EventDateVenue
World Series of Boxing Individual Championships[2]27–28 May 2011 Guizhou, China
2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships[3]26 September – 8 October 2011 Baku, Azerbaijan
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania[4]21–25 March 2012 Canberra, Australia
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia[5]5–12 April 2012 Astana, Kazakhstan
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe[6]15–21 April 2012 Trabzon, Turkey
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa[7]28 April – 5 May 2012 Casablanca, Morocco
Olympic Qualifying Event – America[8]5–12 May 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships[9]11–19 May 2012 Qinhuangdao, China

Men's events

Olympic Qualification System per Continent and by Weight Category.[10]

WeightAfricaAmericaAsiaEuropeOceaniaTotal
49 kg64 (1)68126
52 kg64 (1)68126
56 kg6669128
60 kg666 (1)8128
64 kg6668 (1)128
69 kg666 (1)8128
75 kg5679128
81 kg5676 (1)126
91 kg2 (1)426116
+91 kg2 (1)426116
Total5254567810250
  • ( ) Tripartite Selection Quota

Light flyweight (49 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships0—
2011 World Championships10 Zou Shiming (CHN)
 Shin Jong-hun (KOR)
 David Ayrapetyan (RUS)
 Pürevdorjiin Serdamba (MGL)
 Kaew Pongprayoon (THA)
 Devendro Singh (IND)
 José Kelvin de la Nieve (ESP)
 Yosvany Veitía (CUB)
 Mark Anthony Barriga (PHI)
 Jérémy Beccu (FRA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Billy Ward (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia1 Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe4 Ferhat Pehlivan (TUR)
 Aleksandar Aleksandrov (BUL)
 Paddy Barnes (IRL)
 Manuel Cappai (ITA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa6 Mohamed Flissi (ALG)
 Abdelali Daraa (MAR)
 Thomas Essomba (CMR)
 Juliano Máquina (MOZ)
 Sulemanu Tetteh (GHA)
 Ramy Helmy (EGY)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America3 Jantony Ortiz (PUR)
 Carlos Quipo (ECU)
 Carlos Suárez (TRI)
Invitational1 Bayron Molina (HON)
Total26

Flyweight (52 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships0—
2011 World Championships9* Misha Aloyan (RUS)
 Andrew Selby (GBR)
 Rau'shee Warren (USA)
 Jasurbek Latipov (UZB)
 Elvin Mamishzade (AZE)
 Michael Conlan (IRL)
 Vincenzo Picardi (ITA)
 Robeisy Ramírez (CUB)
 Chatchai Butdee (THA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Jackson Woods (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia4 Ilyas Suleimenov (KAZ)
 Nyambayaryn Tögstsogt (MGL)
 Pak Jong-chol (PRK)
 Katsuaki Susa (JPN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe3 Nordine Oubaali (FRA)
 Selçuk Eker (TUR)
 Salomo Ntuve (SWE)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa6 Oteng Oteng (BOT)
 Benson Gicharu (KEN)
 Samir Brahimi (ALG)
 Duke Micah (GHA)
 Hesham Yehia (EGY)
 Oliver Lavigilante (MRI)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America2 Jeyvier Cintrón (PUR)
 Julião Henriques (BRA)
Invitational1 Ajmal Faisal (AFG)
Total26

* Both England and Wales boxers qualified but Andrew Selby beat Khalid Yafai in box-off for Olympic place.[11]

Bantamweight (56 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships1 Kanat Abutalipov (KAZ)
2011 World Championships10 Lázaro Álvarez (CUB)
 Luke Campbell (GBR)
 Anvar Yunusov (TJK)
 John Joe Nevin (IRL)
 Joseph Diaz (USA)
 Detelin Dalakliev (BUL)
 Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS)
 Orzubek Shayimov (UZB)
 Vittorio Parrinello (ITA)
 Mohamed Amine Ouadahi (ALG)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Ibrahim Balla (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia3 Shiva Thapa (IND)
 Wessam Salamana (SYR)
 Satoshi Shimizu (JPN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe4 Pavlo Ishchenko (UKR)
 Magomed Abdulhamidov (AZE)
 Dennis Ceylan (DEN)
 Merab Turkadze (GEO)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa5 Aboubakr Lbida (MAR)
 Isaac Dogboe (GHA)
 Romeo Lemboumba (GAB)
 Ayabonga Sonjica (RSA)
 Jonas Matheus (NAM)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America4 Óscar Valdez (MEX)
 Alberto Melián (ARG)
 Robenílson Vieira (BRA)
 William Encarnación (DOM)
Invitational0—
Total28

Lightweight (60 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships1 Rachid Azzedine (FRA)*
2011 World Championships10 Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)
 Yasniel Toledo (CUB)
 Domenico Valentino (ITA)
 Gani Zhailauov (KAZ)
 Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)
 Han Soon-chul (KOR)
 Miklós Varga (HUN)
 Jai Bhagwan (IND)
 Robson Conceição (BRA)
 Sailom Adi (THA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Luke Jackson (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia1 Liu Qiang (CHN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe4 Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)
 Vazgen Safaryants (BLR)
 Fatih Keleş (TUR)
 Josh Taylor (GBR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa6 Ahmed Mejri (TUN)
 Abdelkader Chadi (ALG)
 Andrique Allisop (SEY)
 Abdon Mewoli (CMR)
 Mohamed Ramadan (EGY)
 Shafiq Chitou (BEN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America4 Félix Verdejo (PUR)
 Wellington Arias (DOM)
 Eduar Marriaga (COL)
 Jose Ramírez (USA)
Invitational1 Juan Huertas (PAN)
Total28

* Wang Zhimin from China, who won the 2011 WSB Individual Championships at this weight, had his qualification withdrawn by the Chinese NOC. Yerzhan Mussafirov from Kazakhstan, as losing finalist in that competition would have inherited the Olympic berth but was also withdrawn by his NOC. Rachid Azzedine from France inherited the qualification place by virtue of his third-place finish.

Light welterweight (64 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships0—
2011 World Championships10 Éverton Lopes (BRA)
 Denys Berinchyk (UKR)
 Vincenzo Mangiacapre (ITA)
 Tom Stalker (GBR)
 Gyula Káté (HUN)
 Heybatulla Hajialiyev (AZE)
 Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene (MGL)
 Manoj Kumar (IND)
 Anthony Yigit (SWE)
 Jonathan Alonso (ESP)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Jeff Horn (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia4 Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ)
 Serdar Hudayberdiyev (TKM)
 Uktamjon Rahmonov (UZB)
 Mehdi Tolouti (IRI)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe1 Yakup Şener (TUR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa6 Abdelhak Aatkani (MAR)
 Abderrazak Houya (TUN)
 Eslam El-Gendy (EGY)
 Richarno Colin (MRI)
 Gilbert Choombe (ZAM)
 Serge Ambomo (CMR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America5 Roniel Iglesias (CUB)
 Francisco Vargas (PUR)
 César Villarraga (COL)
 Jamel Herring (USA)
 Anderson Rojas (ECU)
Invitational1 Zdeněk Chládek (CZE)
Total28

Welterweight (69 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships0—
2011 World Championships10 Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)
 Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)
 Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND)
 Egidijus Kavaliauskas (LTU)
 Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)
 Errol Spence (USA)
 Vasile Belous (MDA)
 Fred Evans (GBR)
 Alexis Vastine (FRA)
 Yasuhiro Suzuki (JPN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Cameron Hammond (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia3 Maimaitituersun Qiong (CHN)
 Byambyn Tüvshinbat (MGL)
 Amin Ghasemipour (IRI)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe2 Adam Nolan (IRL)
 Patrick Wojcicki (GER)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa6 Mehdi Khalsi (MAR)
 Ilyas Abbadi (ALG)
 Siphiwe Lusizi (RSA)
 Seleman Kidunda (TAN)
 Yannick Mitoumba (GAB)
 Moustapha Hima (NIG)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America5 Myke Carvalho (BRA)
 Óscar Molina (MEX)
 Carlos Sánchez (ECU)
 Gabriel Maestre (VEN)
 Custio Clayton (CAN)
Invitational1 Ahmed Abdul-Karim (IRQ)
Total28

Middleweight (75 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships1 Soltan Migitinov (AZE)*
2011 World Championships10 Evhen Khytrov (UKR)
 Ryota Murata (JPN)
 Bogdan Juratoni (ROU)
 Esquiva Falcão (BRA)
 Aleksandar Drenovak (SRB)
 Darren O'Neill (IRL)
 Andranik Hakobyan (ARM)
 Danabek Suzhanov (KAZ)
 Zoltán Harcsa (HUN)
 Stefan Härtel (GER)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Jesse Ross (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia4 Abbos Atoev (UZB)
 Nursahat Pazziyev (TKM)
 Sobirjon Nazarov (TJK)
 Vijender Singh (IND)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe2 Adem Kılıççı (TUR)
 Anthony Ogogo (GBR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa5 Badreddine Haddioui (MAR)
 Mujandjae Kasuto (NAM)
 Muideen Akanji (NGR)
 Abdelmalek Rahou (ALG)
 Mohamed Hikal (EGY)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America5 Terrell Gausha (USA)
 Junior Castillo (DOM)
 Marlo Delgado (ECU)
 José Espinoza (VEN)
 Enrique Collazo (PUR)
Invitational0—
Total28

* Sergiy Derevyanchenko from Ukraine, who won the 2011 WSB Individual Championships at this weight, had his qualification withdrawn by the Ukrainian NOC. Soltan Migitinov from Azerbaijan inherited the qualification place by virtue of his second-place finish.

Light heavyweight (81 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships1 Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)
2011 World Championships10 Julio César la Cruz (CUB)
 Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)
 Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)
 Elshod Rasulov (UZB)
 Damien Hooper (AUS)
 Meng Fanlong (CHN)
 Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)
 Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)
 Enrico Kölling (GER)
 Jeysson Monroy (COL)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania0—
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia3 Sumit Sangwan (IND)
 Jahon Qurbonov (TJK)
 Ihab Al-Matbouli (JOR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe3 Bahram Muzaffer (TUR)
 Vatan Huseynli (AZE)
 Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa4 Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)
 Ahmed Barki (MAR)
 Christian Donfack (CMR)
 Lukman Lawal (NGR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America4 Marcus Browne (USA)
 Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)
 Carlos Góngora (ECU)
 Osmar Bravo (NCA)
Invitational1 Boško Drašković (MNE)
Total26

Heavyweight (91 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships1 Clemente Russo (ITA)
2011 World Championships6 Oleksandr Usyk (UKR)
 Teymur Mammadov (AZE)
 Siarhei Karneyeu (BLR)
 Wang Xuanxuan (CHN)
 Artur Beterbiyev (RUS)
 José Larduet (CUB)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Jai Opetaia (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia1 Ali Mazaheri (IRI)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe1 Tervel Pulev (BUL)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa2 Chouaib Bouloudinats (ALG)
 Maxwell Amponsah (GHA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America3 Michael Hunter (USA)
 Yamil Peralta (ARG)
 Julio Castillo (ECU)
Invitational1 Tumba Silva (ANG)
Total16

Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
WSB Individual Championships0—
2011 World Championships6 Magomedrasul Majidov (AZE)
 Anthony Joshua (GBR)
 Ivan Dychko (KAZ)
 Erik Pfeifer (GER)
 Erislandy Savón (CUB)
 Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Oceania1 Johan Linde (AUS)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia1 Zhang Zhilei (CHN)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe2 Magomed Omarov (RUS)
 Tony Yoka (FRA)
Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa2 Mohamed Arjaoui (MAR)
 Blaise Yepmou (CMR)
Olympic Qualifying Event – America3 Ítalo Perea (ECU)
 Dominic Breazeale (USA)
 Simon Kean (CAN)
Invitational1 Meji Mwamba (COD)
Total16

Women's events

Olympic Qualification System per Continent and by Weight Category.[12]

WeightAfricaAmericaAsiaEuropeOceaniaTotal
51 kg12 (1)2 (1)3 (1)112
60 kg1 (1)1 (1)2 (1)3 (1)112
75 kg1 (1)2 (1)1 (1)3 (1)112
Total58812336
  • ( ) Tripartite Selection Quota

Flyweight (51 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
2012 World Championships9 Ren Cancan (CHN)
 Nicola Adams (GBR)
 Karolina Michalczuk (POL)
 Elena Savelyeva (RUS)
 Marlen Esparza (USA)
 Mary Kom (IND)
 Karlha Magliocco (VEN)
 Maroua Rahali (TUN)
 Siona Fernandes (NZL)
Invitational3 Stoyka Petrova (BUL)
 Kim Hye-song (PRK)
 Érica Matos (BRA)
Total12

Lightweight (60 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
2012 World Championships8 Katie Taylor (IRL)
 Sofya Ochigava (RUS)
 Mavzuna Chorieva (TJK)
 Natasha Jonas (GBR)
 Adriana Araújo (BRA)
 Saida Khassenova (KAZ)
 Rim Jouini (TUN)
 Alexis Pritchard (NZL)
Invitational4 Mihaela Lăcătuș (ROU)
 Dong Cheng (CHN)
 Quanitta Underwood (USA)
 Mahjouba Oubtil (MAR)
Total12

Middleweight (75 kg)
CompetitionVacanciesQualified
2012 World Championships8 Savannah Marshall (GBR)
 Elena Vystropova (AZE)
 Nadezhda Torlopova (RUS)
 Li Jinzi (CHN)
 Naomi Fischer-Rasmussen (AUS)
 Claressa Shields (USA)
 Roseli Feitosa (BRA)
 Edith Agu-Ogoke (NGR)
Invitational4 Anna Laurell (SWE)
 Marina Volnova (KAZ)
 Mary Spencer (CAN)
 Elizabeth Andiego (KEN)
Total12

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