Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's flyweight
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| Women's flyweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL Exhibition Centre | ||||||||||||||||
| Date | 5 to 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 12 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 49 kg | 51 kg | |
| 52 kg | 60 kg | |
| 56 kg | 75 kg | |
| 60 kg | ||
| 64 kg | ||
| 69 kg | ||
| 75 kg | ||
| 81 kg | ||
| 91 kg | ||
| +91 kg | ||
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.
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.
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 5 August 2012 | 13:30 | Round of 16 |
| Monday 6 August 2012 | 13:30 | Quarter-finals |
| Wednesday 8 August 2012 | 13:30 | Semi-finals |
| Thursday 9 August 2012 | 16:30 | Final |
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
- ^ Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
- ^ Women's competition format. Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.
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