Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
| Boxing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |
| Venue | Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall |
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| Dates | 14 August – 29 August |
| Competitors | 280 from 72 nations |
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Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each. Five judges scored the fighters in real time and the boxer with the most points at the end was the winner.
Three days before the Games opening ceremony the International Olympic Committee announced that Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event.[1]
Several medalists at the 2004 Olympics, including Amir Khan, Andre Ward, Gennady Golovkin, and Guillermo Rigondeaux, later went on to become world champions in professional boxing.
Test event
The pre-olympic test event, better known as the 25th Acropolis Cup, was held from May 26 to May 30, 2004 in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall in Athens, Greece.
Qualification
The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
- Africa
- All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria from October 4 to 20, 2003
- Qualification Tournament in Casablanca, Morocco from January 15 to 22, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Gaborone, Botswana from March 15 to 22, 2004
- North and South America
- Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1 to 17, 2003
- Qualification Tournament in Tijuana, Mexico from March 12 to 20, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil from April 4 to 11, 2004
- Asia
- Asian Championships in Puerto Princesa, Philippines from January 11 to 18, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Guangzhou, China from March 18 to 26, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan from May 5 to 12, 2004
- Europe
- European Championships in Pula, Croatia from February 19 to 29 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Plovdiv, Bulgaria from March 29 to April 5, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Warsaw, Poland from March 29 to April 5, 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 20 to 25 2004
- Qualification Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan from April 27 to May 1, 2004
- Australia and Oceania
- Qualification Tournament in Tonga from April 26 to May 2, 2004
Medal summary
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 16 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
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