Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained
Qualification for the boxing events at the 2016 Summer Olympics is based on the APB and WSB World Rankings, APB and WSB World and Olympic Qualifier, the 2015 World Championships, and the 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament. For the women's events, qualification is based only on the 2016 Women's World Championships. For both men and women, each boxer is selected to compete for the Games through the four Continental Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be held in 2016.[1]
Summary
| NOC | Men | Women | ! width=55 rowspan="2" | Total |
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| | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | 8 |
| X | X | X | X | X | X | | | X | | | | | 7 |
| X | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | 5 |
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| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | 11 |
| | | X | | | X | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| X | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | | | X | X | 9 |
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| X | | | | X | | X | X | | | | | | 4 |
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| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | X | X | X | 11 |
| X | X | | | | | X | X | | | X | | | 5 |
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| X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 11 |
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| Total: 76 NOCs | 22 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 286 | |
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Timeline
| width=350 | Event | width=230 | Date | width=200 | Venue |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings[2] [3] | October 24, 2014 – September 19, 2015 | Various cities |
| World Series of Boxing (WSB) World Rankings[4] [5] | January 15 – June 13, 2015 | Various cities |
| 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships[6] | October 5–15, 2015 |  Doha, Qatar |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – America[7] | March 11–19, 2016 |  Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| March 11–19, 2016 |  Yaoundé, Cameroon |
| March 25 – April 2, 2016 |  Qian'an, China |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe[8] | April 9–17, 2016 | |
| 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships[9] | May 19–27, 2016 |  Astana, Kazakhstan |
| June 16–25, 2016 | |
| 2016 APB and WSB Olympic Qualifier[10] | July 3–8, 2016 |  Vargas, Venezuela | |
Men's events
Olympic qualification system per continent and by weight category.[1]
| width=80 rowspan=2 | Weight |
Rankings |
Rankings | 2015 | Continental Qualifier | &
2016 | 2016 | Host
Country |
Places | Total Quota |
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| Africa | America | & | Europe |
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| 49 kg | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22 |
| 52 kg | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 56 kg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 60 kg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 64 kg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| 69 kg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 75 kg | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 |
| 81 kg | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| 91 kg | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| +91 kg | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Total | 17 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 25* | 30 | 30 | 26 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 250 | |
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* The number of quotas for America includes the five host country places subtracted.
Light flyweight (49 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| WSB Individual World Rankings | 1 | |
| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 2 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Total | 22 | | |
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Flyweight (52 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
|
| Total | 26 | | |
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Bantamweight (56 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | | |
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Lightweight (60 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
|
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | | |
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Light welterweight (64 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | | |
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Welterweight (69 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | | |
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Middleweight (75 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 28 | | |
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Light heavyweight (81 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| WSB Individual World Rankings | 2 |
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| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 5 |
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| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 3 |
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| Total | 26 | | |
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Heavyweight (91 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| WSB Individual World Rankings | 1 | |
| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 1 | |
| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | | |
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Super heavyweight (+91 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| WSB Individual World Rankings | 1 | |
| AIBA Pro Boxing (APB) World Rankings | 2 |
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| 2015 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 3 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 3 |
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| 2016 AIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 1 | |
| 2016 APB & WSB Olympic Qualifier | 1 | |
| Total | 18 | | |
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Women's events
Olympic qualification system per continent and by weight category.[1]
| width=80 rowspan=2 | Weight | 2016 | Continental Qualifier | Host
Country |
Places | Total Quota |
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| Africa | America | & | Europe |
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| 51 kg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 60 kg | 4 | 1 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 75 kg | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 5* | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 36 | |
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* The number of quotas for America includes the host country place subtracted.
Flyweight (51 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| 2016 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 4 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
|
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 2 |
|
| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | | |
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Lightweight (60 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| Host Country | 1 | |
| 2016 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 4 |
|
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 2 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 2 |
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| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | | |
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Middleweight (75 kg)
| width=300 | Competition | width=80 | Places | width=300 | Qualified boxer |
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| 2016 World Amateur Boxing Championships | 4 |
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| Olympic Qualifying Event – Africa | 1 | |
| Olympic Qualifying Event – America | 2 |
|
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Asia/Oceania | 2 |
|
| Olympic Qualifying Event – Europe | 2 |
|
| Tripartite Invitation | 1 | |
| Total | 12 | | |
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Notes
- Cuba's Andy Cruz Goméz originally secured a quota place in the men's bantamweight division through the World Series of Boxing (WSB), but later declined. As a result, Cuba's Olympic license was redistributed to Morocco's Mohamed Hamout.[11]
- Morocco's Mohamed Hamout originally won a box-off victory over Ghana's Abdul Omar in the men's bantamweight division at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament. Following the adjustment of Olympic qualifying boxers as a result of Cuba's quota decline in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) rankings, Hamout's unused Olympic license was awarded to his opponent Omar in the same tournament.[11]
- Tunisia's Aymen Trabelsi originally won a box-off victory over Cape Verde's Davilson Morais in the men's super heavyweight division at the African Olympic Qualification Tournament, but later declined, giving his nation's Olympic license to Morais.[11]
- South Africa's Sibusiso Bandla (light flyweight) and Sikho Nqothole (flyweight) secured quota places for the Games through the continental qualifier, but later declined, as SASCOC made an agreement on the Rio 2016 Olympics qualification criteria that the continental qualifying route would not be considered. Hence, the unused places were awarded to Kenya's Peter Mungai Warui in men's light flyweight, and Lesotho's Moroke Mokhotho in men's flyweight, respectively.[12]
- Turkey's Adem Kılıççı, who secured a quota place in the men's middleweight division with a top two finish in the AIBA Pro Boxing Rankings (APB), was suspended after his doping samples from London 2012 came back positive in retesting for steroids. As a result, Turkey's Olympic license was redistributed to Ukraine's Dmytro Mytrofanov.[13] [14]
Notes and References
- News: Rio 2016 – AIBA Boxing Qualification System. AIBA. 1 February 2015.
- Web site: AIBA Pro Boxing Series – Individual Results. AIBA. 13 July 2016.
- Web site: Rankings - AIBA Pro Boxing . https://web.archive.org/web/20160714060853/http://www.aibaproboxing.com/rankings/ . 2016-07-14 .
- Web site: World Series of Boxing – Individual Results. WSB. 13 July 2016.
- Web site: Rankings - World Series Boxing . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807135642/http://www.worldseriesboxing.com/preseason-rankings/?team=&category=&season=5 . 2016-08-07 .
- Web site: Doha to host World Boxing Championships. Gulf Times. 18 July 2013. 3 February 2015.
- Web site: Rio 2016 Olympic Games Qualification System and Boxers' Eligibility . . 20 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150801000958/http://www.aiba.org/blog/rio-2016-olympic-games-qualification-system-boxers-eligibility/ . 1 August 2015 .
- Web site: AIBA European Olympic Qualifying Event to be held in Turkey in 2016. AIBA. 20 July 2015.
- Web site: Liam. Morgan. Women's World Boxing Championships pushed back three months by AIBA. Inside the Games. 5 November 2015. 5 November 2015.
- Web site: Professional boxers given historic opportunity to compete at Rio 2016 Olympic Games . 1 June 2016 . Rio 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601192205/https://www.rio2016.com/en/news/professional-boxers-given-historic-opportunity-to-compete-at-rio-2016-olympic-games . 1 June 2016 .
- News: 135 quota places for Rio 2016 booked through the four AIBA Continental Olympic Qualification Tournaments. 24 May 2016. AIBA. 25 April 2016.
- News: SASCOC will not be considered continental qualification. SASCOC. 19 June 2016. 12 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160812103346/http://www.sascoc.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Olympics%20Boxing.pdf. dead.
- News: Turkish boxer, Russian cyclist suspended after failed 2012 tests. 22 June 2016. ESPN. 2 June 2016.
- News: Чернігівський боксер Дмитро Митрофанов поїде на Олімпіаду-2016. Chernihiv's boxer Dmytro Mytrofanov will go to the 2016 Olympics. uk. 22 June 2016. Svoboda. 16 June 2016.
