Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 51 kg explained

Event:Men's 51 kg
Games:2024 Summer
Venue:Arena Paris Nord (preliminary); Stade Roland Garros (semifinals and finals)
Dates:28 July – 8 August 2024
Competitors:17
Nations:17
Gold:Hasanboy Dusmatov
Goldnoc:UZB
Silver:Billal Bennama
Silvernoc:FRA
Bronze:Junior Alcántara
Bronzenoc:DOM
Bronze2:Daniel Varela de Pina
Bronzenoc2:CPV
Prev:2020
Next:2028

The men's 51 kg (flyweight) boxing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place between 28 July and 8 August 2024. Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at Stade Roland Garros.[1]

Background

This was the 25th appearance of men's flyweight, since 1904 except 1908, and twelve years later, returning of this category. Galal Yafai was the defending Olympic champion, but he did not qualify. The 2020 silver medalist Carlo Paalam upgraded from flyweight to featherweight (57 kg). One of the 2020 beonze medalists, Ryomei Tanaka, did not qualify, while the other bronze medalist, Saken Bibossinov, beat Samet Gümüş 0-5, but lost to Hasanboy Dusmatov, the eventual champion.

Qualification

See main article: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Each NOC could send one boxer to the event.[2]

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final. 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.

Bouts consisted of three three-minute rounds with a one-minute break between rounds. A boxer may win by knockout or by points. Scoring was on the "10-point-must," with five judges scoring each round. Judges consider "number of blows landed on the target areas, domination of the bout, technique and tactical superiority and competitiveness." Each judge determined a winner for each round, who received 10 points for the round, and assigned the round's loser a number of points between seven and nine based on performance. The judge's scores for each round were added to give a total score for that judge. The boxer with the higher score from a majority of the judges was the winner.[3]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.[4]

R32Round of 32R16Round of 16QFQuarter-FinalsSFSemi-FinalsFFinal
Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8
R32 R16 QF SF F

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July 2024.[5]

Seeds

The seeds were released on 25 July 2024.[6]

Results

Bracket

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Boxing at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. NBC Olympics. 29 August 2022. 25 February 2023.
  2. News: Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Boxing. International Olympic Committee. 25 February 2023. 25 February 2023.
  3. News: Boxing at 2024 Paris Olympics: Scoring rules, format and path to medal. sportskeeda.com. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024.
  4. News: Schedule. Olympics.com. 21 July 2024. 21 July 2024.
  5. News: PH boxing coaches confident ahead of crucial draw in Paris Olympics. Olympics.com. 22 July 2024. 22 July 2024.
  6. News: The draw for boxing at the 2024 Olympics. The lists of seeded boxers are known. sportball24.com. 25 July 2024. 25 July 2024.