Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

This article details the qualifying phase for boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprises a total of 248 boxers coming from the different NOCs, about forty fewer overall than those in Tokyo 2020. Each NOC could only send a single boxer in each of the thirteen weight categories (seven for men and six for women).

In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging".^[1] Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process.^[2] ^[3]

The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal; Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; European Games in Kraków, Poland; Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands; and the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile), set to be served as continental qualifying meets, where a total of 139 spots will be assigned to a specific number of highest-ranked boxers in each weight category. Following the continental phase, the remainder of the total quota will be decided in two world qualification tournaments organized by the IOC in the initial half of the 2024 season, offering another batch of spots available to the highest-ranked eligible boxers in each weight division.^[2] ^[4]

The host nation France reserves a maximum of six automatic quota places to be equally distributed between men and women in their respective weight categories, while nine places (four for men and five for women) will be entitled to eligible NOCs interested to have their boxers compete in Paris 2024 as abided by the Universality principle. Because France obtained a total of seven quota places (three male and four female) at the 2023 European Games, the unused host places would thereby be redistributed to the next highest-ranked boxers in their respective weight divisions at the second World Qualification Tournament.

Timeline

width=300	Event !	width=200	Date !	width=180	Venue
	June 23 – July 2, 2023	Nowy Targ
	September 9–15, 2023	Dakar
2022 Asian Games^[5]	September 24 – October 5, 2023	Hangzhou
	October 19–27, 2023	Santiago
		Honiara
	March 3–11, 2024	Busto Arsizio
	May 24 – June 2, 2024	Bangkok

Qualification summary

NOC	Men							Women						Total
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														5
														1
														12
														5
														3
														10
														5
														2
														2
														8
														5
														1
														5
														2
														1
														3
														3
														3
														1
														8
														2
														2
														6
														1
														3
														6
														10
														8
														2
														3
														10
														1
														1
														1
														4
														2
														1
														3
														2
														1
														3
														2
														2
														1
														1
														5
														5
														2
														2
														1
														1
														3
														1
														1
														2
														6
														2
														6
														3
														8
														1
														1
														8
														3
														8
														11
														2
														2
														2
Total: 68 NOCs	17	18	20	20	18	16	16	22	22	22	22	20	16	248

Men's events

									Host		Total
width=80 rowspan=2	Weight	Continental Qualifier							Host		Total
51 kg	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	16
57 kg	1	2	2	4	1	4	3	0	1	18
63.5 kg	1	2	2	4	1	4	5	0	1	20
71 kg	1	2	2	4	1	4	5	0	1	20
80 kg	1	2	2	4	1	4	3	0	1	18
92 kg	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	16
+92 kg	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	16
Total	7	14	14	22	7	28	28	0	4	124

51 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
	2
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	4
Invitational Place	1
Total	17

57 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	3
Universality place	1
Total	18

63.5 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	5
Universality place	1
Total	20

71 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	1
2022 Asian Games	2
	2
	1
	4
	5
Universality place	1
Total	20

80 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	3
Universality place	1
Total	18

92 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
	2
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	4
Total	16

+92 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
	2
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	4
Total	16

Women's events

									Host		Total
width=80 rowspan=2	Weight	Continental Qualifier							Host		Total
50 kg	2	2	4	4	1	4	4	0	1	22
54 kg	2	2	4	4	1	4	4	0	1	22
57 kg	2	4	4	4	1	2	4	0	1	22
60 kg	2	4	4	4	1	3	3	0	1	22
66 kg	2	2	2	4	1	4	4	0	1	20
75 kg	1	2	2	2	1	4	4	0	0	16
Total	11	16	20	22	6	21	23	0	5	124

50 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	2
	4
	2
	1
2024 World Qualification Tournament 1^[6]	4
	4
Universality place	1
Total	22

54 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	2
	4
	2
	1
	4
	4
Universality place	1
Total	22

57 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	2
	4
	4
	1
	2
	4
Universality place	1
Total	22

60 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	2
	4
	4
	1
	3
	3
Universality place	1
Total	22

66 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
Host country	0	—
	4
	2
	2
	2
	1
	4
	4
Universality place	1
Total	20

75 kg

width=300	Competition !	width=80	Places !	width=300	Qualified boxer
	2
	1
	2
	2
	1
	4
	4
Total	16

Notes and References

News: IOC EB: IBA not in position to run qualifying events and boxing competitions for Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. 24 June 2022. 25 February 2023.
News: New boxing qualification system approved for Paris 2024. International Olympic Committee. 8 September 2022. 25 February 2023.
News: Paris 2024 boxing qualification system to achieve a fair process for all NOCs. International Olympic Committee. 6 December 2022. 25 February 2023.
News: Geoff. Berkeley. New boxing qualification system for Paris 2024 approved by IOC. Inside the Games. 8 September 2022. 25 February 2023.
News: Ali Asgar. Nalwala. Boxing at Paris 2024 Olympics: Asian Games to serve as qualifiers. International Olympic Committee. 9 September 2022. 25 February 2023.
https://olympics.com/en/news/boxing-1st-world-qualification-tournament-busto-arsizio-quotas