- Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the2004 Summer Olympics took place in thePeristeri 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 thatKenya n boxerDavid Munyasia had tested positive forcathine and has been excluded from the event. [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?release=971]Qualification
The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
;Africa
* All-Africa Games inAbuja, Nigeria fromOctober 4 to 20,2003
* Qualification Tournament inCasablanca, Morocco fromJanuary 15 to 22,2004
* Qualification Tournament inGaborone, Botswana fromMarch 15 to 22,2004 ;North and South America
* Pan American Games inSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic fromAugust 1 to 17,2003
* Qualification Tournament inTijuana, Mexico fromMarch 12 to 20,2004
* Qualification Tournament inRio de Janeiro ,Brasil fromApril 4 to 11,2004 ;Asia
* Asian Championships inPuerto Princesa ,Philippines fromJanuary 11 to 18,2004
* Qualification Tournament inGuangzhou, China fromMarch 18 to 26,2004
* Qualification Tournament inKarachi, Pakistan fromMay 5 to 12,2004 ;Europe
* European Championships inPula ,Croatia fromFebruary 19 to 29,2004
* Qualification Tournament inPlovdiv, Bulgaria fromMarch 29 toApril 5 ,2004
* Qualification Tournament inWarsaw, Poland fromMarch 29 toApril 5 ,2004
* Qualification Tournament inGothenburg, Sweden fromApril 20 to 25,2004
* Qualification Tournament inBaku, Azerbaijan fromApril 27 toMay 1 ,2004 ;Australia and Oceania
* Qualification Tournament inTonga fromApril 26 toMay 2 ,2004 Medal summary
Medal table
References
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