2012 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Bantamweight (Men)

sport	Boxing
discipline	Bantamweight
gender	Men
place	Exhibition Center London
Attendees	28 athletes from 28 countries
Competition phase	July 28 to August 11, 2012

The men's bantamweight boxing competition (up to 56 kg) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 28 to August 11, 2012 in the Exhibition Center London . 28 boxers took part.

The competition was carried out in a knockout system . It started with the 1st round, which included 32 starting places. Since only 28 boxers qualified, four athletes byes were drawn. The winners made it to the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. The winners of the semifinals competed for the gold medal, both losers received the bronze medal.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Enchbatyn Badar-Uugan ( Mongolia )	Beijing 2008
World Champion	Lázaro Álvarez ( Cuba )	Baku 2011 (there in featherweight)

1 round

July 28, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
L. Álvarez	bye
J. Diaz	19 - 9	P. Ishchenko
S. Vodopyanov	12 - 5	A. Melián
R. de Jesus	13 - 7	O. Shayimov
JJ Nevin	21 - 6	D. Ceylan
K. Abutalipov	15 - 7	W. Salamana
S. Thapa	9 - 14	O. Valdez
A. Junusov	bye
L. Campbell	bye
J. Matheus	7 - 18	V. Parrinello
I. Balla	16 - 16 Decision based on auxiliary points	A. Lbida
A. Sonjica	6 - 15	D. Dalakliev
M. Turkadze	Turkadze did not run	MA Ouadahi
W. Encarnación	15 - 6	R. Lemboumba
I. Dogboe	9 - 10	S. Shimizu
M. Abdulhamidov	bye

Round of 16

August 1, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
L. Álvarez	21 - 15	J. Diaz
S. Vodopyanov	11 - 13	R. de Jesus
JJ Nevin	15 - 10	K. Abutalipov
O. Valdez	13 - 7	A. Junusov
L. Campbell	11 - 9	V. Parrinello
I. Balla	10 - 14	D. Dalakliev
MA Ouadahi	16 - 10	W. Encarnación
S. Shimizu	Cancellation by the referee	M. Abdulhamidov

Abdulhamidov was knocked to the ground six times in the final round of his bout against Shimizu. Only then was the fight stopped by the Turkmen referee Ishanguly Meretnyyazov. He was banned from the Games by the AIBA for his misconduct .

Quarter finals

5th August 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
L. Álvarez	16 - 11	R. de Jesus
JJ Nevin	19 - 13	O. Valdez
L. Campbell	16 - 15	D. Dalakliev
MA Ouadahi	15 - 17	S. Shimizu

Semifinals

August 10, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
L. Álvarez	14 - 19	JJ Nevin
L. Campbell	20 - 11	S. Shimizu

final

Luke Campbell (GBR), Olympic champion

August 11, 2012, 9:45 p.m. (CEST)

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
JJ Nevin	11 - 14	L. Campbell

Medals

With John Joe Nevin an Irishman won a bantamweight medal for the first time.

space	Surname	nation
01	Luke Campbell	United Kingdom
02	John Joe Nevin	Ireland
03	Lázaro Álvarez	Cuba
03	Satoshi Shimizu	Japan

Web links

• Bantamweight men

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Report from the Reuters news agency dated August 3, 2012