2012 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Light Flyweight (Men)

sport	Boxing
discipline	Light flyweight
gender	Men
place	Exhibition Center London
Attendees	26 athletes from 26 countries
Competition phase	July 31 to August 12, 2012

The men's light flyweight boxing competition (up to 49 kg) at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from July 31 to August 12, 2012 in the Exhibition Center London . 26 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 26 boxers qualified, six athletes byes were drawn. The winners made it to the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals competed for the gold medal, both losers received the bronze medal.

Title holder

Olympic champion	Zhou Shiming ( People's Republic of China )	Beijing 2008
World Champion		Baku 2011 (there as flyweight)

1 round

July 31, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
S. Zhou	bye
B. Ward	4 - 26	Y. Veitía
MA Barriga	17 - 7	M. Cappai
B. Shaqypov	18 - 17	J. Beccu
P. Barnes	bye
T. Essomba	13 - 10	A. Daraa
D. Singh	Cancellation by the referee	B. Molina
P. Serdamba	bye
D. Hajrapetjan	bye
J. Ortiz	20 - 6	S. Tetteh
F. Pehlivan	16 - 6	C. Suarez
R. El-Awadi	bye
K. de la Nieve	11 - 14	C. Quipo
M. Flissi	11 - 19	K. Pongprayoon
A. Alexandrov	22 - 7	J. Máquina
JH Shin	bye

Round of 16

4th August 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
S. Zhou	14 - 11	B. Ward
MA Barriga	16 - 17	B. Shaqypov
P. Barnes	15 - 10	T. Essomba
D. Singh	16 - 11	P. Serdamba
D. Hajrapetjan	15 - 13	J. Ortiz
F. Pehlivan	20 - 6	R. El-Awadi
C. Quipo	6 - 10	K. Pongprayoon
A. Alexandrov	15 - 14	JH Shin

Quarter finals

August 8, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
S. Zhou	13 - 10	B. Shaqypov
P. Barnes	23 - 18	D. Singh
D. Hajrapetjan	19 - 11	F. Pehlivan
K. Pongprayoon	16 - 10	A. Alexandrov

Semifinals

August 10, 2012

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
S. Zhou	15 - 15 Decision based on auxiliary points 45 - 44	P. Barnes
D. Hajrapetjan	12 - 13	K. Pongprayoon

final

August 11, 2012, 9:30 p.m. (CEST)

Zhou Shiming is the first light flyweight boxer to defend his Olympic title.
The two finalists were by far the oldest participants in the field at 31 (Shiming) and 32 years (Pongprayoon).

Boxer 1	Result	Boxer 2
S. Zhou	13 - 10	K. Pongprayoon

Medals

space	Surname	nation
01	Zhou Shiming	People's Republic of China
02	Kaew Pongprayoon	Thailand
03	Paddy Barnes	Ireland
03	David Hajrapetjan	Russia

Picture gallery

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  Devendro Singh (IND) failed in the quarterfinals

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  Pürewdordschiin Serdamba, the 2008 Mongolian finalist, lost in his first fight

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  Paddy Barnes, 2012 bronze winner

Web links

• Light flyweight men

Individual evidence