Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 80 kg

Men's 80 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Men's 80 kg; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
	Referee Emerson Alejandro Pastor Arreaga raises Khyzhniak's hand after the judges declare him the winner in the gold medal bout
Venue	Arena Paris Nord (preliminary); Stade Roland Garros (semifinals and finals)
Dates	27 July – 7 August 2024
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
	← 2020 2028 →

The men's 80 kg (middleweight) boxing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place between 27 July and 7 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 27th Olympic appearance of the men's middleweight event. The event appeared at the first Olympic boxing tournament in 1904 and has been part of the boxing events at every Games (except in 1912) since. The middleweight class remains at the 69–75 kg range it has used since the 2004 Games.

The defending champion Hebert Conceição turned professional and did not participate, the 2020 silver medalist Oleksandr Khyzhniak won the competition, one of the 2020 bronze medalists, Eumir Marcial, lost to Turabek Khabibullaev, and another one, Gleb Bakshi did not participate since IOC barred the Russian Olympic Committee due to war in Ukraine.

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. A 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]