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The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris [1] ran from 27 July to 10 August. [2] Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at the Stade Roland Garros. [3]
This was the 11th appearance of the men's super heavyweight event. The event was first held in 1984, taking the place of heavyweight as the unlimited weight class (with heavyweight limited to 91 kg at that point), and has been held at every Summer Olympics since. The super heavyweight continued to allow boxers above the 91 kg limit of heavyweight.
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). [1]
The event appeared at the first Olympic boxing tournament in 1904 and has been held at every Games with boxing (that is, excluding 1912) since. The maximum weight for the lightweight class had been 60 kg since 1952; for 2020, with the removal of the light-welterweight class, the lightweight class expanded from 56–60 kg to 57–63 kg.
The number of weight classes has changed over the years (currently 7 for men and 6 for women), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table. Until 1936, weights were measured in pounds , and from 1948 onwards, weights were measured in kilograms.
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified boxer in the weight class. There were 17 quota places available for the men's super heavyweight, allocated as follows: [2] 2 places at the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. 3 places at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament.
The event has been held at every Olympic boxing tournament (boxing was not held in 1896, 1900, and 1912). Heavyweight was the unlimited weight class from 1904 to 1980, but since 1984 has been limited to 81–91 kg (which remains unchanged in 2020) with the introduction of the super heavyweight class.
In boxing, a weight class is a measurement weight range for boxers. The lower limit of a weight class is equal to the upper weight limit of the class below it. The top class, with no upper limit, is called heavyweight in professional boxing and super heavyweight [1] in amateur boxing. A boxing match is usually scheduled for a fixed weight class ...