Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

Men's lightweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July to 12 August
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Vasyl Lomachenko   Ukraine   Han Soon-chul   South Korea   Yasniel Toledo   Cuba   Evaldas Petrauskas   Lithuania

Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	49 kg			51 kg
	52 kg			60 kg
	56 kg			75 kg
	60 kg
	64 kg
	69 kg
	75 kg
	81 kg
	91 kg
	+91 kg

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 30 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

This competition consisted of 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament.^[1] This competition consisted of 28 boxers who had qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 2011 and 2012. The competition began with a preliminary round on 29 July, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 12 August.^[2] As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss.

All bouts consist of three three-minute periods where the boxers receive points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body.^[1] The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)	14
	Yasniel Toledo (CUB)	11
					Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)	19
					Han Soon-chul (KOR)	9
	Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)	13
	Han Soon-chul (KOR)	18

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)		15
	Wellington Arias (DOM)		17			Wellington Arias (DOM)		3
	Eduar Marriaga (COL)		8								Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)		14
	Ahmed Mejri (TUN)		16								Félix Verdejo (PUR)		9
	Shafiq Chitou (BEN)		9			Ahmed Mejri (TUN)		7
	Félix Verdejo (PUR)		11			Félix Verdejo (PUR)		16
	Juan Huertas (PAN)		5													Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)		14
	Gani Zhailauov (KAZ)		12+													Yasniel Toledo (CUB)		11
	Sailom Adi (THA)		12			Gani Zhailauov (KAZ)		16
	Andrique Allisop (SEY)		8			Jai Bhagwan (IND)		8
	Jai Bhagwan (IND)		18								Gani Zhailauov (KAZ)		11
	Luke Jackson (AUS)		7								Yasniel Toledo (CUB)		19
	Liu Qiang (CHN)		20			Liu Qiang (CHN)		10
						Yasniel Toledo (CUB)		14

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Domenico Valentino (ITA)		15
	Robson Conceição (BRA)		9			Josh Taylor (GBR)		10
	Josh Taylor (GBR)		13								Domenico Valentino (ITA)		14
	Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)		20								Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)		16
	Miklos Varga (HUN)		12			Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)		16
	Abdelkader Chadi (ALG)		8			Fatih Keleş (TUR)		12
	Fatih Keleş (TUR)		15													Evaldas Petrauskas (LTU)		13
	Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)		11													Han Soon-chul (KOR)		18
	Yhyacinthe Mewoli Abdon (CMR)		6			Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)		15
	Rachid Azzedine (FRA)		20			Jose Ramírez (USA)		11
	Jose Ramírez (USA)		21								Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)		13
	Mohamed Ramadan (EGY)		6								Han Soon-chul (KOR)		16
	Han Soon-chul (KOR)		11			Han Soon-chul (KOR)		13+
						Vazgen Safaryants (BLR)		13

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