The Light Flyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms (105.8 lbs).
29 boxers qualified for this category after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 9 Continental Qualification Tournaments.
The only Olympic medalist to participate in the flyweight at the Beijing Games is the host country boxer, Zou Shiming, bronze at the 2004 Games and defending World Champion.
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.
Medalists Bronze
Qualified Athletes Athlete Country Notes 1 Hovannas Danielyan 2006 European Championships 2 Paulo Carvalho 3 Thomas Essomba 2007 All Africa Games 4 Zou Shiming 2005 World Championships 2007 World Championships 2006 Asian Games 2003 World Championships 2004 Athens Olympics 5 Yampier Hernández 6 Winston Méndez Montero 2007 Pan American Games 7 José Luis Meza 8 Nordine Oubaali 2007 Worlds 2007 EU Championships 9 Manyo Plange 2007 All-Africa Games 10 Pál Bedák 2005 Worlds 11 Paddy Barnes 12 Birzhan Zhakypov 2005 World Championships 13 Suleiman Bilali 2003 All-Africa Games 2007 All-Africa Games 14 Redouane Bouchtouk 15 Pürevdorjiin Serdamba 16 Japhet Uutoni 2006 Commonwealth Games 17Jack Willie 18 Harry Tañamor 2007 World Championships 2002 Asian Games 2001 World Championships 2003 World Championships 19 Lukasz Maszczyk 20 Dave Ayrapetyan 2006 European Championships 21 Kelvin de la Nieve 2007 EU Championships 22 Simanga Shiba IOC Tripartite Commission Invitation 23 Sherali Dostiev 2005 World Championships 24 Amnat Ruanroeng 2007 World Championships 25 Ronald Serugo 26 Georgiy Chygayev 27 Luis Yanez 2007 Pan American Games 28 Rafikjon Sultonov 29 Eduard Bermúdez 29 Boxers
Schedule All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundWednesday, August 13, 2008 13:30-15:00 19:00-20:30 Round of 32 Saturday, August 16, 2008 19:00-21:00 Round of 16Tuesday, August 19, 2008 19:00-20:00 QuarterfinalsFriday, August 22, 2008 19:00-19:30 SemifinalsSunday, August 24, 2008 13:30-13:45 Final Bout
Draw
See also 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships – Light flyweight
External links AIBA Results