This article details the qualifying phase for boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games comprised a total of 248 boxers from the different National Olympic Committees (NOCs), about 40 fewer overall than those at Tokyo 2020. Each NOC could only send a single boxer in each of the thirteen weight categories (seven for men and six for women).
In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) barred the International Boxing Association's (IBA) rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging". Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process.
The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (African Qualification Tournament in Dakar, Senegal; Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; European Games in Kraków, Poland; Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands; and the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile), set to be served as continental qualifying meets, where a total of 139 spots will be assigned to a specific number of highest-ranked boxers in each weight category. Following the continental phase, the remainder of the total quota will be decided in two world qualification tournaments organized by the IOC in the initial half of the 2024 season, offering another batch of spots available to the highest-ranked eligible boxers in each weight division.
The host nation France reserves a maximum of six automatic quota places to be equally distributed between men and women in their respective weight categories, while nine places (four for men and five for women) will be entitled to eligible NOCs interested to have their boxers compete in Paris 2024 as abided by the Universality principle. Because France obtained a total of seven quota places (three male and four female) at the 2023 European Games, the unused host places would thereby be redistributed to the next highest-ranked boxers in their respective weight divisions at the second World Qualification Tournament.
Timeline Event Date Venue 2023 European Games June 23 – July 2, 2023 Nowy Targ 2023 African Qualification Tournament September 9–15, 2023 Dakar 2022 Asian Games September 24 – October 5, 2023 Hangzhou 2023 Pan American Games October 19–27, 2023 Santiago 2023 Pacific Games Honiara 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 March 3–11, 2024 Busto Arsizio 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 May 24 – June 2, 2024 Bangkok
Qualification summary NOC Men Women Total51 57 63.5 71 80 92 +92 50 54 57 60 66 75 5 1 12 5 3 10 5 2 2 8 5 1 5 2 1 3 3 3 1 8 2 2 6 1 3 6 10 8 2 3 10 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 5 5 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 2 6 3 8 1 1 8 3 8 11 2 2 2Total: 68 NOCs17182020181616222222222016248
Men's events
Weight Continental QualifierHostTotal 51 kg 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 16 57 kg 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 0 1 18 63.5 kg 1 2 2 4 1 4 5 0 1 20 71 kg 1 2 2 4 1 4 5 0 1 20 80 kg 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 0 1 18 92 kg 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 16 +92 kg 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 16 Total 7 14 14 22 7 28 28 0 4 124
51 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer 2023 European Games 2 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Invitational Place 1 Total 17
57 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 3 Universality place 1 Total 18
63.5 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 5 Universality place 1 Total 20
71 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 5 Universality place 1 Total 20
80 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 3 Universality place 1 Total 18
92 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer 2023 European Games 2 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Total 16
+92 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer 2023 European Games 2 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Total 16
Women's events
Weight Continental QualifierHostTotal 50 kg 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 0 1 22 54 kg 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 0 1 22 57 kg 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 0 1 22 60 kg 2 4 4 4 1 3 3 0 1 22 66 kg 2 2 2 4 1 4 4 0 1 20 75 kg 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 0 0 16 Total 11 16 20 22 6 21 23 0 5 124
50 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 2 2022 Asian Games 4 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1https://olympics.com/en/news/boxing-1st-world-qualification-tournament-busto-arsizio-quotas 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Universality place 1 Total 22
54 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 2 2022 Asian Games 4 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Universality place 1 Total 22
57 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 2 2022 Asian Games 4 2023 Pan American Games 4 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 2 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Universality place 1 Total 22
60 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 2 2022 Asian Games 4 2023 Pan American Games 4 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 3 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 3 Universality place 1 Total 22
66 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer Host country 0 — 2023 European Games 4 2023 African Qualification Tournament 2 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Universality place 1 Total 20
75 kg Competition Places Qualified boxer 2023 European Games 2 2023 African Qualification Tournament 1 2022 Asian Games 2 2023 Pan American Games 2 2023 Pacific Games 1 2024 World Qualification Tournament 1 4 2024 World Qualification Tournament 2 4 Total 16
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