The featherweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 16 to 28 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 54 and 57 kilograms.

Competition format Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various tournaments held in 2003 and 2004. The competition began with a preliminary round on 16 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 28 August. 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.

All 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.

Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundMonday, 16 August 2004 13:30 & 19:30 Round of 32 Friday, 20 August 2004 13:30 & 19:30 Round of 16Monday, 23 August 2004 19:30 QuarterfinalsFriday, 27 August 2004 13:30 SemifinalsSaturday, 28 August 2004 19:30 Final

Qualifying Athletes Athlete Country Muideen Ganiyu Khumiso Ikgopoleng Kim Song-Guk Konstantine Kupatadze Asylbek Talasbayev Luis Franco Edvaldo Oliveira Carlos Velásquez Khedafi Djelkhir Saifeddine Nejmaoui Vitali Tajbert Daniel Brizuela Likar Ramos Concha Mikhail Biarnadski Viorel Simion Ryan Langham Jo Seok-Hwan Sedat Taşcı Benoit Gaudet Somluck Kamsing Bekzod Khidirov Ahmed Sohail Galib Jafarov Brian Mayanja Ludumo Galada Shahin Imranov Aleksei Tishchenko Hadj Belkheir

Results

Notes Argentine boxer Daniel Brizuela took the place of American boxer Aaron Garcia.

References

External links Official Olympic Report