Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates28 July – 12 August 2012
No. of events13
Competitors286 (250 men, 36 women)
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ExCeL Exhibition Centre, the venue for the boxing at the 2012 Olympic Games.

The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.[1]

A total of 286 competitors took part in 13 events. For the first time at an Olympic Games, women competed in three boxing events. The first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing was awarded to Nicola Adams from Great Britain, who won the flyweight tournament on 9 August 2012.

  1. ^ "Boxing". 2009. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2009.