Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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The following is the qualification summary for boxing competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Qualification summary[]

NOC Men Total
-48kg -51kg -54kg -57kg -60kg -64kg -69kg -75kg -81kg -91kg +91kg
 Algeria X X X X X X X 7
 Argentina X 1
 Armenia X X X X 4
 Australia X X X X X X X X X 9
 Azerbaijan X X 2
 Bahamas X 1
 Belarus X X X X 4
 Botswana X X 2
 Brazil X X X X X X 6
 Bulgaria X X 2
 Cameroon X X X 3
 Canada X 1
 Central African Republic X 1
 China X X X X X X X X X X 10
 Colombia X X X X X 5
 Croatia X X 2
 Cuba X X X X X X X X X X 10
 Dominican Republic X X X X X X 6
 Democratic Republic of the Congo X 1
 Ecuador X X X 3
 Egypt X X X 3
 France X X X X X X X X X 9
 The Gambia X 1
 Georgia X X 2
 Germany X X X X 4
 Ghana X X X X X X 6
 Great Britain X X X X X X X 7
 Greece X X 2
 Grenada X 1
 Guatemala X 1
 Haiti X 1
 Hungary X X X X X 5
 India X X X X X 5
 Iran X X X 3
 Ireland X X X X X 5
 Italy X X X X X X 6
 Japan X X 2
 Kazakhstan X X X X X X X X X X 10
 Kenya X X X X 4
 Kyrgyzstan X 1
 Lesotho X 1
 Lithuania X X X 3
 Madagascar X 1
 Mauritius X X 2
 Mexico X X X 3
 Moldova X X 2
 Mongolia X X X X 4
 Montenegro X 1
 Morocco X X X X X X X X X X 10
 Namibia X X X 3
 Nigeria X X X X 4
 North Korea X 1
 Papua New Guinea X 1
 Philippines X 1
 Poland X X 2
 Puerto Rico X X X X X 5
 Romania X X 2
 Russia X X X X X X X X X X X 11
 Samoa X 1
 Sierra Leone X 1
 South Africa X 1
 South Korea X X X X X 5
 Spain X 1
 Sri Lanka X 1
 Sweden X X 2
 Tajikistan X X X 3
 Thailand X X X X X X X X 8
 Tunisia X X X X X 5
 Turkey X X X X X 5
 Turkmenistan X 1
 Uganda X 1
 Ukraine X X X X X X X 7
 United States X X X X X X X X 8
 Uzbekistan X X X X X X X 7
 Venezuela X X X X X X 6
 Virgin Islands X X 2
 Zambia X X X 3
Total: 77 NOCs 29 27 27 28 27 28 29 28 28 16 16 283

Qualification timeline[]

Event Date Venue
World Championships Oct 23 - Nov 3, 2007 United States Chicago
African Qualifiers 1st Qualifier January 23–31, 2008 Algeria Algiers
2nd Qualifier March 24–29, 2008 Namibia Windhoek
Asian Qualifiers 1st Qualifier Jan 25 - Feb 2, 2008 Thailand Bangkok
2nd Qualifier March 17–23, 2008 Kazakhstan Astana
American Qualifiers 1st Qualifier March 12–18, 2008 Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain
2nd Qualifier April 25–30, 2008 Guatemala Guatemala City
European Qualifiers 1st Qualifier Feb 25 - Mar 1, 2008 Italy Roseto degli Abruzzi
2nd Qualifier April 7–12, 2008 Greece Athens
Oceania Championships April 21–25, 2008 Samoa Apia

Light Flyweight (-48kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Namibia Jafet Uutoni
Kenya Suleiman Bilali
Ghana Manyo Plange
2nd Qualifier 3 Cameroon Thomas Essomba
Morocco Redouane Bouchtouk
Uganda Ronald Serugo
Asia World Championships 3 China Zou Shiming
Philippines Harry Tanamor
Thailand Amnat Ruanroeng
1st Qualifier 2 Kazakhstan Birzhan Zhakypov
Uzbekistan Rafikjon Sultonov
2nd Qualifier 2 Tajikistan Sherali Dostiev
Mongolia Pürevdorjiin Serdamba
America World Championships 1 United States Luis Yanez
1st Qualifier 2 Ecuador José Luis Meza
Venezuela Eduard Bermúdez
2nd Qualifier 3 Brazil Paulo Carvalho
Dominican Republic Winston Mendez
Cuba Yampier Hernández
Europe World Championships 4 France Nordine Oubaali
Armenia Hovhannes Danielyan
Ukraine Georgiy Chygayev
Republic of Ireland Patrick Barnes
1st Qualifier 2 Russia David Ayrapetyan
Poland Lukasz Maszczyk
2nd Qualifier 2 Hungary Pál Bedák
Spain Kelvin de la Nieve
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Papua New Guinea Jack Willie
Tripartite Commission Invitation 1 Sierra Leone Saidu Kargbo
TOTAL 29

Flyweight (-51kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Tunisia Walid Cherif
Morocco Abdelillah Nhaila
Ethiopia
2nd Qualifier 3 Zambia Cassius Chiyanika
Kenya Bernard Ngumba
South Africa Jackson Chauke
Asia World Championships 2 Thailand Somjit Jongjohor
Sri Lanka Anurudha Rathnayake
1st Qualifier 2 Tajikistan Anvar Yunusov
South Korea Lee Ok-Sung
2nd Qualifier 3 Kazakhstan Mirat Sarsembayev
Uzbekistan Tulashboy Doniyorov
India Jitender Kumar
America World Championships 2 United States Raushee Warren
Puerto Rico McWilliams Arroyo
1st Qualifier 2 Dominican Republic Juan Carlos Payano
Cuba Andry Laffita
2nd Qualifier 2 Guatemala Eddie Valenzuela
Brazil Robenilson Vieria
Europe World Championships 4 Italy Vincenzo Picardi
Azerbaijan Samir Mammadov
Poland Rafal Kaczor
Russia Georgy Balakshin
1st Qualifier 2 Hungary Norbert Kalucza
United Kingdom Khalid Saeed Yafai
2nd Qualifier 2 Turkey Furkan Ulaş Memiş
France Jérôme Thomas
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Stephen Sutherland
TOTAL 27

Bantamweight (-54kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Algeria Abdelhalim Ouradi
Morocco Hicham Mesbahi
Botswana Khumiso Ikgopoleng
2nd Qualifier 2 Ghana Issah Samir
Mauritius Bruno Julie
Tanzania Emilian Polino
Re-allocation Places 1 Lesotho Thabiso Nketu
Asia World Championships 2 Mongolia Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan
China Gu Yu
1st Qualifier 2 India Akhil Kumar
Thailand Worapoj Petchkoom
2nd Qualifier 3 Kazakhstan Kanat Abutalipov
Uzbekistan Khurshid Tadjibayev
South Korea Han Soon-Chul
America World Championships 4 Puerto Rico McJoe Arroyo
Colombia Jonatan Romero
United States Gary Russell
Venezuela Héctor Manzanilla
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Yankiel León
Mexico Óscar Valdez
2nd Qualifier 0
Europe World Championships 2 Russia Sergey Vodopyanov
United Kingdom Joseph Murray
1st Qualifier 3 Republic of Ireland John Joe Nevin
Moldova Veaceslav Gojan
Germany Rustamhodza Rahimov
2nd Qualifier 3 France Ali Hallab
Belarus Khavazhi Khatsigov
Italy Vittorio Parrinello
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Luke Boyd
TOTAL 27

Featherweight (-57kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Morocco Mahdi Ouatine
Algeria Abdelkader Chadi
Tunisia Alaa Shili
2nd Qualifier 3 Kenya Nick Okoth
Botswana Thato Batshegi
Ghana Prince Dzanie
Asia World Championships 3 China Li Yang
Thailand Sailom Adi
India Anthresh Lalit Lakra
1st Qualifier 2 Uzbekistan Bahodirjon Sultonov
Japan Satoshi Shimizu
2nd Qualifier 2 Kazakhstan Galib Jafarov
Mongolia Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig
America World Championships 2 United States Raynell Williams
Mexico Arturo Santos Reyes
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Idel Torriente
Ecuador Luis Enrique Porozo
2nd Qualifier 2 Brazil Robson Conceiçao
Dominican Republic Roberto Navarro
Europe World Championships 3 Russia Albert Selimov
Ukraine Vasyl Lomachenko
Turkey Yakup Kilic
1st Qualifier 3 France Khedafi Djelkhir
Azerbaijan Shahin Imranov
Germany Wilhelm Gratschow
2nd Qualifier 2 Italy Alessio di Savino
Georgia (country) Nikoloz Izoria
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Paul Flemming
TOTAL 28

Lightweight (-60kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Tunisia Saifeddine Nejmaoui
Algeria Hamza Kramou
Morocco Tahar Tamsamani
2nd Qualifier 3 Madagascar Jean de Dieu Soloniaina
Nigeria Rasheed Lawal
Namibia Julius Indongo
Asia World Championships 2 North Korea Kim Song Guk
Thailand Pichai Sayotha
1st Qualifier 2 China Hu Qing
South Korea Baik Jong-Sub
2nd Qualifier 2 Kazakhstan Merey Akshalov
Kyrgyzstan Asylbek Talasbayev
America World Championships 1 Colombia Darley Perez
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Yordenis Ugás
United States Sadam Ali
2nd Qualifier 3 Puerto Rico Jose Pedraza
Brazil Éverton Lopes
Mexico Francisco Vargas
Europe World Championships 5 United Kingdom Frankie Gavin
Italy Domenico Valentino
Russia Alexey Tishchenko
Turkey Onur Sipal
Armenia Hrachik Javakhyan
1st Qualifier 2 Ukraine Olexandr Klyuchko
Hungary Miklos Varga
2nd Qualifier 2 France Daouda Sow
Romania Georgian Popescu
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Anthony Little
TOTAL 27

Light Welterweight (-64kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Morocco Driss Moussaid
Tunisia Hamza Hassini
Zambia Hastings Bwalya
2nd Qualifier 3 Mauritius Richarno Colin
Ghana Samuel Kotey Neequaye
Cameroon Mahaman Smaila
Asia World Championships 3 Kazakhstan Serik Sapiyev
Japan Masatsugu Kawachi
Iran Morteza Sepahvand
1st Qualifier 2 Thailand Manus Boonjumnong
China Maimaitituersun Qiong
2nd Qualifier 1 Mongolia Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene
America World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Cuba Rosniel Iglesias
Venezuela Jonny Sanchez
United States Javier Molina
2nd Qualifier 3 Puerto Rico Jonathan González
Dominican Republic Manuel Félix Díaz
Brazil Myke Carvalho
Europe World Championships 5 Russia Gennady Kovalev
United Kingdom Bradley Saunders
Armenia Eduard Hambardzumyan
France Alexis Vastine
Bulgaria Boris Georgiev
1st Qualifier 2 Hungary Gyula Kate
Romania Ionut Gheorghe
2nd Qualifier 2 Republic of Ireland John Joe Joyce
Lithuania Egidijus Kavaliauskas
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Todd Kidd
TOTAL 28

Welterweight (-69kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 2 Egypt Hosam Bakr Abdin
Cameroon Joseph Mulema
Algeria
2nd Qualifier 2 Namibia Mujandjae Kasuto
Kenya
Morocco Mehdi Khalsi
Re-allocation Places 2 Central African Republic Bruno Bongongo
Zambia Precious Makina
Asia World Championships 3 Thailand Non Boonjumnong
China Hanati Silamu
Kazakhstan Bakhyt Sarsekbayev
1st Qualifier 2 South Korea Kim Jung-Joo
Uzbekistan Dilshod Mahmudov
2nd Qualifier 1 Turkmenistan Aliasker Bashirov
America World Championships 2 United States Demetrius Andrade
Canada Adam Trupish
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Carlos Banteaux
United States Virgin Islands John Jackson
2nd Qualifier 2 Dominican Republic Gilbert Lenin Castillo
The Bahamas Tureano Johnson
Europe World Championships 3 Turkey Adem Kilicci
Moldova Vitalie Gruşac
Germany Jack Culcay-Keth
1st Qualifier 3 Belarus Mahamed Nurudzinau
Ukraine Oleksandr Stretskyy
United Kingdom Billy Joe Saunders
2nd Qualifier 3 France Jaoid Chiguer
Georgia (country) Kakhaber Zhvania
Russia Andrey Balanov
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Gerard O'Mahony
Tripartite Commission Invitation 1 Grenada Rolande Moses
TOTAL 29

Middleweight (-75kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 1 Morocco Said Rachidi
1st Qualifier 3 Egypt Mohamed Hikal
Ghana Ahmed Saraku
Algeria Nabil Kassel
2nd Qualifier 2 The Gambia Badou Jack
Democratic Republic of the Congo Herry Saliku Biembe
Asia World Championships 2 Kazakhstan Bakhtiyar Artayev
China Wang Jianzheng
1st Qualifier 2 Thailand Angkhan Chomphuphuang
Uzbekistan Elshod Rasulov
2nd Qualifier 2 India Vijender Kumar
South Korea Cho Deok-Jin
America World Championships 2 Venezuela Alfonso Blanco
Dominican Republic Argenis Casimiro
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Emilio Correa
Ecuador Carlos Góngora
2nd Qualifier 2 United States Shawn Estrada
Argentina Ezequiel Maderna
Europe World Championships 3 Russia Matvey Korobov
Ukraine Sergiy Derevyanchenko
Germany Konstantin Buga
1st Qualifier 3 Sweden Naim Terbunja
United Kingdom James DeGale
Armenia Andranik Hakobyan
2nd Qualifier 3 Republic of Ireland Darren Sutherland
France Jean-Mickaël Raymond
Greece Georgios Gazis
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Jarrod Fletcher
TOTAL 28

Light Heavyweight (-81kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 1 Egypt Ramadan Yasser
1st Qualifier 2 Algeria Abdelhafid Benchebla
Tunisia Mourad Sahraoui
2nd Qualifier 3 Ghana Bastir Samir
Kenya Aziz Ali
Nigeria Dauda Izobo
Asia World Championships 2 Uzbekistan Abbos Atoev
Kazakhstan Yerkebuian Shynaliyev
1st Qualifier 2 Tajikistan Djakhon Kurbanov
China Zhang Xiaoping
2nd Qualifier 2 Iran Mehdi Ghorbani
India Dinesh Kumar
America World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 3 Puerto Rico Carlos Negron
Venezuela Luis Gonzalez
Brazil Washington Silva
2nd Qualifier 3 Colombia Eleider Alvarez
United States Virgin Islands Julius Jackson
Haiti Azea Austinama
Europe World Championships 5 Russia Artur Beterbiev
Lithuania Daugirdas Semiotas
Hungary Imre Szellő
Croatia Marijo Sivolija
United Kingdom Tony Jeffries
1st Qualifier 1 Ukraine Ismayl Sillakh
Belarus Ramazan Magamedau
2nd Qualifier 2 Republic of Ireland Kenneth Egan
Sweden Kennedy Katende
Re-allocation Places 1 Turkey Bahram Muzaffer
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Samoa Satupaitea Farani Tavui
TOTAL 28

Heavyweight (-91kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 2 Algeria Abdelaziz Touilbini
Morocco Mohamed Arjaoui
2nd Qualifier 1 Nigeria Olanrewaju Durodola
Asia World Championships 1 China Yushan Nijiati
1st Qualifier 1 Iran Ali Mazaheri
2nd Qualifier 0
America World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 2 Cuba Osmay Acosta
United States Deontay Wilder
2nd Qualifier 1 Colombia Deivi Julio Blanco
Europe World Championships 3 Italy Clemente Russo
Russia Rakhim Chakhkeiv
France John M'Bumba
1st Qualifier 2 Belarus Viktar Zuyeu
Ukraine Oleksandr Usyk
2nd Qualifier 2 Montenegro Milorad Gajovic
Greece Elias Pavlidis
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Bradley Pitt
TOTAL 16

Super Heavyweight (+91kg)[]

Event Vacancies Qualified
Africa World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 1 Algeria Newfel Ouatah
2nd Qualifier 2 Morocco Mohamed Amanissi
Nigeria Onorede Ehwareme
Asia World Championships 1 China Zhang Zhilei
1st Qualifier 0
2nd Qualifier 1 Kazakhstan Ruslan Myrsatayev
America World Championships 0
1st Qualifier 1 Cuba Robert Alfonso
2nd Qualifier 2 Venezuela José Payares
Colombia Oscar Rivas
Europe World Championships 3 Italy Roberto Cammarelle
Ukraine Vyacheslav Glazkov
Russia Islam Timurziev
1st Qualifier 2 Bulgaria Kubrat Pulev
Croatia Marko Tomasović
2nd Qualifier 2 Lithuania Jaroslavas Jakšto
United Kingdom David Price
Oceania World Championships 0
Oceania Championships 1 Australia Daniel Beahan
TOTAL 16

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