Date | 6 – 15 August 2016 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Riocentro Pavilhão 6, Parque Olímpico da Barra, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro | |
Participants | 18 from 18 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
Yevgeny Tishchenko of Russia and Erislandy Savon of Cuba had contested the World Championship final in 2015 and were seeded to meet once again in the Olympic final. All went to plan until the semi-final when Savon, who had competed at super-heavyweight in 2012, was upset by Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan.
The final was the most controversial of the entire Rio boxing programme. Levit appeared to many to have been the busier and more accurate puncher throughout the bout but the Russian was awarded the victory with judges from Ireland, Colombia and Algeria voting 29-28 in favour of Tishchenko. Booing and hoots of derision echoed from both the Kazakh supporters and the neutrals in the crowd. This carried through to the medal ceremony where Levit had to gesture for them to quieten down and subdue their complaints. The Kazakhstan Boxing Federation decided to reward Levit with $150,000, the same amount he would have won if he had won the gold medal.
Date | 6 August 2016 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Date | 8 August 2016 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 08 Aug 13:12 | Yevgeny Tishchenko | ![]() | Decision | Juan Nogueira | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 08 Aug 13:28 | Clemente Russo | ![]() | Decision | Hassen Chaktami | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 08 Aug 13:47 | Rustam Tulaganov | ![]() | Decision | Julio Castillo | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 08 Aug 14:03 | Abdulqədir Abdullayev | ![]() | Referee stops contest | Paul Omba-Biongolo | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 08 Aug 19:13 | Vasily Levit | ![]() | Referee stops contest | Yu Fengkai | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 08 Aug 19:22 | Kennedy St. Pierre | ![]() | Decision | Chouaib Bouloudinats | ![]() | |
Match #7 | 08 Aug 19:32 | Yamil Peralta | ![]() | Decision | David Graf | ![]() | |
Match #8 | 08 Aug 19:45 | Erislandy Savón | ![]() | Decision | Lawrence Okolie | ![]() |
Date | 10 – 11 August 2016 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 10 Aug 13:35 | Yevgeny Tishchenko | ![]() | Decision | Clemente Russo | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 10 Aug 13:52 | Rustam Tulaganov | ![]() | Decision | Abdulqədir Abdullayev | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 10 Aug 19:51 | Vasily Levit | ![]() | Decision | Kennedy St. Pierre | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 11 Aug 20:08 | Erislandy Savón | ![]() | Decision | Yamil Peralta | ![]() |
Date | 13 August 2016 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 13 Aug 12:55 | Yevgeny Tishchenko | ![]() | Decision | Rustam Tulaganov | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 13 Aug 18:56 | Vasily Levit | ![]() | Decision | Erislandy Savón | ![]() |
Date | 15 August 2016 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 15 Aug 19:30 | Yevgeny Tishchenko | ![]() | Decision | Vasily Levit | ![]() |