Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia took place at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. Only men were allowed to compete, and each fight had four rounds, with each round lasting two minutes. Five judges watched the fights and gave points, and the boxer with the most points at the end won the match.

Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, hosted the Boxing events

In Olympic boxing, something special happens with medals. Two bronze medals are given out, meaning both fighters who lose in the semi-finals get a bronze medal. There is no extra fight to decide who gets the bronze. Because of this, winning a quarter-final fight means you are guaranteed at least a bronze medal, a semi-final win means you could win silver, and the final decides the gold medal winner. This way, 48 medals were given out in total, with half of them being bronze medals.

Competition format

Men took part in twelve different boxing events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Each event had a different weight class, meaning fighters were grouped by how much they weighed.

The events were:

Medalists

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in Sydney, Australia. Only men could compete, and each match had four rounds, each lasting two minutes. Five judges scored the fights, and the boxer with the highest score at the end won the match.

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	4	0	2	6
2	Russia	2	3	2	7
3	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	4
4	Uzbekistan	1	0	2	3
5	France	1	0	1	2
5	Thailand	1	0	1	2
7	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
8	Ukraine	0	2	3	5
9	United States	0	2	2	4
10	Romania	0	1	1	2
11	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
11	Spain	0	1	0	1
13	Algeria	0	0	1	1
	Azerbaijan	0	0	1	1
	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Morocco	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		12	12	24	48