Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight

Men's super heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Venue Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre
Date 23 September to 1 October
Competitors 16 from 16 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Audley Harrison  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov  Kazakhstan
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Paolo Vidoz  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Rustam Saidov  Uzbekistan

The men's super heavyweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 23 September to 1 October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Being the heaviest class, super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament.[1] This event consisted of 16 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 23 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 8, and concluded with the final on 1 October. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds.[1] 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.

Competitors

NameCountry
Ahmed Abdel Samad Egypt
Rustam Saidov Uzbekistan
Art Binkowski Canada
Michael Macaque Mauritius
Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov Kazakhstan
Grzegorz Kiełsa Poland
Alexis Rubalcaba Cuba
Cengiz Koc Germany
Constantin Onofrei Romania
Samuel Peter Nigeria
Paolo Vidoz Italy
Calvin Brock United States
Audley Harrison Great Britain
Alexei Lezin Russia
Angus Shelford New Zealand
Aleksey Masikin Ukraine

Schedule

All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)

Date Time Round
Saturday, September 23, 200013:00 & 19:30Round of 16
Wednesday, September 27, 200013:00 & 19:30Quarterfinals
Friday, September 29, 200019:30Semifinals
Sunday, October 1, 200013:00Final Bout

Results

Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Ahmed Abdel Samad (EGY) 8  
 Rustam Saidov (UZB) 21      Rustam Saidov (UZB) RSC  
 Art Binkowski (CAN) 21      Art Binkowski (CAN)  
 Michael Macaque (MRI) 14        Rustam Saidov (UZB) 22  
 Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) 16        Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) 28  
 Grzegorz Kiełsa (POL) 5      Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) 25  
 Alexis Rubalcaba (CUB) KO      Alexis Rubalcaba (CUB) 12  
 Cengiz Koc (GER)        Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov (KAZ) 16
 Constantin Onofrei (ROM) 14        Audley Harrison (GBR) 30
 Samuel Peter (NGR) 17      Samuel Peter (NGR) 3  
 Paolo Vidoz (ITA) RSC      Paolo Vidoz (ITA) 14  
 Calvin Brock (USA)        Paolo Vidoz (ITA) 16  
 Audley Harrison (GBR) RSC        Audley Harrison (GBR) 32  
 Alexei Lezin (RUS)      Audley Harrison (GBR) 19      
 Angus Shelford (NZL) 5      Aleksey Masikin (UKR) 9      
 Aleksey Masikin (UKR) 19  

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Boxing at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Men's Super-Heavyweight". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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