Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held from 6 to 15 August at the Riocentro.^[1]

Men's heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue	Riocentro – Pavilion 6
Date	6–15 August 2016
Competitors	18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Evgeny Tishchenko  Russia Vasily Levit  Kazakhstan Rustam Tulaganov  Uzbekistan Erislandy Savón  Cuba
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The final and medal ceremony saw angry crowd reactions after Russia's Evgeny Tishchenko controversially beat Vasily Levit of Kazakhstan on a unanimous judge's decision.^[2] The competition had seen the return of judges scoring fighters on their overall performance in each round rather than a punch counting system originally introduced after controversy over judging in the Seoul Olympics.^[3]

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date	Time	Round
Saturday 6 August 2016	12:59	Round of 32
Monday 8 August 2016	13:16	Round of 16
Wednesday 10 August 2016	13:35	Quarter-finals
Saturday 13 August 2016	18:56	Semi-finals
Monday 15 August 2016	19:30	Final

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)	3
	Rustam Tulaganov (UZB)	0
					Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)	3
					Vasily Levit (KAZ)	0
	Vasily Levit (KAZ)	3
	Erislandy Savón (CUB)	0

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)		3
	Juan Nogueira (BRA)		3			Juan Nogueira (BRA)		0
	Jason Whateley (AUS)		0								Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)		3
											Clemente Russo (ITA)		0
						Hassen Chaktami (TUN)		0
						Clemente Russo (ITA)		3
																Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)		3
																Rustam Tulaganov (UZB)		0
						Rustam Tulaganov (UZB)		3
						Julio Castillo (ECU)		0
											Rustam Tulaganov (UZB)		3
											Abdulkadir Abdullayev (AZE)		0
						Paul Omba-Biongolo (FRA)
						Abdulkadir Abdullayev (AZE)		TKO

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Vasily Levit (KAZ)		TKO
						Yu Fengkai (CHN)
											Vasily Levit (KAZ)		3
											Kennedy St-Pierre (MRI)		0
						Chouaib Bouloudinat (ALG)		1
						Kennedy St-Pierre (MRI)		2
																Vasily Levit (KAZ)		3
																Erislandy Savón (CUB)		0
						Yamil Peralta (ARG)		2
						David Graf (GER)		1
											Yamil Peralta (ARG)		0
	Lawrence Okolie (GBR)		3								Erislandy Savón (CUB)		3
	Igor Jakubowski (POL)		0			Lawrence Okolie (GBR)		0
						Erislandy Savón (CUB)		3

References

1. "Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 8 October 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
2. "Russian boxer Evgeny Tishchenko booed after winning Olympic gold". CNN. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
3. "With a new scoring system, boxing ready for an Olympic fight". Washington Post. 7 August 2016.