Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's middleweight

The women's middleweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 5 to 9 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Women's middleweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	5 to 9 August 2012
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Claressa Shields  United States Nadezda Torlopova  Russia Marina Volnova  Kazakhstan Li Jinzi  China
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For the first time at an Olympic Games, the 10 men's boxing events were joined by three women's events: flyweight, lightweight and middleweight.^[1]

Seventeen-year-old American Claressa Shields won gold in the women's middleweight, defeating Russia's veteran thirty-three-year-old Nadezda Torlopova by a score of 19–12 in the final.^[2] Her victory is depicted in the 2024 film The Fire Inside.^[3]

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were four rounds of two minutes each.^[4]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+01:00)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 5 August 2012	15:30	Round of 16
Monday 6 August 2012	15:30	Quarter-finals
Wednesday 8 August 2012	14:30	Semi-finals
Thursday 9 August 2012	17:15	Final

Results

	Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Savannah Marshall (GBR)		12
	Marina Volnova (KAZ)		20			Marina Volnova (KAZ)		16
	Elizabeth Andiego (KEN)		11								Marina Volnova (KAZ)		15
	Anna Laurell (SWE)		24								Claressa Shields (USA)		29
	Naomi Fischer-Rasmussen (AUS)		17			Anna Laurell (SWE)		14
						Claressa Shields (USA)		18
																Claressa Shields (USA)		19
																Nadezda Torlopova (RUS)		12
						Mary Spencer (CAN)		14
	Roseli Feitosa (BRA)		14			Li Jinzi (CHN)		17
	Li Jinzi (CHN)		19								Li Jinzi (CHN)		10
	Elena Vystropova (AZE)		12								Nadezda Torlopova (RUS)		12
	Edith Ogoke (NGR)		14			Edith Ogoke (NGR)		8
						Nadezda Torlopova (RUS)		18

References

1. Women's Boxing to make Olympic debut at London 2012. Archived 2012-05-01 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 2 May 2012.
2. "Tongue Wagging, American Middleweight Wins Gold". The New York Times. Associated Press. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
3. Fleming, Mike Jr. (October 7, 2016). "'Moonlight's Barry Jenkins To Script Story Of First American Female Gold Medal Boxer Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
4. Women's competition format. Archived 2012-12-08 at archive.today Accessed 2 May 2012.