Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight
The super heavyweight class in the boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics competition is the heaviest class. Super heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing over 91 kilograms (200.6 pounds).
Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. 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.
16 boxers qualified for this category after the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships and 9 Continental Qualification Tournaments.
Medalists
edit| Gold | Roberto Cammarelle Italy
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| Silver | Zhang Zhilei China
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| Bronze | David Price Great Britain
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Vyacheslav Glazkov Ukraine
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Draw
editAll times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
| Round of 16 Wednesday, 13 August 2008 20:45-22:45 | Quarterfinals Monday, 18 August 2008 21:00-22:00 | Semifinals Friday, 22 August 2008 21:30-22:00 | Final Sunday, 24 August 2008 16:30-16:50 | ||||||||||||
 Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Robert Alfonso (CUB)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR)
| 10 | ||||||||||||||
 Newfel Ouatah (ALG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Newfel Ouatah (ALG)
| 7 | ||||||||||||||
 José Payares (VEN)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Vyacheslav Glazkov (UKR)
| WO | ||||||||||||||
 Zhang Zhilei (CHN)
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 Mohamed Amanissi (MAR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Zhilei (CHN)
| 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Zhilei (CHN)
| 12 | ||||||||||||||
 Ruslan Myrsatayev (KAZ)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
 Daniel Beahan (AUS)
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| Ruslan Myrsatayev (KAZ)
| RSC | ||||||||||||||
| Zhang Zhilei (CHN)
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 Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
| RSC | ||||||||||||||
| Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
| 13 | ||||||||||||||
 Marko Tomasović (CRO)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
| 9 | ||||||||||||||
 Óscar Rivas (COL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
 Kubrat Pulev (BUL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Óscar Rivas (COL)
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Roberto Cammarelle (ITA)
| RSC | ||||||||||||||
 David Price (GBR)
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 Islam Timurziev (RUS)
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| David Price (GBR)
| RSC | ||||||||||||||
| David Price (GBR)
| RSC | ||||||||||||||
 Jaroslavas Jakšto (LTU)
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 Onorede Ohwarieme (NGR)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Jaroslavas Jakšto (LTU)
| 11 | ||||||||||||||