Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's featherweight

The women's featherweight boxing event at the 2020 Summer Olympics is scheduled to take place between 24 July and 3 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan.[1] 20 boxers from 20 nations are expected to compete.[2]

Women's featherweight
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Boxing pictogram
VenueRyōgoku Kokugikan
Dates24 July 2021
3 August 2021
Competitors21 from 21 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sena Irie  Japan
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nesthy Petecio  Philippines
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Irma Testa  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Karriss Artingstall  Great Britain
2024 →

Background

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This will be the debut appearance of the women's featherweight event. The previous women's tournaments in 2012 and 2016 skipped directly from flyweight (48–51 kg) to lightweight (57–60 kg). Featherweight fills some of that gap, at 54–57 kg.

Reigning World Champion Nesthy Petecio of the Philippines has qualified for the Games.

Qualification

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A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter only 1 qualified boxer in the weight class. There were 20 quota places available for the women's featherweight, allocated as follows:[2]

The host nation, Japan, was guaranteed a minimum of two places across the five women's boxing events; because Japan qualified boxers in the flyweight and featherweight through the Asia & Oceania tournament, no host places were used in any women's weight class.

Competition format

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Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition is a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition begins with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors is reduced to 16, and concludes with a final. As there are fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers will receive a bye through the preliminary round. Both semifinal losers are awarded bronze medals.

Bouts consist of three three-minute rounds with a one-minute break between rounds. A boxer may win by knockout or by points. Scoring is on the "10-point-must" system, with 5 judges scoring each round. Judges consider "number of blows landed on the target areas, domination of the bout, technique and tactical superiority and competitiveness." Each judge determines a winner for each round, who receives 10 points for the round, and assigns the round's loser a number of points between 7 and 9 based on performance. The judge's scores for each round are added to give a total score for that judge. The boxer with the higher score from a majority of the judges is the winner.[3]

Schedule

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The featherweight starts with the round of 32 on 24 July. There is a single rest day before the round of 16 on 26 July, one more before the quarterfinals on 28 July, two more before the semifinals on 31 July, and two more before the final on 3 August. The women's featherweight will be the first boxing final in 2020.[1][4]

Legend
R32 Round of 32 R16 Round of 16 QF Quarterfinals SF Semifinals F Final
Date Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 Jul 28 Jul 29 Jul 30 Jul 31 Aug 1 Aug 2 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7 Aug 8
Event A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E A E
Women's featherweight R32 R16 QF SF F

Results

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Finals

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Final
 
  
 
 
 
 
  Nesthy Petecio (PHI)0
 
 
  Sena Irie (JPN)5
 

Top half

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Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals
              
  Lin Yu-ting (TPE)2
  Nesthy Petecio (PHI)3
  Marcelat Sakobi Matshu (COD)0
  Nesthy Petecio (PHI)5
  Nesthy Petecio (PHI)5
  Yeni Arias (COL)0
  Stanimira Petrova (BUL)2
  Yeni Arias (COL)3
  Nesthy Petecio (PHI)4
  Irma Testa (ITA)1
  Caroline Veyre (CAN)5
  Nikolina Ćaćić (CRO)0
  Nikolina Ćaćić (CRO)5
  Yarisel Ramirez (USA)0
  Caroline Veyre (CAN)0
  Irma Testa (ITA)5
  Liudmila Vorontsova (ROC)1
  Irma Testa (ITA)4
  Irma Testa (ITA)5
  Michaela Walsh (IRL)0

Bottom half

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Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinals
              
  Jucielen Romeu (BRA)0
  Karriss Artingstall (GBR)5
  Karriss Artingstall (GBR)5
  Keamogetse Kenosi (BOT)0
  Karriss Artingstall (GBR)3
  Skye Nicolson (AUS)2
  Im Ae-ji (KOR)1
  Skye Nicolson (AUS)4
  Karriss Artingstall (GBR)2
  Sena Irie (JPN)3
  Ramla Ali (SOM)0
  Maria Nechita (ROU)5
  Maria Nechita (ROU)2
  Sena Irie (JPN)3
  Yamileth Solorzano (ESA)0
  Sena Irie (JPN)5
  Sena Irie (JPN)5
  Khouloud Hlimi (TUN)0

References

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  1. ^ a b "Boxing Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad – Boxing" (PDF). IOC. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  3. ^ "BOXING IN THE OLYMPICS: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW". IOC. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Schedule - Boxing Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympian Database. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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