Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

Men's middleweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	28 July to 12 August
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Ryōta Murata   Japan   Esquiva Falcão   Brazil   Anthony Ogogo   Great Britain   Abbos Atoev   Uzbekistan

Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Men			Women
	49 kg			51 kg
	52 kg			60 kg
	56 kg			75 kg
	60 kg
	64 kg
	69 kg
	75 kg
	81 kg
	91 kg
	+91 kg

The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations were competed. Ryōta Murata, representing Japan, won the gold medal, defeating Brazil's Esquiva Falcão in the final. Both semi-finalists, Anthony Ogogo and Abbos Atoev from Great Britain and Uzbekistan respectively, were awarded bronze medals.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semi-final losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each.^[1]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Anthony Ogogo (GBR)	9
	Esquiva Falcão (BRA)	16
					Esquiva Falcão (BRA)	13
					Ryōta Murata (JPN)	14
	Abbos Atoev (UZB)	12
	Ryōta Murata (JPN)	13

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Evhen Khytrov (UKR)		18
	Anthony Ogogo (GBR)		13			Anthony Ogogo (GBR)		18+
	Junior Castillo (DOM)		6								Anthony Ogogo (GBR)		15
	Muideen Akanji (NGR)		6								Stefan Härtel (GER)		10
	Darren O'Neill (IRL)		15			Darren O'Neill (IRL)		12
	Stefan Härtel (GER)		18			Stefan Härtel (GER)		19
	Enrique Collazo (PUR)		10													Anthony Ogogo (GBR)		9
	Mujandjae Kasuto (NAM)		11													Esquiva Falcão (BRA)		16
	Sobirjon Nazarov (TJK)		8			Mujandjae Kasuto (NAM)		7
	José Espinoza (VEN)		13			Zoltán Harcsa (HUN)		16
	Zoltán Harcsa (HUN)		16								Zoltán Harcsa (HUN)		10
	Soltan Migitinov (AZE)		20								Esquiva Falcão (BRA)		14
	Mohamed Hikal (EGY)		12			Soltan Migitinov (AZE)		11
						Esquiva Falcão (BRA)		24

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Bogdan Juratoni (ROU)		10
	Abbos Atoev (UZB)		11			Abbos Atoev (UZB)		12
	Badreddine Haddioui (MAR)		9								Abbos Atoev (UZB)		17
	Andranik Hakobyan (ARM)										Vijender Singh (IND)		13
	Terrell Gausha (USA)		RSC			Terrell Gausha (USA)		15
	Vijender Singh (IND)		14			Vijender Singh (IND)		16
	Danabek Suzhanov (KAZ)		10													Abbos Atoev (UZB)		12
	Adem Kılıççı (TUR)		14													Ryōta Murata (JPN)		13
	Nursahat Pazziyev (TKM)		7			Adem Kılıççı (TUR)		20
	Aleksandar Drenovak (SRB)		13			Aleksandar Drenovak (SRB)		11
	Marlo Delgado (ECU)		12								Adem Kılıççı (TUR)		13
	Jesse Ross (AUS)		11								Ryōta Murata (JPN)		17
	Abdelmalek Rahou (ALG)		13			Abdelmalek Rahou (ALG)		12
						Ryōta Murata (JPN)		21

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