Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held from 30 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Men's light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	30 July to 12 August 2012
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Egor Mekhontsev  Russia Adilbek Niyazymbetov  Kazakhstan Yamaguchi Falcão  Brazil Oleksandr Gvozdyk  Ukraine
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Twenty-six boxers from 26 nations competed.

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)

Date	Time	Round
Monday 30 July 2012	14:45 & 21:45	Round of 32
Saturday 4 August 2012	15:30 & 22:30	Round of 16
Wednesday 8 August 2012	22:30	Quarter-finals
Friday 10 August 2012	22:00	Semi-finals
Sunday 12 August 2012	14:45	Final

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)	11
	Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	23
					Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)	15
					Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	15
	Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)	13
	Oleksandr Gvozdyk (UKR)	13

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Julio César la Cruz (CUB)		25
	Ihab Al-Matbouli (JOR)		19			Ihab Al-Matbouli (JOR)		8
	Lukman Lawal (NGR)		7								Julio César la Cruz (CUB)		15
	Sumit Sangwan (IND)		14								Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		18
	Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		15			Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		17
	Ahmed Barki (MAR)		8			Meng Fanlong (CHN)		17
	Meng Fanlong (CHN)		17													Yamaguchi Falcão (BRA)		11
																Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		23
						Elshod Rasulov (UZB)		13
	Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)		16			Yahia El-Mekachari (TUN)		6
	Jahon Qurbonov (TJK)		8								Elshod Rasulov (UZB)		15
	Damien Hooper (AUS)		13								Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		19
	Marcus Browne (USA)		11			Damien Hooper (AUS)		11
						Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)		19

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Carlos Góngora (ECU)		9			Carlos Góngora (ECU)		5
	Vatan Huseynli (AZE)		8								Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Jeysson Monroy (COL)		10								Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		10
	Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		12			Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)		18
						Bahram Muzaffer (TUR)		12
																Adilbek Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		18													Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		13
	Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR)		10			Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		18
	Boško Drašković (MNE)		11			Osmar Bravo (NCA)		6
	Osmar Bravo (NCA)		16								Oleksandr Hvozdyk (UKR)		19
	Christian Donfack Adjoufack (CMR)		6								Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)		17
	Enrico Kölling (GER)		15			Enrico Kölling (GER)		9
						Abdelhafid Benchabla (ALG)		12

Controversy

India's Sumit Sangwan fought well against Brazil's Yamaguchi Falcão before losing the bout 14–15 in what appeared to be a controversial decision in favour of the Brazilian. The decision not only angered the Indian team and the country's sports minister, Ajay Maken, but also led to an official protest which Maken confirmed on Twitter. Some commentators were also surprised by the decision, one describing it as "day-light robbery."^[2]