Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight

Men's welterweight boxing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Date	29 July to 12 August 2012
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Serik Sapiyev  Kazakhstan Fred Evans  Great Britain Taras Shelestyuk  Ukraine Andrey Zamkovoy  Russia

The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held between 31 July and 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

Twenty-eight boxers from 28 nations competed.

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single-elimination tournament. Bronze medals were awarded to both semifinal losers. Bouts were three rounds of three minutes each.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date	Time	Round
Sunday 29 July 2012	15:00 & 22:00	Round of 32
Friday 3 August 2012	14:30 & 21:30	Round of 16
Tuesday 7 August 2012	21:30	Quarter-finals
Friday 10 August 2012	21:30	Semi-finals
Sunday 12 August 2012	14:15	Final

Results

Finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)	10
	Fred Evans (GBR)	11
					Fred Evans (GBR)	9
					Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)	17
	Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)	12
	Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)	18

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)		15
	Seleman Kidunda (TAN)		7			Vasile Belous (MDA)		7
	Vasile Belous (MDA)		20								Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)		18+
	Byambyn Tüvshinbat (MGL)		17								Alexis Vastine (FRA)		18
	Yannick Mitoumba (GAB)		4			Byambyn Tüvshinbat (MGL)		12
	Alexis Vastine (FRA)		16			Alexis Vastine (FRA)		13
	Patrick Wojcicki (GER)		12													Taras Shelestyuk (UKR)		10
	Custio Clayton (CAN)		12													Fred Evans (GBR)		11
	Óscar Molina (MEX)		8			Custio Clayton (CAN)		14
	Moustapha Hima (NIG)		6			Cameron Hammond (AUS)		11
	Cameron Hammond (AUS)		13								Custio Clayton (CAN)		14
	Fred Evans (GBR)		18								Fred Evans (GBR)		14+
	Ilyas Abbadi (ALG)		10			Fred Evans (GBR)		11
						Egidijus Kavaliauskas (LTU)		7

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Vikas Krishan Yadav (IND)		13
	Myke Carvalho (BRA)		10			Errol Spence (USA)		15*
	Errol Spence (USA)		16								Errol Spence (USA)		11
	Carlos Sánchez (ECU)		8								Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)		16
	Adam Nolan (IRL)		14			Adam Nolan (IRL)		9
	Maimaitituersun Qiong (CHN)		11			Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)		18
	Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)		16													Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)		12
	Ahmad Abdul-Karim (IRQ)		13													Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)		18
	Siphiwe Lusizi (RSA)		17			Siphiwe Lusizi (RSA)		13
	Gabriel Maestre (VEN)		13			Gabriel Maestre (VEN)		18
	Amin Ghasemipour (IRI)		8								Gabriel Maestre (VEN)		9
	Yasuhiro Suzuki (JPN)		14								Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)		20
	Mehdi Khalsi (MAR)		13			Yasuhiro Suzuki (JPN)		11
						Serik Sapiyev (KAZ)		25

*Spence successfully appealed his initial 11–13 loss. Using video review, AIBA determined the bout referee gave too few cautions for holding fouls and should have awarded Spence at least four more points.