With AIBA Pro Boxing, the World Series of Boxing and AIBA itself offering three different pathways for men to qualify to the Olympics some nations and some athletes have qualified over two or more pathways. With only one athlete per nation per weight class allowed nations had to choose which athlete will participate. Nations had until December 4th 2015 to confirm their choice. The declined spot went to the next highest ranked athlete from that pathway.
After reallocations Russia and Cuba lead all nations with eight and seven qualified athletes respectively and a total of 24 nations have qualified at least one athlete. The next qualification phase is continental qualifiers. The 60 athletes already qualified in each weight class is as follows.
Athletes by Event
Men’s -49kg
- Joahnys Argilagos (CUB)
- Patrick Barnes (IRL)
- Vasilii Egorov (RUS)
- Lyu Bin (CHN)
- Birzhan Zhakypov (KAZ)
Men’s -52kg
- Misha Aloian (RUS)
- Jeyvier Cintron (PUR)
- Elias Emigdio (MEX)
- Achraf Kharroubi (MAR)
- Elvin Mamishzada (AZE)
- Yosbany Veitia (CUB)
Men’s -56kg
- Murodjon Akhmadaliev (UZB)
- Dzmitry Asanau (BLR)
- Michael Conlan (IRL)
- Andy Cruz (CUB)
- Khedafi Djelkhir (FRA)
- Vladimir Nikitin (RUS)
- Zhang Jiawei (CHN)
Men’s -60kg
- Berik Abdrakhmanov (KAZ)
- Adlan Abdurashidov (RUS)
- Lazaro Alvarez (CUB)
- Carlos Balderas Jr (USA)
- Robson Donato (BRA)
- Albert Selimov (AZE)
- Hurshid Tojibaev (UZB)
Men’s -64kg
- Abdelkader Chadi (ALG)
- Raul Curiel (MEX)
- Vitaly Dunaytsev (RUS)
- Fazliddin Gaibnazarov (UZB)
- Artem Harutyunyan (GER)
- Wuttichai Masuk (THA)
- Yasnier Toldeo (CUB)
Men’s -69kg
- Parviz Baghirov (AZE)
- Steven Donnely (IRL)
- Liu Wei (CHN)
- Mohammed Rabii (MAR)
- Onur Sipal (TUR)
- Daniyar Yeleussinov (KAZ)
- Andrey Zamkovoy (RUS)
Men’s -75kg
- Ilyas Abbadi (ALG)
- Hosam Abdin (EGY)
- Artem Chebotarev (RUS)
- Tomasz Jablonski (POL)
- Adem Kilicci (TUR)
- Arlen Lopez (CUB)
- Bektemir Melikuziev (UZB)
Men’s -81kg
- Mathieu Bauderlique (FRA)
- Julio La Cruz (CUB)
- Valentino Manfredonia (ITA)
- Ehsan Rouzbahani (IRI)
- Hrvoje Sep (CRO)
- Joseph Ward (IRL)
Men’s -91kg
- David Graf (GER)
- Vassiliy Levit (KAZ)
- Clemente Russoi (ITA)
- Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)
Men’s +91kg
- Filip Hrgovic (CRO)
- Mihai Nistor (ROU)
- Erik Pfeifer (GER)
- Tony Yoka (FRA)
Quotas by Nation
- Russia – 8
- Cuba – 7
- Ireland – 4
- Kazakhstan – 4
- Uzbekistan – 4
- Azerbaijan – 3
- China – 3
- France – 3
- Germany – 3
- Algeria – 2
- Croatia – 2
- Italy – 2
- Mexico – 2
- Morocco – 2
- Turkey – 2
- Belarus – 1
- Brazil – 1
- Egypt – 1
- Iran – 1
- Poland – 1
- Puerto Rico – 1
- Romania – 1
- Thailand – 1
- United States – 1
References
- AIBA. List of Qualified Boxers For Olympic Games Rio 2016. Access on December 9 2015.