Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
competitions at the
2019 Pan American Games in
Lima
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were held between July 27 and August 2, 2019 at the
Miguel Grau Coliseum in the Villa Deportiva Regional del Callao cluster.
The competition was split among 15 events, 10 for men and five for women. In 2016, the
International Olympic Committee
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(IOC) made several changes to its sports program, which were subsequently implemented for these games. Included in this was the addition of two additional women's boxing events.
Medal table
Medallists
Men
Women
Jessica Caicedo of originally won the gold medal, but was disqualified for doping violations.
Qualification
A total of 120 boxers qualified to compete at the games (eight per event). The host nation (Peru) received up to seven automatic qualification spots (five men and two women). The remainder of the spots were awarded at the Pan American Games qualifier held in
Managua
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, Nicaragua in April 2019.
See also
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Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics
References
External links
Results book
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
Pan American Games
2019