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Lightweight (57-60 kilograms), Women

Date1 – 12 August 2012
StatusOlympic
LocationExCeL, Newham, London
Participants12 from 12 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The storyline of the lightweight division at the 2012 London appeared to have been plotted out well in advance. Katie Taylor of Ireland, the outstanding woman boxer of recent years, would overwhelm all her opponents with ease as she bathed in the applause of a vast green clad army of supporters who had followed her across the Irish Sea. And that, more or less, is what happened…

When Taylor stepped into the ring for the gold medal decider against old rival Sofya Ochigava of Russia most of Ireland came to a standstill. 10,000 people gathered to watch on a giant screen in her town of Bray (population 8,000) and inside the Olympic arena the crowd noise soared to an estimated 120 decibels. In truth Taylor’s performance was not one of her best but she rallied after a shaky start to overhaul Ochigava’s early lead and then withstand the Russian’s final onslaught to win by a 10-8 margin. She became the first Irish Olympic boxing champion since 1992 and only the second Irish woman, following the controversial swimmer Michelle Smith, to win Olympic gold.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Katie TaylorIRLGold
2Sofya OchigavaRUSSilver
=3Mavzuna ChorievaTJKBronze
=3Adriana AraújoBRABronze
=5Natasha JonasGBR
=5Dong ChengCHN
=5Mahjouba OubtilMAR
=5Alexis PritchardNZL
=9Queen UnderwoodUSA
=9Mihaela LăcătușROU
=9Saida KhasenovaKAZ
=9Rim JouiniTUN

Round One

Date1 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 AugKatie TaylorIRL
Match #201 AugNatasha JonasGBRDecisionQueen UnderwoodUSA
Match #301 AugDong ChengCHNDecisionMihaela LăcătușROU
Match #401 AugMavzuna ChorievaTJK
Match #501 AugMahjouba OubtilMAR
Match #601 AugAdriana AraújoBRADecisionSaida KhasenovaKAZ
Match #701 AugAlexis PritchardNZLDecisionRim JouiniTUN
Match #801 AugSofya OchigavaRUS

Quarter-Finals

Date6 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 AugKatie TaylorIRLDecisionNatasha JonasGBR
Match #206 AugMavzuna ChorievaTJKDecisionDong ChengCHN
Match #306 AugAdriana AraújoBRADecisionMahjouba OubtilMAR
Match #406 AugSofya OchigavaRUSDecisionAlexis PritchardNZL

Semi-Finals

Date10 August 2012
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #110 AugKatie TaylorIRLDecisionMavzuna ChorievaTJK
Match #210 AugSofya OchigavaRUSDecisionAdriana AraújoBRA

Final Round

Date12 August 2012
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/212 AugKatie TaylorIRLDecisionSofya OchigavaRUS