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Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date11 – 23 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationBeijing Gongren Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants28 from 28 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

As boxing inexplicably does not seed the Olympic draw, the first round saw the two finalists from the 2007 World Championship face each other. Russian World Champion Albert Selimov met Ukraine’s Vasyl Lomachenko with Lomachenko avenging his world’s defeat, winning comfortably, 14-7. With Selimov dispatched, Lomachenko had an easy time of it, winning three more decisions – 13-1, 12-3, and 10-1 – to reach the final, where he faced France’s Khédafi Djelkhir, the 2007 EU Amateur Champion. But the final did not last long, as the referee stopped the bout near the end of the first round. Lomachenko would continue to win, adding golds at the 2009 and 2011 World Championships in this class.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Vasyl LomachenkoUKRGold
2Khédafi DjelkhirFRASilver
=3Yakup KılıçTURBronze
=3Şahin İmranovAZEBronze
=5Abdelkader ChadiALG
=5Li YangCHN
=5Arturo SantosMEX
=5Idel TorrienteCUB
=9Satoshi ShimizuJPN
=9Saylom ArdeeTHA
=9Luis PorozoECU
=9Bakhodirdzhon SultanovUZB
=9Raynell WilliamsUSA
=9Alaa ShiliTUN
=9Zorigtbaataryn EnkhzorigMGL
=9Nik'oloz IzoriaGEO
=17Robson ConceiçãoBRA
=17Roberto NavarroDOM
=17Anthresh LakraIND
=17Albert SelimovRUS
=17Alessio Di SavinoITA
=17Paul FlemingAUS
=17Nick OkothKEN
=17Wilhelm GratschowGER
=17Prince DzanieGHA
=17Mahdi OuatineMAR
=17Thato BatshegiBOT
=17Galib DzhafarovKAZ

Round One

Date11 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #111 AugYakup KılıçTUR
Match #211 AugSatoshi ShimizuJPN
Match #311 AugAbdelkader ChadiALG
Match #411 AugSaylom ArdeeTHA
Match #511 Aug 13:30Li YangCHNDecisionRobson ConceiçãoBRA
Match #611 Aug 13:45Luis PorozoECUDecisionRoberto NavarroDOM
Match #711 Aug 14:00Bakhodirdzhon SultanovUZBDecisionAnthresh LakraIND
Match #811 Aug 14:15Vasyl LomachenkoUKRDecisionAlbert SelimovRUS
Match #911 Aug 14:30Raynell WilliamsUSADecisionAlessio Di SavinoITA
Match #1011 Aug 14:45Khédafi DjelkhirFRADecisionPaul FlemingAUS
Match #1111 Aug 19:00Arturo SantosMEXDecisionNick OkothKEN
Match #1211 Aug 19:15Alaa ShiliTUNDecisionWilhelm GratschowGER
Match #1311 Aug 19:30Idel TorrienteCUBDecisionPrince DzanieGHA
Match #1411 Aug 19:45Zorigtbaataryn EnkhzorigMGLDecisionMahdi OuatineMAR
Match #1511 Aug 20:00Nik'oloz IzoriaGEODecisionThato BatshegiBOT
Match #1611 Aug 20:15Şahin İmranovAZEDecisionGalib DzhafarovKAZ

Round Two

Date15 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #115 Aug 13:30Yakup KılıçTURDecisionSatoshi ShimizuJPN
Match #215 Aug 13:45Abdelkader ChadiALGDecisionSaylom ArdeeTHA
Match #315 Aug 14:00Li YangCHNDecisionLuis PorozoECU
Match #415 Aug 14:15Vasyl LomachenkoUKRDecisionBakhodirdzhon SultanovUZB
Match #515 Aug 21:00Khédafi DjelkhirFRADecisionRaynell WilliamsUSA
Match #615 Aug 21:15Arturo SantosMEXDecisionAlaa ShiliTUN
Match #715 Aug 21:30Idel TorrienteCUBDecisionZorigtbaataryn EnkhzorigMGL
Match #815 Aug 21:45Şahin İmranovAZEDecisionNik'oloz IzoriaGEO

Quarter-Finals

Date18 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 Aug 20:00Yakup KılıçTURDecisionAbdelkader ChadiALG
Match #218 Aug 20:15Vasyl LomachenkoUKRDecisionLi YangCHN
Match #318 Aug 20:30Khédafi DjelkhirFRADecisionArturo SantosMEX
Match #418 Aug 20:45Şahin İmranovAZEDecisionIdel TorrienteCUB

Semi-Finals

Date22 August 2008
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #122 Aug 14:00Vasyl LomachenkoUKRDecisionYakup KılıçTUR
Match #222 Aug 14:15Khédafi DjelkhirFRARetiredŞahin İmranovAZE

Final Round

Date23 August 2008
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/223 Aug 19:35Vasyl LomachenkoUKRReferee stops contestKhédafi DjelkhirFRA