Clear Asian dominance in the Paris Olympics with 9 titles and 22 medals from record-breaking 10 countries
The Asian boxers dominated the Olympic Games in Paris, the continent’s best hopes earned nine out of the thirteen gold medals in the French capital.
Uzbekistan achieved five, China three gold medals and additionally Chinese Taipei also bagged one title in the Paris Olympic Games. Altogether boxers from four Confederations shared the Olympic gold medals in the boxing event which was 14-days long.
The number of the Asian finalists were 13 and among them, nine achieved the main goal, the Olympic title in this Paris edition.
Altogether 22 Asians earned a medal from record-breaking ten countries from ASBC which is the next unique milestone for the continent’s boxing life.
Thirteen weight categories, 248 top boxers, 124 female and 124 male athletes from 69 nations competed in the boxing event of the Paris Olympics.
Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Thailand, China, Chinese Taipei, India, the Philippines, Tajikistan, Jordan, Mongolia, South Korea, DPR Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan and Palestine had boxers in the Olympic Games from the Asian continent and among them 10 took at least a medal in Paris.
Uzbekistan topped the medal table of the Olympic Games in boxing for the second time after the Rio 2016 edition. Their illustrious Bakhodir Jalolov defended the super heavyweight (+92kg) throne but Hasanboy Dusmatov also took his second Olympic title after eight years of break.
Abdumalik Khalokov was the main favourite for the title at the featherweight (57kg) and he accomplished his objective in Paris. Asadkhudja Muydinkhudjayev (71kg) and Lazizbek Mullojonov (92kg) both had wonderful achievements in the recent years but their Olympic titles are their new career highlights.
Six of the Chinese girls qualified for the Olympic Games, and five of them advanced to the finals in Paris as well, making a dominance in women’s boxing. The Asian Games winner Wu Yu (50kg), Chang Yuan (54kg) and the veteran Li Qian (75kg) defeated all of their rivals in the Olympic Games.
Chinese Taipei earned its first Youth world title in 2013, their first Asian elite title in 2017 and the historic Elite world gold medal in 2018. Following these strong results, Lin Yu Ting (57kg) is their first ever Olympic gold medallist in boxing.
Kazakhstan’s one silver and one bronze medal is under the expectations and the Central Asian boxing power had to leave Paris without an Olympic title again despite the country had gold medals constantly between 1996 and 2016.
Kyrgyzstan’s Munarbek Seyitbek Uulu is their first ever Olympic medallist since the country separated from the Soviet Union in 1991. Seyitbek Uulu had an extremely tough draw but he managed to beat all of his star rivals to achieve finally a silver medal in Paris.
The squad from the Philippines achieved two silver and one bronze in Tokyo three years ago and the two of their best female boxers such as Aira Villegas (50kg) and Nesthy Petecio (57kg) earned two bronze medals in Paris.
DPR Korea, South Korea, Tajikistan and Thailand were the further Asian nations which acquired one bronze medal in the Olympics. DPR Korea took its first medal since 2004, South Korea and Tajikistan made this success happen after 12 years of hiatus in the Games.
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