Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 kg

Women's 50 kg
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Women's 50 kg; at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
	Boxing pictogram
Venue	Arena Paris Nord (preliminary); Stade Roland Garros (semifinals and finals)
Dates	28 July – 9 August 2024
Competitors	22 from 22 nations
Medalists
	← 2020 2028 →

The women's 50 kg (flyweight) boxing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place between 28 July and 9 August 2024. Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte, with the medal rounds (semifinals and finals) staged at Stade Roland Garros.^[1]

Background

This was the 4th appearance of the women's flyweight event. The event has been held every Summer Games since the introduction of women's boxing in 2012. Each appearan was at the 48–51 kg range.

Defending champion Stoyka Krasteva did not qualify, the only returning medalist is Buse Naz Çakıroğlu lost to Wu Yu in the final, 2020 bronze medalists Huang Hsiao-wen upgraded from flyweight to bantamweight, and Tsukimi Namiki lost to potentially Asian Games quota winner Chuthamat Raksat, Namiki failed to qualify.

Qualification

Each NOC could send one boxer to the event.^[2]

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.

Bouts consisted of three three-minute rounds with a one-minute break between rounds. A boxer may win by knockout or by points. Scoring was on the "10-point-must," with five judges scoring each round. Judges consider "number of blows landed on the target areas, domination of the bout, technique and tactical superiority and competitiveness." Each judge determined a winner for each round, who received 10 points for the round, and assigned the round's loser a number of points between seven and nine based on performance. The judge's scores for each round were added to give a total score for that judge. The boxer with the higher score from a majority of the judges was the winner.^[3]