Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. A total of 286 competitors took part in 13 events. For the first time at an Olympic Games, women competed in three boxing events. The first Olympic gold medal in women's boxing was awarded to Nicola Adams from Great Britain, who won the flyweight tournament on 9 August 2012. Men competed in the following ten events: Women's boxing was included in the Olympic programme for the first time, with female boxers
South Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics Korea's third appearance in the Olympic baseball tournament; the team took the bronze medal in 2000 and placed eighth in 1996. On Korea's third appearance, they won the gold. Group Stage Semifinals Gold medal match Korea's women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007. It will be the women's team's sixth Olympic appearance. Korea qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. Lee, Baik, and Kim each earned their spots at the first Asian qualifying tournament. Han and Cho joined them as Olympic qualifiers at the second qualifying tournament. South Korea qualified