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
Norway at the 1920 Summer Olympics swimmer advanced past the first round in any of their events. 16 athletes represented Norway in the nation's independent Olympic debut in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Norway had competed each time the country had appeared at the Olympics. Løvland won Norway's only athletics medal, taking the gold in the decathlon. 14 boxers represented Norway at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. Sørsdal won the nation's first Olympic boxing medal with a silver in the light heavyweight class. Four cyclists represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's