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
Morocco at the Olympics withdrawal: Abderahim Najim took part in the Men's Light Flyweight event in boxing, and lost his first and only match. Morocco has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games on sevenoccasions since 1968. Moroccan athletes have won a total of twenty three medals, nineteen in athletics and four in boxing. Hicham El Guerrouj, with two gold medals and one silver medal, and Saïd Aouita, with one gold and one silver, are Morocco's two multiple medal winners. In 2018, 2 athletes represented the country. The Moroccan Olympic Committee was created in 1959. Morocco at the Olympics Morocco first participated at the