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
Timeline of women's sports in the United States on women's boxing in October 1993. 1993 - Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she won the Belmont Stakes. 1995 - Ila Borders was the first woman to pitch in a men's collegiate baseball game. 1996 - Women's soccer and women's softball became medal sports at the Olympic Games for the first time; both events were won by US teams. 1996 - Dot Richardson hit the first home run in Olympic softball history, helping the U.S. softball team win the gold medal. 1996 - Spalding Sports introduced the first baseball glove specifically