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List of Olympic venues in boxing

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List of Olympic venues in boxing

The Antwerp Zoo hosted the boxing events for the 1920 Summer Olympics.
Empress Hall, Earls Court hosted the boxing events for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Alexander Memorial Coliseum hosted the boxing events for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 27 venues that have been or will be used for boxing.

Games Venue Other sports hosted at venues for those games Capacity Ref.
1904 St. Louis Francis Gymnasium Fencing. Not listed. [1]
1908 London Northampton Institute None Not listed. [2]
1920 Antwerp Antwerp Zoo Wrestling Not listed. [3][4]
1924 Paris Vélodrome d'hiver Cycling (track), Fencing, Weightlifting, Wrestling 10,884 [5]
1928 Amsterdam Krachtsportgebouw Weightlifting, Wrestling 2,840 [6]
1932 Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium Weightlifting, Wrestling 10,000. [7]
1936 Berlin Deutschlandhalle Weightlifting, Wrestling 8,630 [8]
1948 London Empire Pool Diving, Swimming, Water polo (final) 12,500 [9]
Empress Hall, Earl's Court Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Wrestling 19,000 [10]
1952 Helsinki Messuhalli Basketball (final), Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Wrestling 5,500 [11]
1956 Melbourne West Melbourne Stadium Basketball, Gymnastics 7,000 [12]
1960 Rome Palazzo dello Sport Basketball (final) 15,000 [13]
1964 Tokyo Korakuen Ice Palace None 4,500 [14][15]
1968 Mexico City Arena México None 16,236 [16]
1972 Munich Boxhalle Judo (final) 7,360 [17]
1976 Montreal Maurice Richard Arena Wrestling 4,750 [18]
Montreal Forum (final) Basketball (final), Gymnastics, Handball (final), Volleyball (final) 18,000 [19]
1980 Moscow Indoor Stadium Basketball (final) 16,500 [20]
1984 Los Angeles Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena None 15,700 [21]
1988 Seoul Jamsil Students' Gymnasium None 7,500 [22]
1992 Barcelona Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona None Not listed. [23]
1996 Atlanta Alexander Memorial Coliseum None 10,000 [24][25]
2000 Sydney Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre Fencing, Judo, Weightlifting, Wrestling 7,500 (weightlifting),
9,000 (judo & wrestling),
10,000 (boxing & fencing) 		[26]
2004 Athens Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall None 5,600 [27]
2008 Beijing Workers Indoor Arena None 13,000 [28]
2012 London ExCeL Fencing, Judo, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Weightlifting, Wrestling Not listed. [29]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Riocentro – Pavilion 2 None 9,000 [30]

References

  1. ^ Spalding's report of the 1904 Summer Olympics. pp. 231, 245. Accessed 4 October 2010.
  2. ^ 1908 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 33, 107, 296-313. Accessed 5 October 2010.
  3. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics boxing.
  4. ^ Sports-reference.com 1920 Summer Olympics wrestling.
  5. ^ 1924 Olympics official report. pp. 182-3, 203-4, 255, 266, 400, 425, 507. (French)
  6. ^ 1928 Summer Olympic official report. pp. 200-1, 205.
  7. ^ 1932 Summer Olympics official report. p. 70.
  8. ^ 1936 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 705, 737. Accessed 17 October 2010.
  9. ^ 1948 Summer Olympic official report. pp. 43, 49. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  10. ^ 1948 Summer Olympics official report. pp. 43, 46, 49-50. Accessed 19 October 2010.
  11. ^ 1952 Summer Olympics official report. p. 51. Accessed 21 October 2010.
  12. ^ 1956 Summer Olympics official report. p. 42. Accessed 25 October 2010.
  13. ^ 1960 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. pp. 68, 70, 72. Accessed 28 October 2010.
  14. ^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 115. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  15. ^ 1964 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 128-9. Accessed 31 October 2010.
  16. ^ 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 78. Accessed 4 November 2010. (English) & (French)
  17. ^ 1972 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 2. pp. 193-4. Accessed 8 November 2010.
  18. ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 86-89. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  19. ^ 1976 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 138-43. Accessed 14 November 2010.
  20. ^ 1980 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. pp. 67-71. Accessed 18 November 2010.
  21. ^ 1984 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. pp. 105-7. Accessed 24 November 2010.
  22. ^ 1988 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. Part 1. p. 166. Accessed 1 December 2010.
  23. ^ 1992 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. pp. 280-3. Accessed 6 December 2010.
  24. ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 539. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  25. ^ 1996 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 3. p. 452. Accessed 9 December 2010.
  26. ^ 2000 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 1. p. 383. Accessed 17 December 2010.
  27. ^ 2004 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. p. 277. Accessed 24 December 2010.
  28. ^ "Beijing Workers' Gymnasium". Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-08-10. 
  29. ^ London2012.com profile of ExCeL. Accessed 30 December 2010.
  30. ^ "Riocentro - Pavilion 2", Rio de Janeiro 2016 Candidate File (PDF) 2, (BOC), February 16, 2009, pp. 60–61, retrieved December 2, 2009. 
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