Lausanne, Switzerland, March 19, 2024: A total of 188 athletes from 56 National Olympic Committees have now secured their quota place for the Paris 2024 Olympic boxing tournament following the first World Qualifying Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy.
The second, and last, Boxing World Qualifying Tournament, is scheduled to take place from May 25 to June 2 in Bangkok, Thailand. This will be a final opportunity for boxers to qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games, and more than 500 athletes are expected to compete for the 51 quota places that will be allocated in Bangkok.
This update was part of the Paris 2024 Boxing Unit (PBU)’s update to the IOC Executive Board on March 19. The meeting also discussed boxing at future editions of the Olympic Games.
The Paris 2024 qualifying tournaments were organised under the authority of the PBU, an ad-hoc unit created by the IOC EB and tasked with organising and ensuring the delivery of the Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournaments and the Boxing Competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, following the suspension and the subsequent withdrawal of recognition of the International Boxing Association (IBA) by the IOC Session.
Speaking at the press conference that followed the IOC EB meeting, IOC Sports Director Kit McConnell said: “The IOC EB made it clear, once again, that this must be the last time that such a process can be undertaken by the IOC.
“Following the decision by the IOC Session last year, the inclusion of boxing in the LA28 Olympic programme is on hold and not confirmed. If there is no boxing body supported and driven by the National Federations, we will not be in a position to include boxing in the Olympic programme.”
Source: https://olympics.com/ioc/news