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Starting at the 2012 Games in London, both men and women will compete in boxing. Women will compete in flyweight, lightweight, and middleweight classes.
The International Olympic Committee had previously used excuses like 'universal appeal' and 'medical concerns' to keep women from competing in boxing.
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Are there any events in the modern games that are exclusively for men or women only?
The 2008 Games in Beijing was the last Olympics where only men competed in boxing. Women will compete in boxing at the 2012 Games. Only women compete in synchronized swimming.
Could men and women compete in the Ancient Olympic games?
No only men and boys can compete?
What events do only males compete in the Olympics?
At the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, sports that only men participated in were baseball and boxing. Baseball has been discontinued in Olympic competition and starting in 2012, there will be women's boxing competition. At the 2012 Summer Games in London, there will be no men only sports. why
Who could compete in the Ancient Greece Olympics?
men were the only ones alowed to compete
If you had a beard what couldn't you compete in at the Olympics?
boxing
Is Madagascar competing in the Olympics 2008?
Yes. The country is sending four athletics to the Beijing games, to compete in the events of 110m hurdles (Men), 100m (Women), Boxing (Lightweight, Men) and Judo (Men).
Why no men in heptathlon?
Men compete in decathlon, women compete in heptathlon. Men do not compete in heptathlon, women do not compete in decathlon.
What country did boxing first compete in the Olympics?
Germany
What sports does Armenia compete in?
Mostly wrestling and boxing
What events does Russia compete in the Olympics?
culeros boxing
Why can't you compete in olympic boxing if you have a beard?
unhygenic
When was Men Boxing created?
Men Boxing was created in 1891.
