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Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall
Date	18–28 August
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Odlanier Solis  Cuba Viktar Zuyev  Belarus Mohamed Elsayed  Egypt Naser Al Shami  Syria
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The heavyweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 18 to 28 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 81 and 91 kilograms.

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various tournaments held in 2003 and 2004.^[1] The competition began with a preliminary round on 18 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to eight, and concluded with the final on 28 August.^[2]

All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds.^[1] Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)