Boxing
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Ilham Karimov
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- First Round — Lost to Ismael Kone (Sweden), 3-22
Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
- Adalat Mammadov
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- First Round — Defeated Petr Horacek (Czech Republic), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second Round — Defeated Josué Blocus (France), referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarter Finals — Lost to Duncan Dokiwari (Nigeria), referee stopped contest in third round
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