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When did women begin competing in Olympic boxing?

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A woman in a white pleated dress lights the Olympic torch from a large flame in a gold cauldron, with a crowd seated in the background at Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. — Olympic Games An actress playing the role of an Athenian high priestess lights the Olympic flame in Athens, October 31, 2017. The torch was later carried to Pyeongchang, South Korea, for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Women’s boxing became an official sport at the London 2012 Games.1

While the 1904 Olympics did feature women’s boxing, it was included only as a display event rather than as an official competition. The inclusion of women in the Olympic Games more broadly began much earlier, with female athletes first competing in the 1900 Paris Games in sports such as tennis, golf, and croquet.12