Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries.[1]

Boxing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates20 July-4 August 1996
Competitors355 from 97 nations
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There was significant controversy surrounding the judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout win which according to many observers, was won by Mayweather.[2] Additionally, in the final of the light flyweight bout between Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov and Mansueto Velasco of the Philippines, Petrov claimed gold as many spectators believed that Velasco should have won the match and questioned the one-sided scoring of the judges.[3][4]

Qualification

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The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Event Date Venue
Asian Championships 1 to October 8, 1995   Tashkent, Uzbekistan
European Championships March 30 to April 7, 1996   Vejle, Denmark
All-Africa Games 13 to September 23, 1995   Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Qualification Tournament April/May 1996   Cairo, Egypt
Australia and Oceania Qualification Tournament October 1995   Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pan American Games March 1995   Mar del Plata, Argentina
Central America Qualification Tournament February 1996   Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
North America Qualification Tournament April 1996   Halifax, Canada
South American Championships March 1996   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Qualification Tournament April 19–20, 1996   Pasay, Philippines

Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight (– 48 kg)
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Daniel Petrov
  Bulgaria
Mansueto Velasco
  Philippines
Oleg Kiryukhin
  Ukraine
Rafael Lozano
  Spain
Flyweight (– 51 kg)
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Maikro Romero
  Cuba
Bulat Jumadilov
  Kazakhstan
Zoltan Lunka
  Germany
Albert Pakeyev
  Russia
Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
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István Kovács
  Hungary
Arnaldo Mesa
  Cuba
Vichairachanon Khadpo
  Thailand
Raimkul Malakhbekov
  Russia
Featherweight (– 57 kg)
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Somluck Kamsing
  Thailand
Serafim Todorov
  Bulgaria
Pablo Chacón
  Argentina
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
  United States
Lightweight (– 60 kg)
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Hocine Soltani
  Algeria
Tontcho Tontchev
  Bulgaria
Terrance Cauthen
  United States
Leonard Doroftei
  Romania
Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
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Héctor Vinent
  Cuba
Oktay Urkal
  Germany
Fathi Missaoui
  Tunisia
Bolat Niyazymbetov
  Kazakhstan
Welterweight (– 67 kg)
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Oleg Saitov
  Russia
Juan Hernández Sierra
  Cuba
Daniel Santos
  Puerto Rico
Marian Simion
  Romania
Light middleweight (– 71 kg)
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David Reid
  United States
Alfredo Duvergel
  Cuba
Yermakhan Ibraimov
  Kazakhstan
Karim Tulaganov
  Uzbekistan
Middleweight (– 75 kg'
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Ariel Hernández
  Cuba
Malik Beyleroğlu
  Turkey
Rhoshii Wells
  United States
Mohamed Bahari
  Algeria
Light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
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Vasilii Jirov
  Kazakhstan
Lee Seung-Bae
  South Korea
Antonio Tarver
  United States
Thomas Ulrich
  Germany
Heavyweight (– 91 kg)'
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Félix Savón
  Cuba
David Defiagbon
  Canada
Nate Jones
  United States
Luan Krasniqi
  Germany
Super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
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Wladimir Klitschko
  Ukraine
Paea Wolfgram
  Tonga
Duncan Dokiwari
  Nigeria
Alexei Lezin
  Russia

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba (CUB)4307
2  Bulgaria (BUL)1203
3  Kazakhstan (KAZ)1124
4  United States (USA)*1056
5  Russia (RUS)1034
6  Algeria (ALG)1012
  Thailand (THA)1012
  Ukraine (UKR)1012
9  Hungary (HUN)1001
10  Germany (GER)0134
11  Canada (CAN)0101
  Philippines (PHI)0101
  South Korea (KOR)0101
  Tonga (TGA)0101
  Turkey (TUR)0101
16  Romania (ROU)0022
17  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Nigeria (NGR)0011
  Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
  Spain (ESP)0011
  Tunisia (TUN)0011
  Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (22 entries)12122448

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
  3. ^ "After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold". 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold". August 2016.