Light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 30 July – 11 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 24 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Super heavyweight | men |
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 July to 11 August 1984. 24 boxers from 24 nations competed. [1]
All times are PDT (UTC−8) [2] .
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 31 July 1984 | Round of 32 | |
Saturday, 4 August 1984 | Round of 16 | |
Tuesday, 7 August 1984 | Quarter-finals | |
Thursday, 9 August 1984 | Semi-finals | |
Saturday, 11 August 1984 | Final |
Gold | Anton Josipović ![]() |
Silver | Kevin Barry ![]() |
Bronze | Evander Holyfield ![]() |
Bronze | Mustapha Moussa ![]() |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Anton Josipović | ![]() |
2 | Kevin Barry | ![]() |
3T | Evander Holyfield | ![]() |
3T | Mustapha Moussa | ![]() |
5T | Tony Wilson | ![]() |
5T | Georgică Donici | ![]() |
5T | Sylvanus Okello | ![]() |
5T | Jean-Paul Nanga-Ntsah | ![]() |
9T | Drake Thadzi | ![]() |
9T | Roberto Oviedo | ![]() |
9T | Fine Sani | ![]() |
9T | Markus Bott | ![]() |
9T | Michael Nassoro | ![]() |
9T | Ismail Salman | ![]() |
9T | Christer Corpi | ![]() |
9T | Jonathan Kiriisa | ![]() |
17T | Juha Hänninen | ![]() |
17T | Ahmed El-Nagar | ![]() |
17T | Taju Akay | ![]() |
17T | Anthony Longdon | ![]() |
17T | Philip Pinder | ![]() |
17T | Arcadio Fuentes | ![]() |
17T | Don Smith | ![]() |
17T | Djiguible Traoré | ![]() |
Holyfield was controversially disqualified for punching Barry after what seemed to be a stop. However, on a replay it is seen that the referee stopped the bout after his punches. [3] [4]
Under IABA health regulation Barry was not allowed to box for 28 days, so he scratched from the final. [4] During the medal ceremony, Josipović shared the highest step of the podium with Holyfield and raised his hand, thus acknowledging that Evander was the real winner. [5]
Light heavyweight, is a weight class in combat sports.
Kevin Michael Joseph Barry is a New Zealand former boxer, boxing trainer, manager and occasional commentator. He is the son of noted boxing trainer Kevin Barry Sr.
Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, United States. The boxing schedule began on July 29 and ended on August 11. Twelve boxing events were contested with the participation of 354 fighters from 81 countries. A Soviet-led boycott resulted in the withdrawals of the Soviet Union, Cuba, East Germany, Bulgaria and other Eastern Bloc nations from boxing competitions.
Mustapha Moussa was an Algerian boxer who fought in the light heavyweight division. He won the first-ever Olympic medal for Algeria, winning a bronze at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He shared the podium with American boxer Evander Holyfield.
Anton "Ante" Josipović is a former Yugoslav boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Though Croatian, he was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia.
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