Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

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Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dates29 July – 11 August
Competitors36 from 36 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Meldrick Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Peter Konyegwachie Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg Omar Catarí Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
Bronze medal icon.svg Turgut Aykaç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
  1980
1988  

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 July to 11 August 1984. 36 boxers from 36 nations competed. [1]

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.

1984 Summer Olympics Games of the XXIII Olympiad, held in Los Angeles in 1984

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, United States. This was the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932.

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Medalists

Gold Meldrick Taylor
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Peter Konyegwachie
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Bronze Omar Catarí
Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png Venezuela
Bronze Turgut Aykaç
Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey

Results

The following boxers took part in the event: [1]

RankNameCountry
1 Meldrick Taylor Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Peter Konyegwachie Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
3T Omar Catarí Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
3T Turgut Aykaç Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
5T Park Hyeong-ok Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
5T John Wanjau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
5T Mohamed Hegazi Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
5T Charles Lubulwa Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
9T Kevin Taylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
9T Satoru Higashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
9T Rajabu Hussen Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
9T Javier Camacho Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
9T Abraham Mieses Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
9T Alexander Wassa Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
9T Rafael Zuñiga Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
9T Paul Fitzgerald Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
17T Jonathan Magagula Flag of Swaziland.svg  Swaziland
17T Nirmal Lorick Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago
17T Noureddine Boughanmi Pre-1999 Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia
17T Azzedine Saïd Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
17T Ed Pollard Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
17T Christian Kpakpo Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
17T Jean-Luc Bezoky Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar
17T Nicolae Talpoş Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
17T Raúl Trapero Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
17T Christopher Mwamba Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
17T Ayi Sodogah Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
17T Orlando Fernández Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
17T Ali Faki Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
17T Dieudonné Mzatsi Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
17T Steve Pagendam Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
32T Stamatios Kolethras Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
32T Shane Knox Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
32T Steve Frank Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
32T Tobi Pelly Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
32T Boubagar Soumana Flag of Niger.svg  Niger

First round

Ali Faki is a Malawian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Charles Lubulwa is a Ugandan boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Shane Knox is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Second round

Kevin Taylor is a British boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Jonathan Magagula is a Swazi boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Nirmal Lorick is a Trinidad and Tobago boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Third round

Satoru Higashi is a Japanese boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

John Wanjau is a Kenyan boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Rajabu Hussen is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Quarterfinals

Meldrick Taylor is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2002. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF junior welterweight title from 1988 to 1990, and the WBA welterweight title from 1991 to 1992. As an amateur, Taylor won a gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Peter Konyegwachie was a Nigerian boxer. He hails from Ogwashi-Uku. The town that also produced another sport(football) great, Austin "Jay Jay" Okocha.The town is the headquarters of Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. He attended Adaigbo Secondary School. At the 1984 Summer Olympics he won Nigeria's first ever silver medal in the men's Featherweight (54–57 kg) category.

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Retrieved 28 December 2018.