Light flyweight 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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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 flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 48 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 July to 11 August 1984. 24 boxers from 24 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.
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.
Gold | Paul Gonzales |
Silver | Salvatore Todisco |
Bronze | Marcelino Bolivar |
Bronze | Keith Mwila |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Paul Gonzales | |
2 | Salvatore Todisco | |
3T | Marcelino Bolivar | |
3T | Keith Mwila | |
5T | Mamoru Kuroiwa | |
5T | Rafael Ramos | |
5T | Carlos Motta | |
5T | John Lyon | |
9T | Francis Tejedor | |
9T | Chung Pao-ming | |
9T | Gerry Hawkins | |
9T | Jesús Beltre | |
9T | Agapito Gómez | |
9T | Daniel Mwangi | |
9T | Yehuda Ben Haim | |
9T | William Bagonza | |
17T | Mahjoub M'jirih | |
17T | Nelson Jamili | |
17T | Mustafa Genç | |
17T | Sanpol Sang-Ano | |
17T | Michael Ebo Dankwa | |
17T | Alego Akomi | |
17T | Abbas Zeghayer | |
17T | Kim Gwang-seon |
Rafael "Fito" Ramos is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and twice won a medal at the Pan American Games during his career.
Agapito Gómez Álvarez is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Fighting in the light flyweight division, he lost in the tournament's second round to Venezuela's Marcelino Bolivar.
Nelson Jamili is a Filipino boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Mamoru Kuroiwa is a retired boxer from Japan, who twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988. He lost in the quarterfinals of the light flyweight division to Zambia's eventual bronze medalist Keith Mwila at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the light flyweight division at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, he lost his opening bout to Ochirin Demberel of Mongolia by knockout in the third round.
Francisco Tejedor is a retired Colombian boxer. He competed in the men's light flyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Keith Mwila was a retired Zambian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's Light flyweight (-48 kg) category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. He became the first Olympic medalist from Zambia.
Salvatore Todisco was a light flyweight boxer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. In the final he was defeated by Paul Gonzales of the United States. He died in a car accident on November 25, 1990 at the age of 29.
Carlos Santiago Motta Taracena is a retired boxer from Guatemala who competed in the light flyweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Paul Garza Gonzales is an American boxer, who won the light flyweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
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