Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 22 September – 1 October | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1988 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 heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 22 September to 1 October 1988. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed. [1] 27-year-old Ray Mercer, who took up boxing only four years prior, won the gold medal. [2]
Gold | Ray Mercer United States |
Silver | Baik Hyun-man South Korea |
Bronze | Andrzej Gołota Poland |
Bronze | Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Ray Mercer | United States |
2 | Baik Hyun-man | South Korea |
3T | Andrzej Gołota | Poland |
3T | Arnold Vanderlyde | Netherlands |
5T | Maik Heydeck | East Germany |
5T | Harold Obunga | Kenya |
5T | Luigi Gaudiano | Italy |
5T | Gyula Alvics | Hungary |
9T | Juan Antonio Díaz | Argentina |
9T | Željko Mavrović | Yugoslavia |
9T | Svilen Rusinov | Bulgaria |
9T | Tualau Fale | Tonga |
9T | Ramzan Sebiyev | Soviet Union |
9T | Rudolf Gavenčiak | Czechoslovakia |
9T | Henry Akinwande | Great Britain |
9T | Tom Glesby | Canada |
17T | Claus Børge Nielsen | Denmark |
17T | José Ortega | Spain |
Arnold Petrus Maria Vanderlyde is a Dutch former amateur boxer, who participated in three Summer Olympics and won three bronze medals in the heavyweight division (≤91 kg). He started boxing at age fifteen. Although Vanderlyde was a three-time European champion and seven-time Dutch champion, he never turned professional. After ending his boxing career in 1992, he entered the corporate world as a motivational speaker.
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