Light flyweight boxing at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 17 September – 1 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 34 from 34 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 light flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 48 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 17 September to 1 October 1988. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed. 1980 bronze medalist Ivailo Marinov won the gold medal by controversially defeating young Michael Carbajal. There were suspicions of politics influencing the judges decision in the gold medal bout. [1] [2]
Gold | Ivailo Marinov ![]() |
Silver | Michael Carbajal ![]() |
Bronze | Leopoldo Serantes ![]() |
Bronze | Róbert Isaszegi ![]() |
The following boxers took part in the event: [2]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Ivailo Marinov | ![]() |
2 | Michael Carbajal | ![]() |
3T | Leopoldo Serantes | ![]() |
3T | Róbert Isaszegi | ![]() |
5T | Scotty Olson | ![]() |
5T | Chatchai Sasakul | ![]() |
5T | Mahjoub M'jirih | ![]() |
5T | Aleksandr Makhmutov | ![]() |
9T | Ðặng Hiếu Hiền | ![]() |
9T | Wayne McCullough | ![]() |
9T | Maurice Maina | ![]() |
9T | Sadoon Mohamed Aboub | ![]() |
9T | Sammy Stewart | ![]() |
9T | Tom Chisenga | ![]() |
9T | Jesús Beltre | ![]() |
9T | Donald Martínez | ![]() |
17T | O Gwang-su | ![]() |
17T | Antonio Caballero | ![]() |
17T | Fred Muteweta | ![]() |
17T | Washington Banian | ![]() |
17T | Luis Rolón | ![]() |
17T | Mohamed Haddad | ![]() |
17T | Colin Moore | ![]() |
17T | Bounmy Thephavong | ![]() |
17T | Moustafa Esmail | ![]() |
17T | Darwin Angeles | ![]() |
17T | Liu Hsin-hung | ![]() |
17T | Ochiryn Demberel | ![]() |
17T | Marcelino Bolívar | ![]() |
17T | Carlos Eluaiza | ![]() |
17T | Mark Epton | ![]() |
32T | Damber Dutta Bhatta | ![]() |
32T | Yacine Sheikh | ![]() |
32T | Mamoru Kuroiwa | ![]() |
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a weight class in boxing.
Ivailo Marinov is a Bulgarian boxer of Muslim Romani ancestry, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in light flyweight, and the gold medal in the same category at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Róbert Isaszegi is a Hungarian boxer, who won the bronze medal in the light flyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Leopoldo Serantes was a Filipino amateur boxer and soldier. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea in the Light Flyweight division, winning the bronze medal in a lost bout against Ivailo Marinov from Bulgaria in the semifinals. Serantes' win marked the first time in 24 years that an athlete from the Philippines won an Olympic medal since boxer Anthony Villanueva, his head coach, won a silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and he became the sixth Filipino overall to be awarded an Olympic medal.
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