Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

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Light welterweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates19 September – 2 October 1988
Competitors45 from 45 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Yanovski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Grahame Cheney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Lars Myrberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Reiner Gies Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
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The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 September to 2 October 1988. 45 boxers from 45 nations competed. 31-year-old Vyacheslav Yanovskiy won the gold medal. [1]

Medalists

Gold Vyacheslav Yanovski
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Grahame Cheney
Flag of Australia.svg Australia
Bronze Lars Myrberg
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Bronze Reiner Gies
Flag of Germany.svg West Germany

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Vyacheslav Yanovski Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2 Grahame Cheney Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
3T Lars Myrberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
3T Reiner Gies Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
5T Todd Foster Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5T Humberto Rodríguez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
5T Anthony Mwamba Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
5TSodnomdarjaagiin AltansükhFlag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
9T Ike Quartey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
9T Jeon Jin-cheol Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
9TDuke ChinyadzaFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
9T Howard Grant Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
9T Ludovic Proto Flag of France.svg  France
9T Lyton Mphande Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
9T Adrian Carew-Dodson Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
9T David Kamau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
17T Miguel González Flag of Paraguay (1954-1988).svg  Paraguay
17T José Saizozema Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
17T Liasu Braimoh Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17T Andrzej Możdżeń Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
17T Apete Temo Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
17T Andreas Otto Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
17T Ahmad Mayez Khanji Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971), Flag of Syria (1980-2024).svg  Syria
17T Mark Elliott Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
17T Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
17T Khalid Rahilou Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
17T Anoumou Aguiar Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
17T Vukašin Dobrašinović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
17T Lóránt Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
17T Martin N'Dongo Ebanga Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
17TDan OdindoFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
32T Handhal Mohamed Al-Harithy Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman
32T Tomás Ruiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
32T Søren Søndergaard Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
32T Kouassi Kouassi Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
32T Jhapat Singh Bhujel Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal
32T Avaavau Avaavau Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa
32T Kunihiro Miura Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
32T Jonas Bade Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
32T Borislav Abadzhiev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
32TBilal El-MasriFlag of Lebanon (1943-1995).svg  Lebanon
32T Víctor Pérez Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
32TAbidnasir ShababFlag of Jordan (3-2).svg  Jordan
32T Hubert Wester Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba
32T Pravit Suwanwichit Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Light Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2019.