Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Boxing
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Dates20 July-4 August 1996
Competitors355 from 97 nations
  1992
2000  

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries. [1]

There was significant controversy surrounding the judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout win which according to many observers, was won by Mayweather. [2] Additionally, in the final of the light flyweight bout between Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov and Mansueto Velasco of the Philippines, Petrov claimed gold as many spectators believed that Velasco should have won the match and questioned the one-sided scoring of the judges. [3] [4]

Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

EventDateVenue
Asian Championships 1 to October 8, 1995 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent, Uzbekistan
European Championships March 30 to April 7, 1996 Flag of Denmark.svg Vejle, Denmark
All-Africa Games 13 to September 23, 1995 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Qualification TournamentApril/May 1996 Flag of Egypt.svg Cairo, Egypt
Australia and Oceania Qualification TournamentOctober 1995 Flag of Tonga.svg Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pan American Games March 1995 Flag of Argentina.svg Mar del Plata, Argentina
Central America Qualification TournamentFebruary 1996 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
North America Qualification TournamentApril 1996 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Halifax, Canada
South American Championships March 1996 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Qualification TournamentApril 19–20, 1996 Flag of the Philippines.svg Pasay, Philippines

Medal winners

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light flyweight (– 48 kg)
details
Daniel Petrov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Mansueto Velasco
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
Oleg Kiryukhin
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Rafael Lozano
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Flyweight (– 51 kg)
details
Maikro Romero
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bulat Jumadilov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Zoltan Lunka
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Albert Pakeyev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
details
István Kovács
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Arnaldo Mesa
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Vichairachanon Khadpo
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Raimkul Malakhbekov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Featherweight (– 57 kg)
details
Somluck Kamsing
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Serafim Todorov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Pablo Chacón
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Lightweight (– 60 kg)
details
Hocine Soltani
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Tontcho Tontchev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Terrance Cauthen
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Leonard Doroftei
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
details
Héctor Vinent
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Oktay Urkal
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Fathi Missaoui
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia
Bolat Niyazymbetov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Welterweight (– 67 kg)
details
Oleg Saitov
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Juan Hernández Sierra
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Daniel Santos
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Marian Simion
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Light middleweight (– 71 kg)
details
David Reid
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Alfredo Duvergel
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Yermakhan Ibraimov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Karim Tulaganov
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Middleweight (– 75 kg'
details
Ariel Hernández
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Malik Beyleroğlu
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Rhoshii Wells
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Mohamed Bahari
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
details
Vasilii Jirov
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Lee Seung-Bae
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Antonio Tarver
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Thomas Ulrich
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Heavyweight (– 91 kg)'
details
Félix Savón
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
David Defiagbon
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Nate Jones
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Luan Krasniqi
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
details
Wladimir Klitschko
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Paea Wolfgram
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Duncan Dokiwari
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Alexei Lezin
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)4307
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)1203
3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan  (KAZ)1124
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)*1056
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1034
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)1012
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1012
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)1012
9Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)1001
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0134
11Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0101
Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)0101
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)0101
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga  (TGA)0101
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)0101
16Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROU)0022
17Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)0011
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria  (NGR)0011
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)0011
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0011
Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia  (TUN)0011
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan  (UZB)0011
Totals (22 entries)12122448

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