| Light welterweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 24 July – 4 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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The Light Welterweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the sixth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 63.5 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04. [1]
| Gold | Héctor Vinent  |
| Silver | Oktay Urkal  |
| Bronze | Fathi Missaoui  |
Bolat Niyazymbetov  |
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1952–2000: 60–63.5 kg, 2004–2012: 60–64 kg | |
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