Middleweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 22 July – 3 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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The Middleweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fourth-heaviest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 75 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04. [1]
Gold | Ariel Hernandez Cuba |
Silver | Malik Beyleroglu Turkey |
Bronze | Mohamed Bahari Algeria |
Rhoshii Wells United States |
Aruba sent a delegation to compete at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States from 19 July to 4 August 1996. This was Aruba's third appearance at a Summer Olympic Games since separating from the Netherlands Antilles. The Aruban delegation consisted of three competitors, track and field athlete Miguel Janssen, weightlifter Junior Faro, and cyclist Lucien Dirksz. Janseen was eliminated in the first round of the men's 200 metres, Faro finished 21st in the men's middleweight, and Dirksz failed to finish his event.
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