Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

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Welterweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venue Jamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates20 September – 1 October
Competitors44 from 44 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Wangila Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg Laurent Boudouani Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan Dydak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Kenneth Gould Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1984
1992  

The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 20 September to 1 October 1988. 44 boxers from 44 nations competed. Robert Wangila won the gold medal. [1]

Medalists

Gold Robert Wangila
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Silver Laurent Boudouani
Flag of France.svg France
Bronze Jan Dydak
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Bronze Kenneth Gould
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Robert Wangila Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
2 Laurent Boudouani Flag of France.svg  France
3T Jan Dydak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
3T Kenneth Gould Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5T Adewale Adegbusi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
5T Khristo Furnigov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
5T Song Gyeong-seop Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
5T Joni Nyman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
9T Javier Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
9T Humberto Aranda Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica
9T Abdoukerim Hamidou Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
9T Khaidavyn Gantulga Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
9T Darren Obah Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
9T Siegfried Mehnert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9T Maselino Masoe Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
9T Dimus Chisala Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
17T Daryl Joseph Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda
17T Lucas Sinoia Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique
17T José García Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
17T Asomua Naea Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
17T Francisc Vaştag Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
17T Gregory Griffith Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados
17T Đorđe Petronijević Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
17T Richard Hamilton Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
17T Imre Bácskai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
17T Abdullah Salim Al-Barwani Flag of Oman (1970-1995).svg  Oman
17T Alexander Künzler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
17T Abdellah Taouane Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
17T Fidèle Mohinga Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
17T Alfred Ankamah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
17T Sören Antman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
17T Vladimir Yereshchenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
33T Kasmiro Omona Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
33T Billy Walsh Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
33T Đỗ Tiến Tuấn Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
33T Lionel Ortíz Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
33T Adão N'Zuzi Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
33T Pedro Fria Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
33T Boston Simbeye Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
33T Joseph Marwa Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
33TIsimeli LesivakaruaFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
33T Manny Sobral Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
33T Yoshiaki Takahashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
33T Wanderley Oliveira Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019.