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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Boxing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates20 July-4 August 1996
Competitors355 from 97 nations
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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

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

Event Date Venue
Asian Championships 1 to October 8, 1995 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan
European Championships March 30 to April 7, 1996 Denmark Vejle, Denmark
All-Africa Games 13 to September 23, 1995 Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Qualification Tournament April/May 1996 Egypt Cairo, Egypt
Australia and Oceania Qualification Tournament October 1995 Tonga Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pan American Games March 1995 Argentina Mar del Plata, Argentina
Central America Qualification Tournament February 1996 Puerto Rico Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
North America Qualification Tournament April 1996 Canada Halifax, Canada
South American Championships March 1996 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Qualification Tournament April 19–20, 1996 Philippines Pasay, Philippines

Medal winners

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

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

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

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
  3. ^ "After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold". 28 August 2021.
  4. ^ "20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold". August 2016.