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Boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Dates17 September-2 October 1988
Competitors432 from 106 nations
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Korean boxers' uniforms at the games

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between 17 September and 2 October. Twelve men's individual boxing events were contested, attended by 432 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries. [1] The events were notable for a controversial decision in the light middleweight championship bout between American Roy Jones Jr. and South Korean Park Si-Hun, when Roy Jones was denied gold despite being vastly superior. [2] [3] [4]

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
(– 48 kg)
details
Ivailo Marinov
  Bulgaria
Michael Carbajal
  United States
Leopoldo Serantes
  Philippines
Róbert Isaszegi
  Hungary
Flyweight
(– 51 kg)
details
Kim Kwang-sun
  South Korea
Andreas Tews
  East Germany
Mario González
  Mexico
Timofey Skryabin
  Soviet Union
Bantamweight
(– 54 kg)
details
Kennedy McKinney
  United States
Aleksandar Khristov
  Bulgaria
Jorge Julio Rocha
  Colombia
Phajol Moolsan
  Thailand
Featherweight
(– 57 kg)
details
Giovanni Parisi
  Italy
Daniel Dumitrescu
  Romania
Lee Jae-hyuk
  South Korea
Abdelhak Achik
  Morocco
Lightweight
(– 60 kg)
details
Andreas Zülow
  East Germany
George Cramne
  Sweden
Nergüin Enkhbat
  Mongolia
Romallis Ellis
  United States
Light welterweight
(– 63.5 kg)
details
Vyacheslav Yanovski
  Soviet Union
Grahame Cheney
  Australia
Lars Myrberg
  Sweden
Reiner Gies
  West Germany
Welterweight
(– 67 kg)
details
Robert Wangila
  Kenya
Laurent Boudouani
  France
Jan Dydak
  Poland
Kenneth Gould
  United States
Light middleweight
(– 71 kg)
details
Park Si-hun
  South Korea
Roy Jones Jr.
  United States
Raymond Downey
  Canada
Richard Woodhall
  Great Britain
Middleweight
(– 75 kg)
details
Henry Maske
  East Germany
Egerton Marcus
  Canada
Chris Sande
  Kenya
Hussain Shah
  Pakistan
Light heavyweight
(– 81 kg)
details
Andrew Maynard
  United States
Nurmagomed Shanavazov
  Soviet Union
Damir Škaro
  Yugoslavia
Henryk Petrich
  Poland
Heavyweight
(– 91 kg)
details
Ray Mercer
  United States
Baik Hyun-man
  South Korea
Andrzej Golota
  Poland
Arnold Vanderlyde
  Netherlands
Super heavyweight
(+ 91 kg)
details
Lennox Lewis
  Canada
Riddick Bowe
  United States
Aleksandr Miroshnichenko
  Soviet Union
Janusz Zarenkiewicz
  Poland

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)3328
2  South Korea (KOR)2114
3  East Germany (GDR)2103
4  Soviet Union (URS)1124
5  Canada (CAN)1113
6  Bulgaria (BUL)1102
7  Kenya (KEN)1012
8  Italy (ITA)1001
9  Sweden (SWE)0112
10  Australia (AUS)0101
  France (FRA)0101
  Romania (ROU)0101
13  Poland (POL)0044
14  Colombia (COL)0011
  Great Britain (GBR)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Mexico (MEX)0011
  Mongolia (MGL)0011
  Morocco (MAR)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Pakistan (PAK)0011
  Philippines (PHI)0011
  Thailand (THA)0011
  West Germany (FRG)0011
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (25 entries)12122448

References

  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ Mamet, David (7 October 1988). "In Losing, a Boxer Won". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com". Query.nytimes.com. 26 September 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Seoul Games scarred by riots". in.rediff.com. Retrieved 22 August 2008.

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