Featherweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 22 July – 4 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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The featherweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fourth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04. [1] There was significant controversy surrounding judging of the fight between 19-year-old Floyd Mayweather of the United States and 27-year-old two-time Olympian Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout which, according to many observers, was won by Mayweather. The U.S. team filed a protest over the Mayweather bout, claiming the judges were intimidated by Bulgaria's Emil Jetchev (head of the boxing officials) into favoring the Bulgarian Todorov, but it was rejected. [2] [3] [4]
Gold |
Somluck Kamsing Thailand |
Silver |
Serafim Todorov Bulgaria |
Bronze |
Pablo Chacón Argentina |
Floyd Mayweather United States |