Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 September to 2 October 1988. 45 boxers from 45 nations competed. 31-year-old Vyacheslav Yanovskiy won the gold medal.[1]

Light welterweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenueJamsil Students' Gymnasium
Dates19 September – 2 October
Competitors45 from 45 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vyacheslav Yanovski  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Grahame Cheney  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lars Myrberg  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Reiner Gies  West Germany
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Medalists

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Gold Vyacheslav Yanovski
  Soviet Union
Silver Grahame Cheney
  Australia
Bronze Lars Myrberg
  Sweden
Bronze Reiner Gies
  West Germany

Results

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

Rank Name Country
1 Vyacheslav Yanovski   Soviet Union
2 Grahame Cheney   Australia
3T Lars Myrberg   Sweden
3T Reiner Gies   West Germany
5T Todd Foster   United States
5T Humberto Rodríguez   Mexico
5T Anthony Mwamba   Zambia
5T Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansükh   Mongolia
9T Ike Quartey   Ghana
9T Jeon Jin-cheol   South Korea
9T Duke Chinyadza   Zimbabwe
9T Howard Grant   Canada
9T Ludovic Proto   France
9T Lyton Mphande   Malawi
9T Adrian Carew-Dodson   Guyana
9T David Kamau   Kenya
17T Miguel González   Paraguay
17T José Saizozema   Dominican Republic
17T Liasu Braimoh   Nigeria
17T Andrzej Możdżeń   Poland
17T Apete Temo   Fiji
17T Andreas Otto   East Germany
17T Ahmad Mayez Khanji   Syria
17T Mark Elliott   Great Britain
17T Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla   Tanzania
17T Khalid Rahilou   Morocco
17T Anoumou Aguiar   Togo
17T Vukašin Dobrašinović   Yugoslavia
17T Lóránt Szabó   Hungary
17T Martin N'Dongo Ebanga   Cameroon
17T Dan Odindo   Uganda
32T Handhal Mohamed Al-Harithy   Oman
32T Tomás Ruiz   Spain
32T Søren Søndergaard   Denmark
32T Kouassi Kouassi   Ivory Coast
32T Jhapat Singh Bhujel   Nepal
32T Avaavau Avaavau   Western Samoa
32T Kunihiro Miura   Japan
32T Jonas Bade   Papua New Guinea
32T Borislav Abadzhiev   Bulgaria
32T Bilal El-Masri   Lebanon
32T Víctor Pérez   Puerto Rico
32T Abidnasir Shabab   Jordan
32T Hubert Wester   Aruba
32T Pravit Suwanwichit   Thailand

First round

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Second round

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Third round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Light Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2019.