Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics#Middleweight (– 75 kg)

{{Infobox Olympic event

| event = Boxing

| games = 1988 Summer

| image = Boxing, Seoul 1988.png

| image_size = 100px

| venue = Jamsil Students' Gymnasium

| dates = 17 September-2 October 1988

| competitors = 432

| nations = 106

| prev = 1984

| next = 1992

}}

File:Seoul Olympic Exhibition Hall 07.jpg

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/BOX/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044102/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/BOX/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games |work=Sports Reference |access-date=2 January 2019}} 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 considered vastly superior by observers.{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DD153DF934A35753C1A96E948260 | work=The New York Times | title=In Losing, a Boxer Won | first=David | last=Mamet | date=7 October 1988 | access-date=10 April 2010}}{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E4D9163AF935A1575AC0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1|title=Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com|date=26 September 1997|website=Query.nytimes.com|access-date=16 April 2015}}{{cite web

| title = Seoul Games scarred by riots

|url=http://in.rediff.com/sports/2004/jul/05oly.htm

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| access-date =22 August 2008 }}

Medalists

rowspan=2| Light flyweight
(– 48 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ivailo Marinov|BUL|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Michael Carbajal|USA|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Leopoldo Serantes|PHI|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Flyweight
(– 51 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flyweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kim Kwang-sun|KOR|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Andreas Tews|GDR|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Mario González|MEX|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Bantamweight
(– 54 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Kennedy McKinney|USA|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Aleksandar Khristov|BUL|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jorge Eliécer Julio|COL|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Featherweight
(– 57 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Featherweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Giovanni Parisi|ITA|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Daniel Dumitrescu|ROU|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Lee Jae-hyuk|KOR|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Lightweight
(– 60 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Lightweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Andreas Zülow|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|George Cramne|SWE|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Nergüin Enkhbat|MGL|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Light welterweight
(– 63.5 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Vyacheslav Yanovski|URS|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Grahame Cheney|AUS|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Lars Myrberg|SWE|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Welterweight
(– 67 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Welterweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Robert Wangila|KEN|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Laurent Boudouani|FRA|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Jan Dydak|POL|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Light middleweight
(– 71 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Park Si-hun|KOR|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Roy Jones Jr.|USA|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Raymond Downey|CAN|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Middleweight
(– 75 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Middleweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Henry Maske|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Egerton Marcus|CAN|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Chris Sande|KEN|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Light heavyweight
(– 81 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Andrew Maynard|USA|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Nurmagomed Shanavazov|URS|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Damir Škaro|YUG|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Heavyweight
(– 91 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Ray Mercer|USA|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Baik Hyun-man|KOR|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Andrzej Golota|POL|1988 Summer}}

rowspan=2| Super heavyweight
(+ 91 kg)
{{DetailsLink|Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Lennox Lewis|CAN|1988 Summer}}

|rowspan=2| {{flagIOCmedalist|Riddick Bowe|USA|1988 Summer}}

| {{flagIOCmedalist|Aleksandr Miroshnichenko|URS|1988 Summer}}

Medal table

{{Medals table

| caption =

| host =

| flag_template = flagIOCteam

| event = 1988 Summer

| team =

| gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 3 | bronze_USA = 2

| gold_KOR = 2 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 1

| gold_GDR = 2 | silver_GDR = 1 | bronze_GDR = 0

| gold_URS = 1 | silver_URS = 1 | bronze_URS = 2

| gold_CAN = 1 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1

| gold_BUL = 1 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 0

| gold_KEN = 1 | silver_KEN = 0 | bronze_KEN = 1

| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0

| gold_SWE = 0 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 1

| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 1 | bronze_AUS = 0

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 0

| gold_ROU = 0 | silver_ROU = 1 | bronze_ROU = 0

| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 0 | bronze_POL = 4

| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 1

| gold_COL = 0 | silver_COL = 0 | bronze_COL = 1

| gold_PHI = 0 | silver_PHI = 0 | bronze_PHI = 1

| gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 0 | bronze_THA = 1

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 1

| gold_YUG = 0 | silver_YUG = 0 | bronze_YUG = 1

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 1

| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 0 | bronze_HUN = 1

| gold_MAR = 0 | silver_MAR = 0 | bronze_MAR = 1

| gold_MGL = 0 | silver_MGL = 0 | bronze_MGL = 1

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

| gold_PAK = 0 | silver_PAK = 0 | bronze_PAK = 1

}}

References

External links

[http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/OlympicGames1988.html Amateur Boxing]

1988

Category:Events at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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