Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Lightweight
{{short description|Boxing competitions}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Lightweight boxing
|games = 1996 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Alexander Memorial Coliseum
|dates = 21 July – 3 August
|competitors = 31
|nations = 31
|gold = Hocine Soltani
|goldNOC = ALG
|silver = Tontcho Tontchev
|silverNOC = BUL
|bronze = Terrance Cauthen
|bronzeNOC = USA
|bronze2 = Leonard Doroftei
|bronzeNOC2 = ROU
|prev=1992
|next=2000
}}
{{BoxingAt1996SummerOlympics}}
The Lightweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 60 kilograms. The competition at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 20 July 1996 and ended on 4 August, 1996.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/BOX/mens-lightweight.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124843/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/BOX/mens-lightweight.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight |work=Sports Reference |accessdate=14 January 2019}}
Medalists
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| {{OlympicGoldMedalist|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}} | |
| {{OlympicSilverMedalist|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}} | |
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#cc9966"|Bronze | {{flagIOCmedalist|Terrance Cauthen|USA|1996 Summer}} |
| {{flagIOCmedalist|Leonard Doroftei|ROM|1996 Summer}} |
Results
{{32TeamBracket-Compact-NoSeeds-Byes
| R1 = Round of 32
| R2 = Round of 16
| R3 = Quarterfinals
| R4 = Semifinals
| R5 = Finals
| team-width=350
| score-width=150
| RD1-team03 = {{flagIOCathlete|Francisco Martínez|MEX|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score03 = 1
| RD1-team04 = {{flagIOCathlete|Michael Strange|CAN|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score04 = 15
| RD1-team05 = {{flagIOCathlete|Denis Zimba|ZAM|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score05 = RCS 2
| RD1-team06 = {{flagIOCathlete|Sergey Ostroshapkin|BLR|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score06 = (3:00)
| RD1-team07 = {{flagIOCathlete|Octavian Țîcu|MDA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score07 = (1:40)
| RD1-team08 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score08 = RSCH 2
| RD1-team09 = {{flagIOCathlete|Idrissa Kabore|BUR|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score09 = 6
| RD1-team10 = {{flagIOCathlete|Jaroslav Konecny|CZE|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score10 = 16
| RD1-team11 = {{flagIOCathlete|Irvin Buhlalu|RSA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score11 = 5
| RD1-team12 = {{flagIOCathlete|Phongsit Veangviseth|THA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score12 = 21
| RD1-team13 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tümentsetsegiin Üitümen|MGL|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score13 = 7
| RD1-team14 = {{flagIOCathlete|Miguel Mojica|DOM|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score14 = 1
| RD1-team15 = {{flagIOCathlete|Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev|UZB|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score15 = 6
| RD1-team16 = {{flagIOCathlete|Terrance Cauthen|USA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score16 = 18
| RD1-team17 = {{flagIOCathlete|George Maina|KEN|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score17 = (2:59)
| RD1-team18 = {{flagIOCathlete|Shin Eun-Chul|KOR|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score18 = RSC-3
| RD1-team19 = {{flagIOCathlete|Franco Agentho|UGA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score19 = 8
| RD1-team20 = {{flagIOCathlete|Fabrizio Nieva|ARG|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score20 = 12
| RD1-team21 = {{flagIOCathlete|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score21 = 14
| RD1-team22 = {{flagIOCathlete|Vahdettin İşsever|TUR|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score22 = 2
| RD1-team23 = {{flagIOCathlete|Henry Kunsi|PNG|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score23 = 11
| RD1-team24 = {{flagIOCathlete|Agnaldo Nunes|BRA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score24 = TB 11
| RD1-team25 = {{flagIOCathlete|Christian Giantomassi|ITA|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score25 = 11
| RD1-team26 = {{flagIOCathlete|Sergey Kopenkin|KGZ|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score26 = 12 (5)
| RD1-team27 = {{flagIOCathlete|Julio Mboumba|GAB|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score27 = (1:46)
| RD1-team28 = {{flagIOCathlete|Leonard Doroftei|ROM|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score28 = RSC-2
| RD1-team29 = {{flagIOCathlete|Romeo Brin|PHI|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score29 = 13
| RD1-team30 = {{flagIOCathlete|Julio Gonzalez Valladares|CUB|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score30 = 24
| RD1-team31 = {{flagIOCathlete|Koba Gogoladze|GEO|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score31 = 17
| RD1-team32 = {{flagIOCathlete|Ri Chol|PRK|1996 Summer}}
| RD1-score32 = 9
| RD2-team01 = {{flagIOCathlete|Mekhak Ghazaryan|ARM|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score01 = 7
| RD2-team02 = {{flagIOCathlete|Michael Strange|CAN|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score02 = 16
| RD2-team03 = {{flagIOCathlete|Dennis Zimba|ZAM|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score03 = 9
| RD2-team04 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score04 = 17
| RD2-team05 = {{flagIOCathlete|Jaroslav Konecny|CZE|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score05 = 6
| RD2-team06 = {{flagIOCathlete|Pongsith Wiangwiset|THA|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score06 = 20
| RD2-team07 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tumentsetseg Uitumen|MGL|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score07 = 9
| RD2-team08 = {{flagIOCathlete|Terrance Cauthen|USA|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score08 = 10
| RD2-team09 = {{flagIOCathlete|Shin Eun-Chul|KOR|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score09 = 27
| RD2-team10 = {{flagIOCathlete|Fabrizio Nieva|ARG|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score10 = 11
| RD2-team11 = {{flagIOCathlete|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score11 = 11
| RD2-team12 = {{flagIOCathlete|Agnaldo Nunes|BRA|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score12 = 1
| RD2-team13 = {{flagIOCathlete|Sergey Kopenkin|KGZ|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score13 = 1
| RD2-team14 = {{flagIOCathlete|Leonard Doroftei|ROM|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score14 = 10
| RD2-team15 = {{flagIOCathlete|Julio Gonzalez Valladares|CUB|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score15 = 9
| RD2-team16 = {{flagIOCathlete|Koba Gogoladze|GEO|1996 Summer}}
| RD2-score16 = 14
| RD3-team01 = {{flagIOCathlete|Michael Strange|CAN|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score01 = 10
| RD3-team02 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score02 = 16
| RD3-team03 = {{flagIOCathlete|Pongsith Wiangwiset|THA|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score03 = 10
| RD3-team04 = {{flagIOCathlete|Terrance Cauthen|USA|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score04 = 14
| RD3-team05 = {{flagIOCathlete|Shin Eun-Chul|KOR|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score05 = 10
| RD3-team06 = {{flagIOCathlete|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score06 = 16
| RD3-team07 = {{flagIOCathlete|Leonard Doroftei|ROM|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score07 = 17
| RD3-team08 = {{flagIOCathlete|Koba Gogoladze|GEO|1996 Summer}}
| RD3-score08 = 8
| RD4-team01 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}}
| RD4-score01 = 15
| RD4-team02 = {{flagIOCathlete|Terrance Cauthen|USA|1996 Summer}}
| RD4-score02 = 12
| RD4-team03 = {{flagIOCathlete|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}}
| RD4-score03 = 9
| RD4-team04 = {{flagIOCathlete|Leonard Doroftei|ROM|1996 Summer}}
| RD4-score04 = 6
| RD5-team01 = {{flagIOCathlete|Tontcho Tontchev|BUL|1996 Summer}}
| RD5-score01 = 3
| RD5-team02 = {{flagIOCathlete|Hocine Soltani|ALG|1996 Summer}}
| RD5-score02 = TB 3
}}
References
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