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Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing competitions

Summary

Boxing competitions

Field	Value
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

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. 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 web | access-date =22 August 2008 }}

Medalists

Janusz Zarenkiewicz

Medal table

References

"Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference.
Mamet, David. (7 October 1988). "In Losing, a Boxer Won". The New York Times.
(26 September 1997). "Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com".

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