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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing competitions

Summary

Boxing competitions

Field	Value
event	Boxing
games	1996 Summer
image	Boxing, Atlanta 1996.png
image_size	100px
venue	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
dates	20 July-4 August 1996
competitors	355
nations	97
prev	1992
next	2000

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries.

There was significant controversy surrounding the judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the U.S. and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout win which according to many observers, was won by Mayweather. Additionally, in the final of the light flyweight bout between Bulgaria's Daniel Petrov and Mansueto Velasco of the Philippines, Petrov claimed gold as many spectators believed that Velasco should have won the match and questioned the one-sided scoring of the judges.

Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Event	Date	Venue
Asian Championships	1 to October 8, 1995	UZB Tashkent, Uzbekistan
European Championships	March 30 to April 7, 1996	DEN Vejle, Denmark
All-Africa Games	13 to September 23, 1995	ZIM Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Qualification Tournament	April/May 1996	Egypt Cairo, Egypt
Australia and Oceania Qualification Tournament	October 1995	TON Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pan American Games	March 1995	ARG Mar del Plata, Argentina
Central America Qualification Tournament	February 1996	PUR Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
North America Qualification Tournament	April 1996	CAN Halifax, Canada
South American Championships	March 1996	ARG Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Qualification Tournament	April 19–20, 1996	PHI Pasay, Philippines

Medal winners

Alexei Lezin

Medal table

References

"Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Sports Reference.
"Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
(28 August 2021). "After decades, Recah Trinidad still believes Onyok Velasco was robbed of Olympic gold".
(August 2016). "20 years after Atlanta, Onyok still pines for gold".

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