Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Lightweight
| Lightweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 21 July – 3 August | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 31 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| Light flyweight | |
| Flyweight | |
| Bantamweight | |
| Featherweight | |
| Lightweight | |
| Light welterweight | |
| Welterweight | |
| Light middleweight | |
| Middleweight | |
| Light heavyweight | |
| Heavyweight | |
| Super heavyweight | |
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.[1]
Medalists
| Gold | Hocine Soltani Algeria
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| Silver | Tontcho Tontchev Bulgaria
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| Bronze | Terrance Cauthen United States
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Leonard Doroftei Romania
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Results
References
- ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
1904: 125–135 lb (56.7–61.2 kg) · 1908: 126–140 lb (57.2–63.5 kg) · 1920–1936: 126–135 lb (57.2–61.2 kg) · 1948: 58–62 kg · 1952–2008: 57–60 kg · 2012: 56–60 kg · 2016: 57–60 kg · 2020–2024: 58–63 kg · 2024–: 58–63.5 kg | |
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