Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Lightweight

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Boxing competitions

Lightweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates	21 July – 3 August
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Hocine Soltani  Algeria Tontcho Tontchev  Bulgaria Terrance Cauthen  United States Leonard Doroftei  Romania
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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
	Light flyweight
	Flyweight
	Bantamweight
	Featherweight
	Lightweight
	Light welterweight
	Welterweight
	Light middleweight
	Middleweight
	Light heavyweight
	Heavyweight
	Super heavyweight
v t e

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 in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.

Medalists

Gold	Hocine Soltani  Algeria
Silver	Tontcho Tontchev  Bulgaria
Bronze	Terrance Cauthen  United States
	Leonard Doroftei  Romania

Results

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Mekhak Ghazaryan (ARM)		7
	Francisco Martínez (MEX)		1			Michael Strange (CAN)		16
	Michael Strange (CAN)		15								Michael Strange (CAN)		10
	Denis Zimba (ZAM)		RCS 2								Tontcho Tontchev (BUL)		16
	Sergey Ostroshapkin (BLR)		(3:00)			Dennis Zimba (ZAM)		9
	Octavian Țîcu (MDA)		(1:40)			Tontcho Tontchev (BUL)		17
	Tontcho Tontchev (BUL)		RSCH 2													Tontcho Tontchev (BUL)		15
	Idrissa Kabore (BUR)		6													Terrance Cauthen (USA)		12
	Jaroslav Konecny (CZE)		16			Jaroslav Konecny (CZE)		6
	Irvin Buhlalu (RSA)		5			Pongsith Wiangwiset (THA)		20
	Phongsit Veangviseth (THA)		21								Pongsith Wiangwiset (THA)		10
	Tümentsetsegiin Üitümen (MGL)		7								Terrance Cauthen (USA)		14
	Miguel Mojica (DOM)		1			Tumentsetseg Uitumen (MGL)		9
	Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev (UZB)		6			Terrance Cauthen (USA)		10
	Terrance Cauthen (USA)		18																		Tontcho Tontchev (BUL)		3
	George Maina (KEN)		(2:59)																		Hocine Soltani (ALG)		TB 3
	Shin Eun-Chul (KOR)		RSC-3			Shin Eun-Chul (KOR)		27
	Franco Agentho (UGA)		8			Fabrizio Nieva (ARG)		11
	Fabrizio Nieva (ARG)		12								Shin Eun-Chul (KOR)		10
	Hocine Soltani (ALG)		14								Hocine Soltani (ALG)		16
	Vahdettin İşsever (TUR)		2			Hocine Soltani (ALG)		11
	Henry Kunsi (PNG)		11			Agnaldo Nunes (BRA)		1
	Agnaldo Nunes (BRA)		TB 11													Hocine Soltani (ALG)		9
	Christian Giantomassi (ITA)		11													Leonard Doroftei (ROM)		6
	Sergey Kopenkin (KGZ)		12 (5)			Sergey Kopenkin (KGZ)		1
	Julio Mboumba (GAB)		(1:46)			Leonard Doroftei (ROM)		10
	Leonard Doroftei (ROM)		RSC-2								Leonard Doroftei (ROM)		17
	Romeo Brin (PHI)		13								Koba Gogoladze (GEO)		8
	Julio Gonzalez Valladares (CUB)		24			Julio Gonzalez Valladares (CUB)		9
	Koba Gogoladze (GEO)		17			Koba Gogoladze (GEO)		14
	Ri Chol (PRK)		9

References

1. ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.