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 Tashkent, Uzbekistan European Championships March 30 to April 7, 1996 Vejle, Denmark All-Africa Games 13 to September 23, 1995 Harare, Zimbabwe Africa Qualification Tournament April/May 1996 Cairo, Egypt Australia and Oceania Qualification TournamentOctober 1995 Nuku'alofa, Tonga Pan American Games March 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina Central America Qualification Tournament February 1996 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico North America Qualification Tournament April 1996 Halifax, Canada South American Championships March 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Asian Qualification Tournament April 19–20, 1996 Pasay, Philippines
Medal winners Light flyweight (– 48 kg) Flyweight (– 51 kg) Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Featherweight (– 57 kg) Lightweight (– 60 kg) Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Welterweight (– 67 kg) Light middleweight (– 71 kg) Middleweight (– 75 kg' Light heavyweight (– 81 kg) Heavyweight (– 91 kg)' Super heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Medal table
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