Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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.[1] 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 vastly superior.[2][3][4]
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| Dates | 17 September-2 October 1988 |
| Competitors | 432 from 106 nations |
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| Light flyweight | men |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Light welterweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Light middleweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
| Super heavyweight | men |
Korean boxers' uniforms at the games
Medalists
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight (– 48 kg) |
Ivailo Marinov.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria |
Michael Carbajal United States |
Leopoldo Serantes.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Philippines |
Róbert Isaszegi Hungary | |||
| Flyweight (– 51 kg) |
Kim Kwang-sun.svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea |
Andreas Tews East Germany |
Mario González Mexico |
Timofey Skryabin Soviet Union | |||
| Bantamweight (– 54 kg) |
Kennedy McKinney United States |
Aleksandar Khristov Bulgaria |
Jorge Julio Rocha Colombia |
Phajol Moolsan Thailand | |||
| Featherweight (– 57 kg) |
Giovanni Parisi Italy |
Daniel Dumitrescu.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania |
Lee Jae-hyuk South Korea |
Abdelhak Achik Morocco | |||
| Lightweight (– 60 kg) |
Andreas Zülow East Germany |
George Cramne Sweden |
Nergüin Enkhbat.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mongolia |
| Romallis Ellis United States | |||
| Light welterweight (– 63.5 kg) |
Vyacheslav Yanovski Soviet Union |
Grahame Cheney Australia |
Lars Myrberg Sweden |
Reiner Gies West Germany | |||
| Welterweight (– 67 kg) |
Robert Wangila Kenya |
Laurent Boudouani France |
Jan Dydak Poland |
| Kenneth Gould United States | |||
| Light middleweight (– 71 kg) |
Park Si-hun South Korea |
Roy Jones Jr. United States |
Raymond Downey.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
Richard Woodhall Great Britain | |||
| Middleweight (– 75 kg) |
Henry Maske East Germany |
Egerton Marcus Canada |
Chris Sande Kenya |
Hussain Shah Pakistan | |||
| Light heavyweight (– 81 kg) |
Andrew Maynard United States |
Nurmagomed Shanavazov Soviet Union |
Damir Škaro.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia |
| Henryk Petrich Poland | |||
| Heavyweight (– 91 kg) |
Ray Mercer United States |
Baik Hyun-man South Korea |
Andrzej Golota Poland |
Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands | |||
| Super heavyweight (+ 91 kg) |
Lennox Lewis Canada |
Riddick Bowe United States |
Aleksandr Miroshnichenko Soviet Union |
| Janusz Zarenkiewicz Poland |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mongolia (MGL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pakistan (PAK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (25 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 | |
References
- "Boxing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- Mamet, David (7 October 1988). "In Losing, a Boxer Won". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
- "Sports of The Times – Nice Gesture Substitutes For Justice – NYTimes.com". Query.nytimes.com. 26 September 1997. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- "Seoul Games scarred by riots". in.rediff.com. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
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