Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

Light welterweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates	24 July – 4 August 1996
Competitors	32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Héctor Vinent  Cuba Oktay Urkal  Germany Fathi Missaoui  Tunisia Bolat Niyazymbetov  Kazakhstan
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The Light Welterweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the sixth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 63.5 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.^[1]

Gold	Héctor Vinent  Cuba
Silver	Oktay Urkal  Germany
Bronze	Fathi Missaoui  Tunisia
	Bolat Niyazymbetov  Kazakhstan

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Han Hyeong-min (KOR)		1:00
	Hector Vinent (CUB)		RSC-2			Hector Vinent (CUB)		23
	Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR)		21			Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR)		1
	Aboubacar Diallo (GUI)		5								Hector Vinent (CUB)		15
	Phillip Boudreault (CAN)		16								Eduard Zakharov (RUS)		7
	Haji Matumla (TAN)		12			Phillip Boudreault (CAN)		9
	Eduard Zakharov (RUS)		21			Eduard Zakharov (RUS)		11
	Fumitaka Nitami (JPN)		6													Hector Vinent (CUB)		23
	Steven Kevi (PNG)		3													Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		6
	Davis Mwale (ZAM)		16			Davis Mwale (ZAM)		3
	Carlos Martínez (MEX)		3			Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		11
	Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		25								Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ)		13
	Dairo Esalas (COL)		12								Babak Moghimi (IRI)		8
	Gerry Legras (SEY)		26			Gerry Legras (SEY)		7
	Babak Moghimi (IRI)		11			Babak Moghimi (IRI)		16
	Radoslav Suslekov (BUL)		3																		Hector Vinent (CUB)		20
	Jacek Bielski (POL)		18																		Oktay Urkal (GER)		13
	Luis Deines Pérez (PUR)		2			Jacek Bielski (POL)		8
	Peter Bulinga (KEN)		3			Mohamed Allalou (ALG)		19
	Mohamed Allalou (ALG)		17								Mohamed Allalou (ALG)		15
	Zely dos Santos (BRA)		7								Fathi Missaoui (TUN)		16
	Francis Barrett (IRL)		32			Francis Barrett (IRL)		6
	Lee Trautsch (AUS)		9			Fathi Missaoui (TUN)		16
	Fathi Missaoui (TUN)		25													Fathi Missaoui (TUN)		6
	Jacobo Garcia (ISV)		2:27													Oktay Urkal (GER)		20
	David Diaz (USA)		RSC-3			David Diaz (USA)		6
	Oktay Urkal (GER)		19			Oktay Urkal (GER)		14
	Reynaldo Galido (PHI)		2								Oktay Urkal (GER)		19
	Sergey Bykovsky (BLR)		TB 11								Nordine Mouchi (FRA)		8
	Besarion Vardzelashvili (GEO)		11			Sergey Bykovsky (BLR)		6
	Nordine Mouchi (FRA)		KO-1			Nordine Mouchi (FRA)		17
	Ullah Usman (PAK)		1:24 (16)