1988 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Boxing at the XXIV Summer Olympics
information
venue	Seoul
Competition venue	Sangmu Sports Hall
Nations	106
Athletes	432 (432 men)
date	September 17 - October 2, 1988
decisions	12
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At the XXIV Summer Olympics in Seoul in 1988 , twelve boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Jamsil Sports Hall, which is part of the Seoul Sports Complex in the Songpa-gu district. The Olympic boxing tournament was overshadowed by scandals. After Aleksandar Christow's fight against Byun Jung-il, the South Korean supervisors beat up the referee. Byun Jung-il also protested with a sit-in strike that lasted over an hour in the ring. After a clear wrong decision, after the fight between Park Si-hun and Roy Jones jr. awarded the gold medal to the clearly inferior Park Si-hun. At least eight fraud judgments were later found.

Balance sheet

Jamsil sports hall

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	3	3	2	8th
2	South Korea	2	1	1	4th
3	GDR	2	1	-	3
4th	Soviet Union	1	1	2	4th
5	Canada	1	1	1	3
6th	Bulgaria	1	1	-	2
7th	Kenya	1	-	1	2
8th	Italy	1	-	-	1
9	Sweden	-	1	1	2
10	Australia	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
	Romania	-	1	-	1
13	Poland	-	-	4th	4th
14th	BR Germany	-	-	1	1
	Great Britain	-	-	1	1
	Yugoslavia	-	-	1	1
	Colombia	-	-	1	1
	Morocco	-	-	1	1
	Mexico	-	-	1	1
	Mongolia	-	-	1	1
	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	Pakistan	-	-	1	1
	Philippines	-	-	1	1
	Thailand	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Light flyweight	Ivajlo Marinov	Michael Carbajal	Róbert Isaszegi Leopoldo Serantes
Flyweight	Kim Kwang-sun	Andreas Tews	Mariano González Timofei Scriabin
Bantamweight	Kennedy McKinney	Aleksandar Christov	Phajol Moolsan Jorge Julio Rocha
Featherweight	Giovanni Parisi	Daniel Dumitrescu	Abdelhak Achik Lee Jae-hyuk
lightweight	Andreas Zulow	George Cramne	Romallis Ellis Nergüin Enchbat
Light welterweight	Vyacheslav Janovsky	Grahame Cheney	Reiner Gies Lars Myrberg
Welterweight	Robert Wangila	Laurent Boudouani	Jan Dydak Kenneth Gould
Light middleweight	Park Si-hun	Roy jones jr.	Raymond Downey Richard Woodhall
medium weight	Henry mask	Egerton Marcus	Christian Sande Hussain Shah Syed
Light heavyweight	Andrew Maynard	Nurmagomed Shanavazov	Henryk Petrich Damir Škaro
Heavyweight	Ray Mercer	Baik Hyun-man	Andrzej Gołota Arnold Vanderlyde
Super heavyweight	Lennox Lewis	Riddick Bowe	Alexander Miroschnitschenko Janusz Zarenkiewicz

Results

Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	BUL	Ivajlo Marinov
2	United States	Michael Carbajal
3	HUN	Róbert Isaszegi
	PHI	Leopoldo Serantes
5	URS	Alexander Machmutov
	MAR	Mahjoub M'jirih
	CAN	Scotty Olson
	THA	Chatchai Sasakul

Date: September 17th to October 1st, 1988
34 participants from 34 countries

Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Kim Kwang-sun
2	GDR	Andreas Tews
3	MEX	Mariano González
	URS	Timofei Scriabin
5	ALG	Benaissa Abed
	DOM	Meluin de Leon
	GHA	Alfred Kotey
	BUL	Serafim Todorov

Date: September 18 to October 2, 1988
44 participants from 44 countries

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Kennedy McKinney
2	BUL	Aleksandar Christov
3	THA	Phajol Moolsan
	COL	Jorge Julio Rocha
5	MGL	Njamaagiin Altanchujag
	URS	Alexander Artemyev
	JPN	Katsuyuki Matsushima
	KEN	Steve Mwema
9	GDR	René Breitbarth

Date: September 17th to October 1st, 1988
48 participants from 48 countries

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Giovanni Parisi
2	ROME	Daniel Dumitrescu
3	MAR	Abdelhak Achik
	COR	Lee Jae-hyuk
5	CHN	Liu Dong
	POLE	Tomasz Nowak
	ISR	Ya'acov Shmuel
	NED	Regilio Tuur
33	GDR	Diego Drumm

Date: September 18 to October 2, 1988
48 participants from 48 countries

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GDR	Andreas Zulow
2	SWE	George Cramne
3	United States	Romallis Ellis
	MGL	Nergüin Enchbat
5	BUL	Emil Chuprenski
	GBR	Charles Kane
	MAR	Kamal Marjouane
	EGY	Mohamed Regazy

Date: September 19 to October 1, 1988
19 participants from 19 countries

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	URS	Vyacheslav Janovsky
2	OUT	Grahame Cheney
3	FRG	Pure Gies
	SWE	Lars Myrberg
5	MGL	Sodnomdarjaagiin Altansüch
	United States	Todd Foster
	ZAM	Anthony Mwamba
	MEX	Humberto Rodríguez
17th	GDR	Andreas Otto

Date: September 19 to October 2, 1988
45 participants from 45 countries

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	KEN	Robert Wangila
2	FRA	Laurent Boudouani
3	POLE	Jan Dydak
	United States	Kenneth Gould
5	NGR	Adewale Adgebusi
	BUL	Christo Furnigow
	FIN	Joni Nyman
	COR	Song Kyung-sup
9	GDR	Siegfried Mehnert
17th	FRG	Alexander Künzler

Date: September 20 to October 1, 1988
44 participants from 44 countries

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	COR	Park Si-hun
2	United States	Roy jones jr.
3	CAN	Raymond Downey
	GBR	Richard Woodhall
5	SWE	Martin Kitel
	ITA	Vincenzo Nardiello
	PURE	Rey Rivera
	URS	Yevgeny Saizew
9	GDR	Torsten Schmitz
17th	FRG	Norbert Nieroba

Date: September 20th to October 2nd, 1988
36 participants from 36 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	GDR	Henry mask
2	CAN	Egerton Marcus
3	KEN	Christian Sande
	PAH	Hussain Shah Syed
5	HUN	Zoltán Fuzesy
	ITA	Michele Mastrodonato
	FRG	Sven Ottke
	UGA	Franco Wanyama

Date: September 19 to October 1, 1988
33 participants from 33 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Andrew Maynard
2	URS	Nurmagomed Shanavazov
3	POLE	Henryk Petrich
	YUG	Damir Škaro
5	KEN	Joseph Akhasamba
	EGY	Ahmed Elnaggar
	HUN	Lajos Erős
	ITA	Andrea Magi
9	FRG	Markus Bott
17th	GDR	René Suetovius

Date: September 21st to October 2nd, 1988
26 participants from 26 countries

Heavy weight (up to 91 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Ray Mercer
2	COR	Baik Hyun-man
3	POLE	Andrzej Gołota
	NED	Arnold Vanderlyde
5	HUN	Gyula Alvics
	ITA	Luigi Gaudiano
	GDR	Maik Heydeck
	KEN	Harold Obunga

Date: September 22nd to October 1st, 1988
18 participants from 18 countries

Super heavyweight (over 91 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	CAN	Lennox Lewis
2	United States	Riddick Bowe
3	URS	Alexander Miroshnichenko
	POLE	Janusz Zarenkiewicz
5	TCH	Peter Hrivnák
	GDR	Ulli Kaden
	COR	Kim Yoo-hyun
	FRG	Andreas Schnieders
9	AUT	Biko Botowamungu

Date: September 22nd to October 2nd, 1988
17 participants from 17 countries

Web links

• Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results of the 1988 Summer Games (PDF, 24.7 MB)

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ The Greatest Boxing Scandals of All Time: Scams, Mafia Business, and Murder
2. ↑ General suspicion on the ring
3. ↑ Boxing and the smell of corruption
4. ↑ Amateur World Association in Twilight