Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Featherweight
Featherweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 22 July – 4 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | |
Flyweight | |
Bantamweight | |
Featherweight | |
Lightweight | |
Light welterweight | |
Welterweight | |
Light middleweight | |
Middleweight | |
Light heavyweight | |
Heavyweight | |
Super heavyweight | |
The featherweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fourth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.[1] There was significant controversy surrounding judging of the fight between 19-year-old Floyd Mayweather of the United States and 27-year-old two-time Olympian Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov being awarded the semi-final bout which, according to many observers, was won by Mayweather. The U.S. team filed a protest over the Mayweather bout, claiming the judges were intimidated by Bulgaria's Emil Jetchev (head of the boxing officials) into favoring the Bulgarian Todorov, but it was rejected.[2][3][4]
Medalists
[edit]Gold | Somluck Kamsing Thailand |
Silver | Serafim Todorov Bulgaria |
Bronze | Pablo Chacón Argentina |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. United States |
Results
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Boxing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Controversial Olympic loss may have set Mayweather on historic path".
- ^ "5 Boxers Who Got Robbed in the Olympics: Floyd Mayweather and More on the List". 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Judge quits in protest of incompetent scoring". The News. 3 August 1996. Retrieved 28 September 2023.