The men's light middleweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 19 September to 1 October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. This was also the last Olympic games for the light middleweight category in Olympic boxing.
Competition format Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 19 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 1 October. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.
All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.
Competitors
Name Country Mohamed Hikal Song In-Joon Pornchai Thongburan Károly Balzsay Andrey Mishin Frédéric Esther Michael Roche Firat Karagollu José Luis Zertuche Sidy Sandy Ciro Di Corcia Marian Simion Stephan Nzue Mba Juan Hernández Sierra Osumanu Adama Mohamed Marmouri Yousif Massas Yermakhan Ibraimov Hely Yánes Nurbek Kasenov Dmitry Usagin Jermain Taylor Scott MacIntosh Sakio Bika Juan José Ubaldo Richard Rowles Adnan Ćatić Dilshod Yarbekov
Results All times are Australian Time (UTC+10)
References
External links Official Olympic Report Official Results – Boxing Results on Amateur Boxing