Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight

The men's light flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 48 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 27 boxers from 27 nations competed.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Jorge Hernández 2 Ri Byong-uk 3T Orlando Maldonado 3T Payao Pooltarat 5T Armando Guevara 5T Héctor Patri 5T György Gedó 5T Park Chan-hui 9T Dietmar Geilich 9T Oleksandr Tkachenko 9T Brendan Dunne 9T Ali Canay 9T Henryk Średnicki 9T Serdambyn Batsükh otherwise Serdamba Batsuk 9T Mohamed Said Abdel Wehab 9T Zoffa Yarawi 17T Eduardo Baltar 17T Louis Curtis 17T Remus Cosma 17T Sayed Bashiri 17T Noboru Uchiyama 17T Sidney McKnight 17T Eleoncio Mercedes 17T Enrique Rodríguez 17T José Leroy 17T Abderrahim Najm 17T Beykhan Fuchedzhiev

First round Armando Guevara (VEN) def. Eduardo Baltar (PHI), 5:0 Li Byong-Uk (PRK) def. Sidney McKnight (CAN), KO-1 Henryk Średnicki (POL) def. Louis Curtis (USA), 5:0 Aleksandr Tkachenko (URS) def. Eleoncio Mercedes (DOM), RSC-1 Payao Poontarat (THA) def. Remus Cosma (ROM), 4:1 Serdamba Batsuk otherwise Serdambyn Batsükh (MGL) def. Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), RSC-3 György Gedó (HUN) def. Said Bashiri (IRN), KO-2 Orlando Maldonado(PUR) def. Lucky Mutale (ZAM), walk-over Brendan Dunne (IRL) def. Noboru Uchizama (JPN), RSC-2 Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY) def. José Leroy (FRA), KO-1 Héctor Patri (ARG) def. Alodji Edoh (TOG), walk-over Chan-Hee Park (KOR) def. Abderahim Najim (MAR), DSQ-3 Alican Az (TUR) def. Stephen Muchoki (KEN), walk-over Jorge Hernández (CUB) def. Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3 Zoffa Yarawi (PNG) def. Venostos Ochira (UGA), walk-over

Second round Armando Guevara (VEN) def. Dietmar Geilich (GDR), 5:0 Li Byong-Uk (PRK) def. Henryk Średnicki (POL), 3:2 Payao Poontarat (THA) def. Aleksandr Tkachenko (URS), 3:2 György Gedó (HUN) def. Serdamba Batsuk (MGL), 5:0 Orlando Maldonado (PUR) def. Brendan Dunne (IRL), KO-1 Héctor Patri (ARG) def. Said Mohamed Abdelwahab (EGY), walk-over Chan-Hee Park (KOR) def. Alican Az (TUR), 5:0 Jorge Hernández (CUB) def. Zoffa Zarawi (PNG), KO-3

Quarterfinals Li Byong-Uk (PRK) def. Armando Guevara (VEN), 3:2 Payao Poontarat (THA) def. György Gedó (HUN), 4:1 Orlando Maldonado (PUR) def. Héctor Patri (ARG), 5:0 Jorge Hernández (CUB) def. Chan-Hee Park (KOR), 3:2

Semifinals Li Byong-Uk (PRK) def. Payao Poontarat (THA), RSC-2 Jorge Hernández (CUB) def. Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0

Final Jorge Hernández (CUB) def. Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1

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