The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 September to 2 October 1988. 44 boxers from 44 nations competed. Kim Kwang-sun won the gold medal.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Kim Kwang-sun 2 Andreas Tews 3T Mario González 3T Timofey Skryabin 5T Alfred Kotey 5T Benaissa Abed 5T Meluin de Leon 5T Serafim Todorov 9T Manoj Pingale 9T Benjamin Mwangata 9T Emmanuel Nsubuga 9T János Váradi 9T Philippe Desavoye 9T Andy Agosto 9T Arthur Johnson 9T Gamal El-Din El-Koumy 17T Joseph Chongo 17T Teboho Mathibeli 17T Husain Al-Mutairi 17T Peter Ayesu 17T Mohamed Mahfood Sayed 17T Aissa Moukrim 17T Roberto Jalnaiz 17T Wang Weiping 17T Anthony Ikegu 17T Badie Ovnteni 17T Hamed Halbouni 17T Joe Lawlor 17T Bishnu Bahadur Singh 17T Nokuthula Tshabangu 17T Setsuo Segawa 17T Ramazan Gül 33T Vichai Khadpo 33T Johnny Bredahl Johansen 33T Zekaria Williams 33T Archer Fausto 33T Sixto Vera 33T Andrea Mannai 33T Bonifacio García 33T Tseyen-Oidovyn Tserennyam 33T Simon Morales 33T David Griman 33T John Lyon 33T Amir Hussain

First round Andy Agosto (PUR) def. Vichairachanon Khadpo (THA), 5:0 Hamed Halbouni (SYR) def. Johnny Bredahl (DEN), RSC-2 Timofey Skryabin (URS) def. Zekaria Williams (CIS), 5:0 Joseph Lawlor (IRL) def. Archer Fausto (MOZ), KO-2 Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP) def. Sixto Vera (PAR), 5:0 Arthur Johnson (USA) def. Andrea Mannai (ITA), 5:0 Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM) def. Bonifacio Garcia (ESP), 4:1 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Tseyen-Oidovyn Tserennyam (MGL), RSC-2 Setsuo Segawa (JPN) def. Simon Morales (COL), 4:1 Serafim Todorov (BUL) def. David Griman (VEN), 4:1 Ramazan Gul (TUR) def. John Lyon (GBR), 4:1 Gamal El-Komy (EGY) def. Amir Hussain (IRQ), 4:1

Second round Manoj Pingale (IND) def. Joseph Chongo (ZAM), 5:0 Mario González (MEX) def. Teboho Mathibeli (LES), 5:0 Alfred Kotey (GHA) def. Husain Al-Mutairi (KUW), RSC-1 Benjamin Mwangata (TNZ) def. Peter Ayesu (MLW), 5:0 Emmanuel Nsubuga (UGA) def. Salem Obeyb (YMD), KO-1 Benaissa Abed (ALG) def. Aissa Moukrine (MAR), 3:2 János Váradi (HUN) def. Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI), 4:1 Andreas Tews (GDR) def. Wang Weipin (CHN), 5:0 Philippe Desavoye (FRA) def. Anthony Ikegu (KEN), RSC-2 Melvin de Leon (DOM) def. Badie Ovnteni (NIG), RSC-1 Andy Agosto (PUR) def. Hamed Halbouni (SYR), 5:0 Timofey Skryabin (URS) def. Joseph Lawlor (IRL), 5:0 Arthur Johnson (USA) def. Bishnu Bahadur Singh (NEP), RSC-2 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Nokuthula Tshabangu (ZIM), RSC-2 Serafim Todorov (BUL) def. Setsuo Segawa (JPN), 5:0 Gamal El-Komy (EGY) def. Ramazan Gül (TUR), 4:1

Third round Mario González (MEX) def. Manoj Pingale (IND), 4:1 Alfred Kotey (GHA) def. Benjamin Mwangata (TNZ), 5:0 Benaissa Abed (ALG) def. Emmanuel Nsubuga (UGA), 3:2 Andreas Tews (GDR) def. János Váradi (HUN), 5:0 Melvin de Leon (DOM) def. Philippe Desavoye (FRA), 5:0 Timofey Skryabin (URS) def. Andy Agosto (PUR), 5:0 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Arthur Johnson (USA), 5:0 Serafim Todorov (BUL) def. Gamal El-Komy (EGY), walk-over

Quarterfinals Mario González (MEX) def. Alfred Kotey (GHA), walk-over Andreas Tews (GDR) def. Benaissa Abed (ALG), 5:0 Timofey Skryabin (URS) def. Melvin de Leon (DOM), 3:2 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Serafim Todorov (BUL), 4:1

Semifinals Andreas Tews (GDR) def. Mario González (MEX), 5:0 Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Timofey Skryabin (URS), 5:0

Final Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) def. Andreas Tews (GDR), 4:1

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