Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 20 September to 1 October 1988. 44 boxers from 44 nations competed. Robert Wangila won the gold medal.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Robert Wangila 2 Laurent Boudouani 3T Jan Dydak 3T Kenneth Gould 5T Adewale Adegbusi 5T Khristo Furnigov 5T Song Gyeong-seop 5T Joni Nyman 9T Javier Martínez 9T Humberto Aranda 9T Abdoukerim Hamidou 9T Khaidavyn Gantulga 9T Darren Obah 9T Siegfried Mehnert 9T Maselino Masoe 9T Dimus Chisala 17T Daryl Joseph 17T Lucas Sinoia 17T José García 17T Asomua Naea 17T Francisc Vaştag 17T Gregory Griffith 17T Đorđe Petronijević 17T Richard Hamilton 17T Imre Bácskai 17T Abdullah Salim Al-Barwani 17T Alexander Künzler 17T Abdellah Taouane 17T Fidèle Mohinga 17T Alfred Ankamah 17T Sören Antman 17T Vladimir Yereshchenko 33T Kasmiro Omona 33T Billy Walsh 33T Đỗ Tiến Tuấn 33T Lionel Ortíz 33T Adão N'Zuzi 33T Pedro Fria 33T Boston Simbeye 33T Joseph Marwa 33T Isimeli Lesivakarua 33T Manny Sobral 33T Yoshiaki Takahashi 33T Wanderley Oliveira

First round Alexander Künzler (FRG) def. Kasmiro Omona (UGA), 5:0 Song Kyung-Sup (KOR) def. William Walsh (IRL), RSC-2 Abdellah Taouane (MAR) def. Đỗ Tiến Tuấn (VIE), 5:0 Siegfried Mehnert (GDR) def. José Ortiz (PUR), 5:0 Fidele Mohinga (RCA) def. Adão Nzuzi (ANG), 5:0 Maselino Masoe (ASA) def. Pedro Fria (DOM), RSC-1 Alfred Addo Ankamah (GHA) def. Boston Simbeye (MLW), KO-1 Kenneth Gould (USA) def. Joseph Marwa (TNZ), 4:1 Sören Antman (SWE) def. Isimeli Lesivakarua (FIJ), RSC-2 Joni Nyman (FIN) def. Manuel Sobral (CAN), 4:1 Vladimir Ereshchenko (URS) def. Yoshiaki Takahashi (JPN), 5:0 Dimus Chisala (ZAM) def. Wanderley Oliveira (BRA), RSC-2

Second round Adewale Adgebusi (NGA) def. Joseph Dary (ANT), KO-1 Javier Martínez (ESP) def. Lucas Januario (MOZ), 5:0 Jan Dydak (POL) def. José García (VEN), 4:1 Humberto Aranda (COS) def. Asomua Naea (SAM), RSC-2 Abdoukerim Hamidou (TOG) def. Francisc Vaştag (ROU), DSQ-3 Khristo Furnigov (BUL) def. Gregory Griffiths (BRB), KO-1 Robert Wangila (KEN) def. Đorđe Petronijević (YUG), RSC-2 Khaidavyn Gantulga (MGL) def. Richard Hamilton (JAM), RSC-2 Laurent Boudouani (FRA) def. Imre Bacskai (HUN), 4:1 Darren Obah (AUS) def. Abdullah al-Barwani (OMA), RSC-3 Song Kyung-Sup (KOR) def. Alexander Künzler (FRG), 5:0 Siegfried Mehnert (GDR) def. Abdellah Taouane (MAR), 5:0 Maselino Masoe (ASA) def. Fidele Mohinga (RCA), RSC-2 Kenneth Gould (USA) def. Alfred Addo Ankamah (GHA), 5:0 Joni Nyman (FIN) def. Sören Antman (SWE), 5:0 Dimus Chisala (ZAM) def. Vladimir Ereshchenko (URS), RSC-1

Third round Adewale Adgebusi (NGA) def. Javier Martínez (ESP), 5:0 Jan Dydak (POL) def. Humberto Aranda (COS), 4:1 Khristo Furnigov (BUL) def. Abdoukerim Hamidou (TOG), 5:0 Robert Wangila (KEN) def. Khaidavyn Gantulga (MGL), AB-2 Laurent Boudouani (FRA) def. Darren Obah (AUS), 5:0 Song Kyung-Sup (KOR) def. Siegfried Mehnert (GDR), 3:2 Kenneth Gould (USA) def. Maselino Masoe (ASA), 5:0 Joni Nyman (FIN) def. Dimus Chisala (ZAM), 5:0

Quarterfinals Jan Dydak (POL) def. Adewale Adgebusi (NGA), 4:1 Robert Wangila (KEN) def. Khristo Furnigov (BUL), 5:0 Laurent Boudouani (FRA) def. Song Kyung-Sup (KOR), 3:2 Kenneth Gould (USA) def. Joni Nyman (FIN), 5:0

Semifinals Robert Wangila (KEN) def. Jan Dydak (POL), walk-over Laurent Boudouani (FRA) def. Kenneth Gould (USA), 4:1

Final Robert Wangila (KEN) def. Laurent Boudouani (FRA), KO-2

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