The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 July to 8 August 1992. 29 boxers from 29 nations competed.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Oscar De La Hoya 2 Marco Rudolph 3T Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan 3T Hong Sung-sik 5T Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla 5T Julien Lorcy 5T Toncho Tonchev 5T Ronald Chavez 9T Mauricio Ávila 9T Jacobo Garcia 9T Shigeyuki Dobashi 9T Dariusz Snarski 9T Moses Odion 9T Henry Kungsi 9T Artur Grigoryan 9T Billy Irwin 17T Felix Bwalya 17T Kamal Marjouane 17T Delroy Leslie 17T Vasile Nistor 17T Justin Rowsell 17T János Petrovics 17T Adilson Silva 17T Arshad Hussain 17T Julio González 17T Óscar Palomino 17T Yun Yong-chol 17T Emil Rizk 17T Alan Vaughan

First round Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (MGL) – BYE Mauricio Avila (GUA) – BYE Rashid Matumla (TAN) def. Felix Bwalya (ZAM), 16:8 Julien Lorcy (FRA) def. Kamal Marjouane (MAR), 11:7 Shigeyuki Dobashi (JPN) def. Delroy Leslie (JAM), 11:5 Marco Rudolph (GER) def. Vasile Nistor (ROM), 10:5 Dariusz Snarski (POL) def. Justin Rowsell (AUS), RSC-3 Moses Odion (NGR) def. Janos Petrovics (HUN), 18:8 Oscar De La Hoya (USA) def. Adilson Rosa Silva (BRA), RSC-3 Henry Kungsi (PNG) def. Arshad Hussain (PAK), 13:9 Tontcho Tontchev (BUL) def. Julio González Valladares (CUB), 14:12 Artur Grigorian (EUN) def. Óscar Palomino (ESP), 11:10 Hong Sung-Sik (KOR) def. Yun Yong-chol (PRK), 11:2 Ronald Chavez (PHI) def. Emil Rizk (EGY), 18:10 William Irwin (CAN) def. Alan Vaughan (GBR), RSCH 3rd round

Second round Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (MGL) def. Mauricio Avila (GUA), 15:0 Rashid Matumla (TAN) def. Jacobo Garcia (ISV), 12:2 Julien Lorcy (FRA) def. Shigeyuki Dobashi (JPN), RSC-2 Marco Rudolph (GER) def. Dariusz Snarski (POL), 10:1 Oscar De La Hoya (USA) def. Moses Odion (NGR), 16:4 Tontcho Tontchev (BUL) def. Henry Kungsi (PNG), 11:2 Hong Sung-Sik (KOR) def. Artur Grigorian (EUN), 9:3 Ronald Chavez (PHI) def. William Irwin (CAN), 8:1

Quarterfinals Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (MGL) def. Rashid Matumla (TAN), 9:6 Marco Rudolph (GER) def. Julien Lorcy (FRA), 13:10 Oscar De La Hoya (USA) def. Tontcho Tontchev (BUL), 16:7 Hong Sung-Sik (KOR) def. Ronald Chavez (PHI), KO-1

Semifinals Marco Rudolph (GER) def. Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan (MGL), WO Oscar De La Hoya (USA) def. Hong Sung-Sik (KOR), 11:10

Final Oscar De La Hoya (USA) def. Marco Rudolph (GER), 7:2

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