Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics


Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum in Atlanta. The boxing schedule began on 20 July and ended on 4 August. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 355 athletes from 97 countries.
There was significant controversy surrounding judging of the fight between Floyd Mayweather of the US and Serafim Todorov of Bulgaria, with Todorov winning the semi-final bout which, according to many observers, was won by Mayweather.

Qualification

The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
EventDateVenue
Asian Championships1 to October 8, 1995 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
European ChampionshipsMarch 30 to April 7, 1996 Vejle, Denmark
All-Africa Games13 to September 23, 1995 Harare, Zimbabwe
Africa Qualification TournamentApril/May 1996 Cairo, Egypt
Australia and Oceania Qualification TournamentOctober 1995 Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Pan American GamesMarch 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina
Central America Qualification TournamentFebruary 1996 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
North America Qualification TournamentApril 1996 Halifax, Canada
South American ChampionshipsMarch 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Asian Qualification TournamentApril 19–20, 1996 Pasay, Philippines

Medal winners

Medal table