Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight


The men's light middleweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 19 September to 1 October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. This was also the last Olympic games for the light middleweight category in Olympic boxing.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 19 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 1 October. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.
All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

Competitors

NameCountry
Mohamed Hikal
Song In-Joon
Pornchai Thongburan
Károly Balzsay
Andrey Mishin
Frédéric Esther
Michael Roche
Firat Karagollu
José Luis Zertuche
Sidy Sandy
Ciro Di Corcia
Marian Simion
Stephan Nzue Mba
Juan Hernández Sierra
Osumanu Adama
Mohamed Marmouri
Yousif Massas
Yermakhan Ibraimov
Hely Yánes
Nurbek Kasenov
Dmitry Usagin
Jermain Taylor
Scott MacIntosh
Sakio Bika
Juan José Ubaldo
Richard Rowles
Adnan Ćatić
Dilshod Yarbekov

Results

All times are Australian Time