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Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Featherweight
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The Featherweight class in the boxing competition was the fourth-lowest weight class. Featherweights were limited to those boxers weighing a maximum of 57 kilograms (125.7 lbs). The event took place between 15 and 26 October 1968 at Arena México.[1]
Mexican Antonio Roldán won the gold medal after Al Robinson from the United States was controversially disqualified for alleged head-butting in the gold medal bout, and did not receive his silver medal. After a successful protest by American officials, Robinson was awarded silver. The losing semifinalists, Philip Waruinge from Kenya and Ivan Mihailov from Bulgaria, both received bronze medals.[2]
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Competition format
32 boxers qualified for this category. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of six rounds each. Five judges scored each bout.[3]
Schedule
Results
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
 Philip Waruinge (KEN) | 2 | |||||
 Antonio Roldán (MEX) | 3 | |||||
| Antonio Roldán (MEX) | W | |||||
 Al Robinson (USA) | DSQ | |||||
| Al Robinson (USA) | 4 | |||||
 Ivan Mihailov (BUL) | 1 | |||||
Top half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||
 Miguel García (ARG)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Francisco Oduardo (CUB)
| 2 | Miguel García (ARG)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Aurel Simion (ROU)
| 5 | Aurel Simion (ROU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mario Santamaria (NCA)
| 0 | Miguel García (ARG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philip Waruinge (KEN)
| 5 | Philip Waruinge (KEN)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jean-Paul Anton (FRA)
| 0 | Philip Waruinge (KEN)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mohamed Sourour (MAR)
| 4 | Mohamed Sourour (MAR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ali Mebarki (ALG)
| 1 | Philip Waruinge (KEN)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Elio Cotena (ITA)
| 5 | Antonio Roldán (MEX)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Carl-Axel Palm (SWE)
| 0 | Elio Cotena (ITA)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Valery Plotnikov (URS)
| 5 | Valery Plotnikov (URS)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Risto Meronen (FIN)
| 0 | Valery Plotnikov (URS)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Edward Tracey (IRL)
| 4 | Antonio Roldán (MEX)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Errol West (JAM)
| 1 | Edward Tracey (IRL)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Antonio Roldán (MEX)
| 5 | Antonio Roldán (MEX)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hwad Abdel (SUD)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Bottom half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||
 Teogenes Pelegrino (PHI)
| KO-2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fantahun Seifu (ETH)
| L | Teogenes Pelegrino (PHI)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Robinson (USA)
| W | Al Robinson (USA)
| KO-2 | ||||||||||||||||
 John Cheshire (GBR)
| RSC | Al Robinson (USA)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jovan Pajković (YUG)
| 5 |  Abdel Hady Khallaf Allah (RAU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Reinaldo Mercado (PUR)
| 0 | Jovan Pajković (YUG)
| DSQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Abdel Hady Khallaf Allah (RAU)
| 4 | Abdel Hady Khallaf Allah (RAU)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
 Mouldi Manai (TUN)
| 1 | Al Robinson (USA)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Seyfi Tatar (TUR)
| 5 | Ivan Mihailov (BUL)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Andrés Martín (ESP)
| 0 | Seyfi Tatar (TUR)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Kim Sung-eun (KOR)
| 3 | Kim Sung-eun (KOR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Tadashi Okamoto (JPN)
| 2 | Seyfi Tatar (TUR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ivan Mihailov (BUL)
| 4 | Ivan Mihailov (BUL)
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jan Wadas (POL)
| 1 | Ivan Mihailov (BUL)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Nils Dag Strømme (NOR)
| 3 | Nils Dag Strømme (NOR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Werner Ruzicka (FRG)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
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References
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