Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight

The light flyweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class is open for boxers up to 48 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 20 July and ended on 3 August 1996.^[1]

Light flyweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Venue	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates	20 July – 3 August 1996
Competitors	30 from 30 nations
Medalists
Daniel Petrov  Bulgaria Mansueto Velasco  Philippines Oleg Kiryukhin  Ukraine Rafael Lozano  Spain
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Qualified boxers

Athlete	Notes
Nshan Munchyan (ARM)
Daniel Petrov (BUL)	1995 World Championships
Mansueto Velasco (PHI)	Asian Championships
Oleg Kiryukhin (UKR)	1996 European Championships
Rafael Lozano (ESP)	1996 European Championships
Somrot Kamsing (THA)	Asian Championships
Albert Guardado (USA)	1995 Pan American Games
Hamid Berhili (MAR)	1st African Olympic Qualification
La Paene Masara (INA)
Sabin Bornei (ROU)	1996 European Championships
Beibis Mendoza (COL)	1996 South American Championships
Anicet Rasoanaivo (MAD)
Yosvani Aguilera (CUB)
Yang Xiangzhong (CHN)
Masibulele Makepula (RSA)	1995 All-Africa Games
Jesús Martínez (MEX)	2nd North & Central American Olympic Qualification
Yaşar Giritli (TUR)	4th 1996 European Championships
José Pérez Reyes (DOM)	1st North & Central American Olympic Qualification
Domenic Figliomeni (CAN)
Abdul Rashid Qambrani (PAK)
Geovany Baca (HON)	1995 Pan American Games
Healer Modiradilo (BOT)
Stefan Ström (SWE)
Tsai Chih-hsiu (TPE)
Alfred Tetteh (GHA)	2nd African Olympic Qualification
Alberto Rossel (PER)	1996 South American Championships
Joseph Benhard (NAM)
Debendra Thapa (IND)
Sapok Biki (MAS)
Peter Baláž (SVK)

Medalists

Gold	Daniel Petrov  Bulgaria
Silver	Mansueto Velasco  Philippines
Bronze	Rafael Lozano  Spain
	Oleg Kiryukhin  Ukraine

Results

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Kiryukhin (UKR)		17
	Qambrani (PAK)		3			Kiryukhin (UKR)		18
	Figliomeni (CAN)		1			Mendoza (COL)		6
	Mendoza (COL)		12								Kiryukhin (UKR)		19
	Modiradilo (BOT)		9								Guardado (USA)		14
	Guardado (USA)		11			Guardado (USA)		9
	Rasoanaivo (MAD)		12			Rasoanaivo (MAD)		4
	Baca (HON)		0													Kiryukhin (UKR)		8
																Petrov (BUL)		17
						Munchyan (ARM)		5
						Petrov (BUL)		11
											Petrov (BUL)		18
	Bornei (ROM)		16								Kamsing (THA)		6
	Pérez Reyes (DOM)		10			Bornei (ROM)		7
	Giritli (TUR)		4			Kamsing (THA)		18
	Kamsing (THA)		19																		Petrov (BUL)		19
	Baláž (SVK)		3																		Velasco (PHI)		6
	Masara (INA)		13			Masara (INA)		8
	Martínez (MEX)		15			Martínez (MEX)		1
	Biki (MAS)		4								Masara (INA)		9
	Makepula (RSA)		RCS-1								Lozano (ESP)		10
	Debendra (IND)		(01:41)			Makepula (RSA)		3
	Benhard (NAM)		2			Lozano (ESP)		14
	Lozano (ESP)		10													Lozano (ESP)		10
	Velasco (PHI)		RSC-1													Velasco (PHI)		22
	Chih-Hsiu (TPE)		(02:27)			Velasco (PHI)		14
	Strøm (SWE)		(02:26)			Aguilera (CUB)		5
	Aguilera (CUB)		RSC-2								Velasco (PHI)		20
	Berhili (MAR)		10								Berhili (MAR)		10
	Tetteh (GHA)		5			Berhili (MAR)		14
	Rossel (PER)		7			Xiangzhong (CHN)		9
	Xiangzhong (CHN)		16