Date | 21 September – 2 October 1988 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Jam-sil Hak-saeng Che-yuk-gwan, Seoul Sports Complex, Seoul | |
Participants | 26 from 26 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
For reasons of non-selection and boycott the competition was bereft of both of the most recent World Championships finalists, the World Cup winner and the winners of the European Championships and Pan-American Games. Twenty-year-old American Andrew Maynard, a soldier stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado, was able to benefit from their absence and win a deserved Olympic title. The gold medal bout against Nurmagomed Shanavazov of the Soviet Union was not a thing of beauty and was described by a newspaper columnist as like watching )Two angry wildebeests shoulder-charging each other around the ring) but the American did enough to win a clear decision. Maynard, who had joined the Army after being involved in drug dealing and robbery, began a professional career that failed to live up to his early promise and lost 13 of his 39 bouts.
Date | 21 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 21 Sep | Lajos Erős | HUN | ||||
Match #2 | 21 Sep | Nelson Adams | PUR | ||||
Match #3 | 21 Sep | Andrew Maynard | USA | ||||
Match #4 | 21 Sep | Mika Masoe | ASA | ||||
Match #5 | 21 Sep | Chris Collins | GRN | ||||
Match #6 | 21 Sep | Ahmed El-Nagar | EGY | Walkover | Hudson Nanton | VIN | |
Match #7 | 21 Sep | Niels Madsen | DEN | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Terry Dixon | JAM | |
Match #8 | 21 Sep | Henryk Petrich | POL | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Park Byeong-Jin | KOR | |
Match #9 | 21 Sep | Osmond Imadiyi | NGR | Knock-out | Rund Kanika | COD | |
Match #10 | 21 Sep | Damir Škaro | YUG | Decision | Deyan Kirilov | BUL | |
Match #11 | 21 Sep | Sione Vaveni Talia'uli | TGA | Knock-out | Tommy Bauro | SOL | |
Match #12 | 21 Sep | Joseph Akhasamba | KEN | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Jeffrey Nedd | ARU | |
Match #13 | 21 Sep | Andrea Magi | ITA | Decision | Pua Ulberg | SAM | |
Match #14 | 21 Sep | Brent Kosolofski | CAN | Referee stops contest (head blow) | Ahmed El-Masri | LBN | |
Match #15 | 21 Sep | Markus Bott | FRG | Referee stops contest (head blow) | René Suetovius | GDR | |
Match #16 | 21 Sep | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | URS | Decision | Patrick Lihanda | UGA |
Date | 25 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 25 Sep | Lajos Erős | HUN | Decision | Nelson Adams | PUR | |
Match #2 | 25 Sep | Andrew Maynard | USA | Referee stops contest (outclassed) | Mika Masoe | ASA | |
Match #3 | 25 Sep | Ahmed El-Nagar | EGY | Decision | Chris Collins | GRN | |
Match #4 | 25 Sep | Henryk Petrich | POL | Decision | Niels Madsen | DEN | |
Match #5 | 25 Sep | Damir Škaro | YUG | Decision | Osmond Imadiyi | NGR | |
Match #6 | 25 Sep | Joseph Akhasamba | KEN | Decision | Sione Vaveni Talia'uli | TGA | |
Match #7 | 25 Sep | Andrea Magi | ITA | Decision | Brent Kosolofski | CAN | |
Match #8 | 25 Sep | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | URS | Decision | Markus Bott | FRG |
Date | 27 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Sep | Andrew Maynard | USA | Decision | Lajos Erős | HUN | |
Match #2 | 27 Sep | Henryk Petrich | POL | Decision | Ahmed El-Nagar | EGY | |
Match #3 | 27 Sep | Damir Škaro | YUG | Decision | Joseph Akhasamba | KEN | |
Match #4 | 27 Sep | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | URS | Decision | Andrea Magi | ITA |
Date | 29 September 1988 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 29 Sep | Andrew Maynard | USA | Retired | Henryk Petrich | POL | |
Match #2 | 29 Sep | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | URS | Walkover | Damir Škaro | YUG |
Date | 2 October 1988 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 02 Oct | Andrew Maynard | USA | Decision | Nurmagomed Shanavazov | URS |