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Flyweight (≤58 kilograms), Men

Date	20 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Keji Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

The favorites were the defending champion Chu Mu-Yen of Chinese Taipei, and 2007 World Champion Juan Antonio Ramos of Spain. But they were both defeated by Yulis Mercedes of the Dominican Republic, the 2007 Pan American Games champion, who made his way to the final, where he met his close friend, Mexico’s Guillermo Pérez, silver medalist at the 2007 Worlds. The final match went to overtime, and after a scoreless overtime, Pérez was awarded the gold medal by superiority, which was the first Mexican gold medal at the Olympics since 1984.

One bronze medal was historic when it went to Afghanistan’s Rohullah Nikpai, the first ever Olympic medal for his country. Nikpai noted, “I hope this will send a message of peace to my country after 30 years of war. I won the medal for my country.”

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Guillermo Pérez	MEX	Gold
2	Gabriel Mercedes	DOM	Silver
=3	Chu Mu-Yen	TPE	Bronze
=3	Rohullah Nikpai	AFG	Bronze
=5	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA
=5	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP
=7	Michael Harvey	GBR
=7	Pedro Póvoa	POR
=9	Ryan Carneli	AUS
=9	Márcio Wenceslau	BRA
=11	Tshomlee Go	PHI
=11	Alfonso Martinez	BIZ
=11	Reza Naderian	IRI
=11	M. A. Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi	BEN
=11	Levent Tuncat	GER
=11	Dickson Wamwiri	KEN

Round One

Date	20 August 2008 — 11:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 11:00	Guillermo Pérez	MEX	Final score	Michael Harvey	GBR
Match #2	20 Aug 11:15	Rohullah Nikpai	AFG	Final score	Levent Tuncat	GER
Match #3	20 Aug 11:30	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA	Final score	M. A. Jean Moloise Ogoudjobi	BEN
Match #4	20 Aug 11:45	Ryan Carneli	AUS	Final score	Tshomlee Go	PHI
Match #5	20 Aug 12:00	Chu Mu-Yen	TPE	Final score	Dickson Wamwiri	KEN
Match #6	20 Aug 12:15	Gabriel Mercedes	DOM	Final score	Pedro Póvoa	POR
Match #7	20 Aug 12:30	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP	Final score	Alfonso Martinez	BIZ
Match #8	20 Aug 12:45	Márcio Wenceslau	BRA	Final score	Reza Naderian	IRI

Quarter-Finals

Date	20 August 2008 — 16:00
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 16:00	Guillermo Pérez	MEX	Final score	Rohullah Nikpai	AFG
Match #2	20 Aug 16:15	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA	Final score	Ryan Carneli	AUS
Match #3	20 Aug 16:30	Gabriel Mercedes	DOM	Final score	Chu Mu-Yen	TPE
Match #4	20 Aug 16:45	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP	Final score	Márcio Wenceslau	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	20 August 2008 — 17:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug 17:30	Guillermo Pérez	MEX	Final score	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA
Match #2	20 Aug 17:45	Gabriel Mercedes	DOM	Final score	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP

Repêchage Round One

Date	20 August 2008 — 18:30
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	20 Aug	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA
Match #2	20 Aug 18:30	Chu Mu-Yen	TPE	Final score	Pedro Póvoa	POR
Match #3	20 Aug 18:45	Rohullah Nikpai	AFG	Final score	Michael Harvey	GBR
Match #4	20 Aug	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP

Final Round

Date	20 August 2008 — 20:15

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	20 Aug 20:15	Guillermo Pérez	MEX	Superiority	Gabriel Mercedes	DOM
Match 3/5	20 Aug 19:30	Chu Mu-Yen	TPE	Final score	Chutchawan Khaolaor	THA
Match 3/5	20 Aug 19:45	Rohullah Nikpai	AFG	Final score	Juan Antonio Ramos	ESP