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Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men

Date22 July – 3 August 1996
StatusOlympic
LocationAlexander Memorial Coliseum, Atlanta, Georgia
Participants31 from 31 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

After winning Olympic gold in Barcelona Ariel Hernández established himself as clearly the best fighter in the division and proved this by winning both the 1993 and 1995 World Championship titles. Hernández defended his title in Atlanta with ease and conceded an average of just over one punch per round throughout his five matches despite being drawn against a number of the weight category’s top contenders. The big surprise was the silver medal winner, Azerbaijan-born Malik Beyleroğlu who was now representing Turkey. Beyleroğlu was his adopted nation’s first Olympic finalist at the sport.

The lives of some of the competitions were marked by their diversity. Sven Ottke and Brian Magee made little impression in Atlanta but both went on to have long careers as professionals and both became world champions. Little more than a year after the Games Czech boxer Ľudovít Plachetka was sent to prison for the murder of his girlfriend’s mother and attempted murder of his girlfriend. He was released from prison seven years later but was later convicted of rape and incarcerated again. Bronze medallist Rhoshii Wells had a moderately successful pro career but his life was cut short in 2008 when, after what was believed to be an argument over a dice game, he was shot dead.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Ariel HernándezCUBGold
2Malik BeyleroğluTURSilver
=3Mohamed BahariALGBronze
=3Rhoshii WellsUSABronze
5Tomasz BorowskiPOL
6Brian MageeIRL
7Dilshod YarbekovUZB
8Aleksandr LebzyakRUS
=9Zsolt ErdeiHUN
=9Hirokuni MotoJPN
=9Ak'ak'i K'ak'auridzeGEO
=9Bertrand TietsiaCMR
=9José Ricardo RodriguesBRA
=9Ľudovít PlachetkaCZE
=9Sven OttkeGER
=9Justann CrawfordAUS
=17Juan Pablo LópezMEX
=17Mohamed MesbahiMAR
=17Chen TaoCHN
=17Ricardo AranedaCHI
=17Marcus ThomasBAR
=17Randall ThompsonCAN
=17Mun Im-CheolKOR
=17Bob GasioSAM
=17Korosh Malaie Saefid DashtiIRI
=17Brian JohansenDEN
=17Dan MathunjawaSWZ
=17Kabary SalemEGY
=17Jean-Paul MendyFRA
=17Rowan DonaldsonJAM
=17Sackey ShivuteNAM

Round One

Date22 July 1996 — 15:06
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #122 Jul 15:06Malik BeyleroğluTUR
Match #222 Jul 15:18Zsolt ErdeiHUNReferee stops contestJuan Pablo LópezMEX
Match #322 Jul 15:30Tomasz BorowskiPOLDecisionMohamed MesbahiMAR
Match #422 Jul 15:42Hirokuni MotoJPNDecisionChen TaoCHN
Match #522 Jul 15:54Ak'ak'i K'ak'auridzeGEODecisionRicardo AranedaCHI
Match #622 Jul 16:06Mohamed BahariALGReferee stops contest (head blow)Marcus ThomasBAR
Match #722 Jul 16:18Brian MageeIRLDecisionRandall ThompsonCAN
Match #822 Jul 16:30Bertrand TietsiaCMRDecisionMun Im-CheolKOR
Match #922 Jul 21:36José Ricardo RodriguesBRADecisionBob GasioSAM
Match #1022 Jul 21:48Rhoshii WellsUSADecisionKorosh Malaie Saefid DashtiIRI
Match #1122 Jul 22:00Dilshod YarbekovUZBReferee stops contest (injured)Brian JohansenDEN
Match #1222 Jul 22:12Ľudovít PlachetkaCZEDecisionDan MathunjawaSWZ
Match #1322 Jul 22:24Ariel HernándezCUBDecisionKabary SalemEGY
Match #1422 Jul 22:36Sven OttkeGERDecisionJean-Paul MendyFRA
Match #1522 Jul 22:48Aleksandr LebzyakRUSDecisionRowan DonaldsonJAM
Match #1622 Jul 23:00Justann CrawfordAUSDecisionSackey ShivuteNAM

Round Two

Date26 July 1996 — 15:06
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 Jul 15:06Malik BeyleroğluTURDecisionZsolt ErdeiHUN
Match #226 Jul 15:18Tomasz BorowskiPOLDecisionHirokuni MotoJPN
Match #326 Jul 15:30Mohamed BahariALGDecisionAk'ak'i K'ak'auridzeGEO
Match #426 Jul 15:42Brian MageeIRLDecisionBertrand TietsiaCMR
Match #526 Jul 21:36Rhoshii WellsUSADecisionJosé Ricardo RodriguesBRA
Match #626 Jul 21:48Dilshod YarbekovUZBDecisionĽudovít PlachetkaCZE
Match #726 Jul 22:00Ariel HernándezCUBDecisionSven OttkeGER
Match #826 Jul 22:12Aleksandr LebzyakRUSReferee stops contest (head blow)Justann CrawfordAUS

Quarter-Finals

Date30 July 1996 — 15:06
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 Jul 15:06Malik BeyleroğluTURDecisionTomasz BorowskiPOL
Match #230 Jul 15:18Mohamed BahariALGDecisionBrian MageeIRL
Match #330 Jul 21:36Rhoshii WellsUSADecisionDilshod YarbekovUZB
Match #430 Jul 21:48Ariel HernándezCUBDecisionAleksandr LebzyakRUS

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1996 — 21:36
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 Aug 21:36Malik BeyleroğluTURDecisionMohamed BahariALG
Match #201 Aug 21:48Ariel HernándezCUBDecisionRhoshii WellsUSA

Final Round

Date3 August 1996 — 15:02
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/203 Aug 15:02Ariel HernándezCUBDecisionMalik BeyleroğluTUR