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Flyweight (≤58 kilograms), Men

Date27 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationState Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants14 from 14 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

The 1997 World Champion in the bantamweight class, Huang Chih-Hsiung (TPE), moved down in class to the flyweight division for the 2000 Olympics. In the second round, he lost to the reigning European champion Mikhail Mouroutsos (GRE), 2-1. Mourotsos then took out “The Gabriels” – Taraburelli of Argentina in the semi-finals, also 2-1, and Esparza of Spain in the final, winning easily 4-2. Huang went thru the repêchage round to win the bronze medal.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Michail MouroutsosGREGold
2Gabriel EsparzaESPSilver
3Huang Chih-HsiungTPEBronze
4Gabriel TaraburelliARG
=5József SalimHUN
=5Younès SekkatMAR
7Talaat AbadaEGY
=8Naser BuftainKUW
=8Roberto CruzPHI
=10Gabriel SagástumeGUA
=10Juan Miguel MorenoUSA
=10Kiyoteru HiguchiJPN
=10Mfanukhona DlaminiSWZ
=10Paul LyonsAUS

Round One

Date27 September 2000 — 9:15
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 SepGabriel TaraburelliARG
Match #227 Sep 9:15Roberto CruzPHIFinal scoreGabriel SagástumeGUA
Match #327 Sep 9:45Huang Chih-HsiungTPEFinal scoreKiyoteru HiguchiJPN
Match #427 Sep 10:15Michail MouroutsosGREFinal scoreTalaat AbadaEGY
Match #527 Sep 10:45József SalimHUNFinal scoreJuan Miguel MorenoUSA
Match #627 Sep 11:00Naser BuftainKUWReferee stopped contestMfanukhona DlaminiSWZ
Match #727 Sep 11:15Younès SekkatMARSuperiorityPaul LyonsAUS
Match #827 SepGabriel EsparzaESP

Quarter-Finals

Date27 September 2000 — 11:45
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Sep 11:45Gabriel TaraburelliARGFinal scoreRoberto CruzPHI
Match #227 Sep 12:15Michail MouroutsosGREFinal scoreHuang Chih-HsiungTPE
Match #327 Sep 14:45József SalimHUNSuperiorityNaser BuftainKUW
Match #427 Sep 15:15Gabriel EsparzaESPFinal scoreYounès SekkatMAR

Semi-Finals

Date27 September 2000 — 15:45
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Sep 15:45Michail MouroutsosGREFinal scoreGabriel TaraburelliARG
Match #227 Sep 16:15Gabriel EsparzaESPFinal scoreJózsef SalimHUN

Repêchage Round One

Date27 September 2000 — 16:45
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 SepGabriel TaraburelliARG
Match #227 SepYounès SekkatMAR
Match #327 Sep 16:45Huang Chih-HsiungTPEFinal scoreTalaat AbadaEGY
Match #427 SepJózsef SalimHUN

Repêchage Round Two

Date27 September 2000 — 19:45
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 Sep 19:45Gabriel TaraburelliARGFinal scoreYounès SekkatMAR
Match #227 Sep 20:15Huang Chih-HsiungTPEFinal scoreJózsef SalimHUN

Final Round

Date27 September 2000 — 20:45
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/227 Sep 21:15Michail MouroutsosGREFinal scoreGabriel EsparzaESP
Match 3/427 Sep 20:45Huang Chih-HsiungTPEFinal scoreGabriel TaraburelliARG