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Flyweight (≤51 kilograms), Men

Date	14 – 26 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Arena México, Ciudad de México
Participants	25 from 25 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament.

Mexico’s Ricardo Delgado won the gold medal in this class, to the delight of his hometown fans in Mexico City. Delgado won all four of his bouts by unanimous decision. In the final he fought Poland’s Artur Olech, who won his second consecutive silver medal in this class. After the Olympics Delgado turned professional, winning nine of his first 10 bouts, drawing in the other, but in his final 20 fights, he lost 12 times, and retired in 1975. He never fought for a major title but in 1972 contested the Mexican flyweight crown, losing by decision to Miguel Canto.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Ricardo Delgado	MEX	Gold
2	Artur Olech	POL	Silver
=3	Servílio de Oliveira	BRA	Bronze
=3	Leo Rwabwogo	UGA	Bronze
=5	Joe Destimo	GHA
=5	Tetsuaki Nakamura	JPN
=5	Nikolay Novikov	URS
=5	Tibor Badari	HUN
=9	Walter Henry	CAN
=9	Engin Yadigar	TUR
=9	Brendan McCarthy	IRL
=9	Tito Pereyra	ARG
=9	Constantin Ciucă	ROU
=9	Kenny Mwansa	ZAM
=9	Davey Vasquez	USA
=9	Prapan Duangchaoom	THA
=17	Robert Carney	AUS
=17	Johnny McGonigle	GBR
=17	Boujemaa Hilmann	MAR
=17	Rodolfo Díaz	PHI
=17	Félix Márquez	VEN
=17	Filippo Grasso	ITA
=17	Seo Sang-Yeong	KOR
=17	Orlando Martínez	CUB
=17	Chan Wa-Yen	TPE
DNS	Heriberto Cintrón	PUR

Round One

Date	14 October 1968
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	14 Oct	Joe Destimo	GHA
Match #2	14 Oct	Walter Henry	CAN
Match #3	14 Oct	Servílio de Oliveira	BRA
Match #4	14 Oct	Engin Yadigar	TUR
Match #5	14 Oct	Ricardo Delgado	MEX
Match #6	14 Oct	Brendan McCarthy	IRL
Match #7	14 Oct	Tito Pereyra	ARG	Decision	Robert Carney	AUS
Match #8	14 Oct	Tetsuaki Nakamura	JPN	Decision	Johnny McGonigle	GBR
Match #9	14 Oct	Constantin Ciucă	ROU	Decision	Boujemaa Hilmann	MAR
Match #10	14 Oct	Artur Olech	POL	Walkover	Heriberto Cintrón	PUR
Match #11	14 Oct	Kenny Mwansa	ZAM	Decision	Rodolfo Díaz	PHI
Match #12	14 Oct	Nikolay Novikov	URS	Decision	Félix Márquez	VEN
Match #13	14 Oct	Davey Vasquez	USA	Decision	Filippo Grasso	ITA
Match #14	14 Oct	Leo Rwabwogo	UGA	Decision	Seo Sang-Yeong	KOR
Match #15	14 Oct	Tibor Badari	HUN	Decision	Orlando Martínez	CUB
Match #16	14 Oct	Prapan Duangchaoom	THA	Decision	Chan Wa-Yen	TPE

Round Two

Date	17 October 1968
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	17 Oct	Joe Destimo	GHA	Referee stops contest	Walter Henry	CAN
Match #2	17 Oct	Servílio de Oliveira	BRA	Decision	Engin Yadigar	TUR
Match #3	17 Oct	Ricardo Delgado	MEX	Decision	Brendan McCarthy	IRL
Match #4	17 Oct	Tetsuaki Nakamura	JPN	Decision	Tito Pereyra	ARG
Match #5	17 Oct	Artur Olech	POL	Decision	Constantin Ciucă	ROU
Match #6	17 Oct	Nikolay Novikov	URS	Decision	Kenny Mwansa	ZAM
Match #7	17 Oct	Leo Rwabwogo	UGA	Decision	Davey Vasquez	USA
Match #8	17 Oct	Tibor Badari	HUN	Decision	Prapan Duangchaoom	THA

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 October 1968
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	21 Oct	Servílio de Oliveira	BRA	Decision	Joe Destimo	GHA
Match #2	21 Oct	Ricardo Delgado	MEX	Decision	Tetsuaki Nakamura	JPN
Match #3	21 Oct	Artur Olech	POL	Referee stops contest	Nikolay Novikov	URS
Match #4	21 Oct	Leo Rwabwogo	UGA	Decision	Tibor Badari	HUN

Semi-Finals

Date	24 October 1968
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	24 Oct	Ricardo Delgado	MEX	Decision	Servílio de Oliveira	BRA
Match #2	24 Oct	Artur Olech	POL	Decision	Leo Rwabwogo	UGA

Final Round

Date	26 October 1968

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	26 Oct	Ricardo Delgado	MEX	Decision	Artur Olech	POL