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Light-Flyweight (≤48 kilograms), Men

Date17 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationSydney Exhibition Centre, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants27 from 27 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The 1999 World Champion was American Brian Viloria and in the first round he was drawn against 1998 European Champion Sergey Kazakov of Russia, defeating him 8-6. In the next round, Viloria faced Brahim Asloum of France, who had lost a close match to Viloria in the 1999 World quarter-finals, 4-3. But in Sydney, Asloum turned the tables, winning 6-4, to eliminate Viloria. Asloum advanced to the semi-finals where he faced 1996 Olympic flyweight gold medalist, Maikro Romero, who had oddly dropped down in weight since 1996, and was runner-up to Viloria at the 1999 Worlds. It was a very close match but Asloum won, 13-12. In the finals Asloum faced a bronze medalist in this class from Atlanta, Rafael Lozano, but this was no contest, as Asloum hammered him, 23-10.

After the Sydney Olympics Asloum turned professional and in 2007 became WBA world light-flyweight champion. He retired after 2009, his career record 24-2. Viloria also fought as a pro, winning world titles as a light-flyweight for the NABF, IBF, and WBC organizations, and also winning the WBO flyweight title in 2011, holding that into 2012.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Brahim AsloumFRAGold
2Rafael LozanoESPSilver
=3Kim Un-CholPRKBronze
=3Maikro RomeroCUBBronze
5Kim Gi-SeokKOR
6Suleiman Wanjau BilaliKEN
7Valeriy SydorenkoUKR
8Ivanas StapovičiusLTU
=9Brian ViloriaUSA
=9La Paene MasaraINA
=9Liborio RomeroMEX
=9Suban PannonTHA
=9Marian VelicuROU
=9Pál LakatosHUN
=9Phumzile MatyhilaRSA
=9Danilo LerioPHI
=17Dilshod YuldashevUZB
=17Iván CalderónPUR
=17 DedéBRA
=17José Luis VarelaVEN
=17Mebarek SoltaniALG
=17Ramazan BallioğluTUR
=17Mohamed Abdel RehimEGY
=17Sunday KizitoUGA
=17Sebusiso KeketsiLES
=17Sergey KazakovRUS
=17Soubam Suresh SinghIND

Round One

Date17 September 2000 — 13:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #117 SepHall 3Danilo LerioPHI
Match #217 SepHall 3Rafael LozanoESP
Match #317 SepHall 3Phumzile MatyhilaRSA
Match #417 SepHall 3Suleiman Wanjau BilaliKEN
Match #517 SepHall 3Pál LakatosHUN
Match #617 SepHall 3Kim Un-CholPRKReferee stops contest (outscored)Sebusiso KeketsiLES
Match #717 SepHall 3Liborio RomeroMEXDecisionMebarek SoltaniALG
Match #817 SepHall 3Ivanas StapovičiusLTUDecisionSunday KizitoUGA
Match #917 SepHall 3Kim Gi-SeokKORDecisionSoubam Suresh SinghIND
Match #1017 SepHall 3La Paene MasaraINADecisionIván CalderónPUR
Match #1117 SepHall 3Brahim AsloumFRADecisionMohamed Abdel RehimEGY
Match #1217 SepHall 3Brian ViloriaUSADecisionSergey KazakovRUS
Match #1317 SepHall 3Suban PannonTHADecisionDilshod YuldashevUZB
Match #1417 SepHall 3Valeriy SydorenkoUKRDecision DedéBRA
Match #1517 SepHall 3Maikro RomeroCUBDecisionJosé Luis VarelaVEN
Match #1617 SepHall 3Marian VelicuROUDecisionRamazan BallioğluTUR

Round Two

Date22 September 2000 — 13:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #122 SepHall 3Rafael LozanoESPDecisionDanilo LerioPHI
Match #222 SepHall 3Suleiman Wanjau BilaliKENReferee stops contest (outscored)Phumzile MatyhilaRSA
Match #322 SepHall 3Kim Un-CholPRKDecisionPál LakatosHUN
Match #422 SepHall 3Ivanas StapovičiusLTUDecisionLiborio RomeroMEX
Match #522 SepHall 3Kim Gi-SeokKORDecisionLa Paene MasaraINA
Match #622 SepHall 3Brahim AsloumFRADecisionBrian ViloriaUSA
Match #722 SepHall 3Valeriy SydorenkoUKRReferee stops contest (injured)Suban PannonTHA
Match #822 SepHall 3Maikro RomeroCUBReferee stops contest (outscored)Marian VelicuROU

Quarter-Finals

Date26 September 2000 — 13:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 SepHall 4Rafael LozanoESPDecisionSuleiman Wanjau BilaliKEN
Match #226 SepHall 4Kim Un-CholPRKDecisionIvanas StapovičiusLTU
Match #326 SepHall 4Brahim AsloumFRADecisionKim Gi-SeokKOR
Match #426 SepHall 4Maikro RomeroCUBDecisionValeriy SydorenkoUKR

Semi-Finals

Date28 September 2000 — 19:30
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 SepHall 4Rafael LozanoESPDecisionKim Un-CholPRK
Match #228 SepHall 4Brahim AsloumFRADecisionMaikro RomeroCUB

Final Round

Date30 September 2000
MatchDate/TimeLocationCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/230 Sep 19:30Hall 4Brahim AsloumFRADecisionRafael LozanoESP