Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men

Mario Kindelán was heavily favored and he would not disappoint, winning the gold medal in Sydney with no close matches. Kindelán had won the 1998 World Cup and Goodwill Games and the 1999 World Championship and Pan American Games. He would continue to dominate the amateur lightweight division, repeating as gold medalist at Athens in 2004, winning two more World titles in 2001 and 2003, and defending his Pan American gold medal in 2003. He briefly retired after the 2004 Olympics, but came back for one bout in 2005 in England and would later become the coach of the British boxing team. Kindelán’s cousin was Orestes Kindelán, Cuba’s top home run hitter in baseball and a two-time gold medalist.