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Flyweight (≤58 kilograms), Men

Date26 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationKleisto Gymnastirio Falirou, Olympiako Syngrotima Papaliakis Zonis Falirou, Faliro
Participants16 from 16 countries
FormatSingle-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Chu Mu-Yen (TPE) had won the World Championship in 2003, and was runner-up in 2001 in the finweight (54 kg.) division. He was the clear favorite in this class at Athína. He won his opening match by TKO, and his second-round match, 9-1. In the semi-finals, he faced Tamer Salah of Egypt, who pushed him. Chu scored a point in the last minute of the match to win 5-4. His final victory over Mexico’s Óscar Salazar was quite easy. Salah won the bronze medal.

PosNrFighterNOC
128Chu Mu-YenTPEGold
224Óscar SalazarMEXSilver
318Tamer SalahEGYBronze
419Juan Antonio RamosESP
=517Gabriel MercedesDOM
=530Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE
=729Oleksandr ShaposhnykUKR
=723Ezedin TlishLBA
=921Mikhail MouroutsosGRE
=920Paul GreenGBR
=1116Marcel WenceslauBRA
=1127Ussadate SutthikunkarnTHA
=1125Tshomlee GoPHI
=1122Satriyo RahadhaniINA
=1126Seyfula MagomedovRUS
=1131Akram Al-NoorYEM

Round One (26 August 2004 — 11:12)

Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match #1 Tamer SalahEGY Marcel WenceslauBRA Final Score (10 - 2)
Match #2 Mikhail MouroutsosGRE Ussadate SutthikunkarnTHA Final Score (5 - 2)
Match #3 Chu Mu-YenTPE Ezedin TlishLBA Referee Stopped Contest (Round 1, 1:15)
Match #4 Juan Antonio RamosESP Tshomlee GoPHI Final Score (7 - 6)
Match #5 Paul GreenGBR Satriyo RahadhaniINA Final Score (6 - 5)
Match #6 Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE Seyfula MagomedovRUS Final Score (12 - 10)
Match #7 Oleksandr ShaposhnykUKR Akram Al-NoorYEM Final Score (7 - 5)
Match #8 Óscar SalazarMEX Gabriel MercedesDOM Final Score (10 - 1)

Quarter-Finals (26 August 2004 — 13:12)

Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match #1 Tamer SalahEGY Mikhail MouroutsosGRE Final Score (8 - 2)
Match #2 Chu Mu-YenTPE Juan Antonio RamosESP Final Score (9 - 1)
Match #3 Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE Paul GreenGBR Final Score (4 - 2)
Match #4 Óscar SalazarMEX Oleksandr ShaposhnykUKR Final Score (6 - 2)

Semi-Finals (26 August 2004 — 16:24)

Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match #1 Chu Mu-YenTPE Tamer SalahEGY Final Score (5 - 4)
Match #2 Óscar SalazarMEX Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE Final Score (8 - 0)

Repêchage Round One (26 August 2004)

Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match #1 Tamer SalahEGY Bye
Match #2 Gabriel MercedesDOM Oleksandr ShaposhnykUKR Walkover
Match #3 Juan Antonio RamosESP Ezedin TlishLBA Walkover
Match #4 Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE Bye

Repêchage Round Two (26 August 2004 — 18:12)

Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match #1 Tamer SalahEGY Gabriel MercedesDOM Final Score (5 - 0)
Match #2 Juan Antonio RamosESP Nguyễn Quốc HuânVIE Final Score (8 - 0)

Final Round (26 August 2004 — 19:05)

Match 1/2 Chu Mu-YenTPE Óscar SalazarMEX Final Score (5 - 1)
Match 3/4 Tamer SalahEGY Juan Antonio RamosESP Final Score (7 - 1)