Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Middleweight explained

Event:	Middleweight boxing
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona
Dates:	28 July – 8 August
Competitors:	28
Nations:	28
Gold:	Ariel Hernández
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Chris Byrd
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Chris Johnson
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Bronze2:	Lee Seung-bae
Bronzenoc2:	KOR
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 8 August 1992. 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.^[1]

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:^[1]

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3T
3T
5T
5T
5T
5T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T

First round

• Stefan Trendafilov (BUL)  - BYE
• Lu Chao (CHN)  - BYE
• Chris Johnson (CAN)  - BYE
• Mohamed Siluvangi (ZAI)  - BYE
• Chris Byrd (USA) def. Mark Edwards (GBR), 21:3
• Aleksandr Lebziak (EUN) def. Justann Crawford (AUS), RSCH-3 (01:56)
• Ahmed Dine (ALG) def. Tommaso Russo (ITA), 6:4
• Raymond Joval (NED) def. Likou Aliu (SAM), RSC-3 (01:30)
• Sven Ottke (GER) def. Richard Santiago (PUR), 15:2
• Brian Lentz (DEN) def. Bandj Altangerel (MGL), 4:0
• Gilberto Brown (ISV) def. Lotfi Missaoui (TUN), 6:4
• Ariel Hernández (CUB) def. Joseph Lareya (GHA), 6:0
• Makoye Isangula (TAN) def. Siamak Varzideh (IRN), RSC-1 (01:58)
• Albert Papilaya (INA) def. Robert Buda (POL), 11:5
• Ricardo Araneda (CHI) def. Luis Hugo Mendez (URU), RSC-2 (02:20)
• Lee Seung-Bae (KOR) def. Michal Franek (TCH), 6:2

Second round

• Stefan Trendafilov (BUL) def. Lu Chao (CHN), RSC-1 (01:45)
• Chris Johnson (CAN) def. Mohamed Siluvangi (ZAI), RSCH-3 (02:39)
• Chris Byrd (USA) def. Aleksandr Lebziak (EUN), 16:7
• Ahmed Dine (ALG) def. Raymond Joval (NED), 22:14
• Sven Ottke (GER) def. Brian Lentz (DEN), 9:2
• Ariel Hernández (CUB) def. Gilberto Brown (ISV), 13:2
• Albert Papilaya (INA) def. Makoye Isangula (TAN), 13:6
• Lee Seung-Bae (KOR) def. Ricardo Araneda (CHI), 12:8

Quarterfinals

• Chris Johnson (CAN) def. Stefan Trendafilov (BUL), RSC-1 (02:52)
• Chris Byrd (USA) def. Ahmed Dine (ALG), 21:2
• Ariel Hernández (CUB) def. Sven Ottke (GER), 14:6
• Lee Seung-Bae (KOR) def. Albert Papilaya (INA), 15:3

Semifinals

• Chris Byrd (USA) def. Chris Johnson (CAN), 17:3
• Ariel Hernández (CUB) def. Lee Seung-Bae (KOR), 14:1

Final

• Ariel Hernández (CUB) def. Chris Byrd (USA), 12:7

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Middleweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124540/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/BOX/mens-middleweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 11 January 2019.