Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 22 September – 1 October | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
Super heavyweight | men |
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The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 22 September to 1 October 1988. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed.[1] 27-year-old Ray Mercer, who took up boxing only four years prior, won the gold medal.[2]
Gold | Ray Mercer![]() |
Silver | Baik Hyun-man![]() |
Bronze | Andrzej Gołota![]() |
Bronze | Arnold Vanderlyde![]() |
The following boxers took part in the event:[1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Ray Mercer | ![]() |
2 | Baik Hyun-man | ![]() |
3T | Andrzej Gołota | ![]() |
3T | Arnold Vanderlyde | ![]() |
5T | Maik Heydeck | ![]() |
5T | Harold Obunga | ![]() |
5T | Luigi Gaudiano | ![]() |
5T | Gyula Alvics | ![]() |
9T | Juan Antonio Díaz | ![]() |
9T | Željko Mavrović | ![]() |
9T | Svilen Rusinov | ![]() |
9T | Tualau Fale | ![]() |
9T | Ramzan Sebiyev | ![]() |
9T | Rudolf Gavenčiak | ![]() |
9T | Henry Akinwande | ![]() |
9T | Tom Glesby | ![]() |
17T | Claus Børge Nielsen | ![]() |
17T | José Ortega | ![]() |
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1904–1908: +158 lb (71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: +175 lb (79.4 kg) · 1948: +80 kg · 1952–1980: +81 kg · 1984–2012: 81–91 kg · 2016–: 82–91 kg | |
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