Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Welterweight


The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was held from 16 September to 30 September at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. This event consisted of 28 boxers who have qualified for the competition through various qualifying tournaments held in 1999 and 2000. The competition began with a preliminary round on 16 September, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with the final on 30 September. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye through the preliminary round. Both semi-final losers were awarded bronze medals.
All bouts consisted of four rounds of two minutes each, with one-minute breaks between rounds. Punches scored only if the white area on the front of the glove made full contact with the front of the head or torso of the opponent. Five judges scored each bout; three of the judges had to signal a scoring punch within one second for the punch to score. The winner of the bout was the boxer who scored the most valid punches by the end of the bout.

Competitors

NameCountry
Kamel Chater
Ruslan Khairov
Oleg Saitov
Francisco Calderón
Ellis Chibuye
Roberto Guerra
Rubén Fuchú
Dorel Simion
Mosolesa Tsie
Steven Küchler
Yovanni Lorenzo
Usman Ullah Khan
Geard Ajetović
Parkpoom Jangphonak
Guillermo Saputo
Sergey Dotsenko
Daniel Geale
Leonard Bundu
Paulus Ali Nuumbembe
Daniyar Munaytbasov
Bülent Ulusoy
Jin Suk-bae
Fadel Showban
Dante Craig
Babk Moghimi
Sherzod Husanov
Tsegasellase Aregawi
Vitalie Gruşac

Results

All times are Australian Time