| Welterweight boxing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Alexander Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 20 July – 3 August 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 32 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
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| Light flyweight | |
| Flyweight | |
| Bantamweight | |
| Featherweight | |
| Lightweight | |
| Light welterweight | |
| Welterweight | |
| Light middleweight | |
| Middleweight | |
| Light heavyweight | |
| Heavyweight | |
| Super heavyweight | |
TheWelterweight class in theboxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-heaviest class at the1996 Summer Olympics inAtlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 67kilograms. The competition in theAlexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.[1]
| Gold | Oleg Saitov Russia |
| Silver | Juan Hernández Sierra Cuba |
| Bronze | Daniel Santos Puerto Rico |
Marian Simion Romania |
1904: 135–145 lb (61.2–65.8 kg) · 1920–1936: 135–147 lb (61.2–66.7 kg) · 1948: 62–67 kg · 1952–2000: 63.5–67 kg · 2004–2012: 64–69 kg · 2016: 65–69 kg · 2020–2024: 64–69 kg · 2024–: 64–71 kg | |
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