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Lightweight (57-63.5 kilograms), Men

Date27 July – 7 August 2024
StatusOlympic
LocationArena Paris Nord, Villepinte, France / Stade Roland Garros, Paris, France
Participants20 from 20 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The maximum weight limit in this division had increased from 63 kg to 63½ kg since Tokyo. Reigning champion Andy Cruz of Cuba, who had also won multiple gold medals at other tournaments, had turned professional after winning the 2021 World Championships and did not defend his title.

This division produced something of a surprise when it was won by the unseeded Cuban Erislandy Álvarez. Álvarez reached the final easily, winning his round one contest when the referee stopped the contest in the second round against John Ume of Papua-New Guinea, followed by three unanimous decision victories. In the final, he came up against home nation boxer France’s Sofiane Oumiha, a silver medalist from the 2016 Games. Oumiha won his first two bouts by unanimous decisions to reach the semi-finals. There, he met top seed Wyatt Sanford (CAN), reigning Pan-American Games champion, and won a close contest by a 4–1 majority decision, no judge having more than one point between the boxers.

The final was equally tense, Álvarez winning by a 3-2 decision over Oumiha, one judge having Álvarez as the clear winner by three points, the remaining four judges having no more than one point between the boxers. Seventh seeded Georgian Lasha Guruli, silver medalist from the previous two European championships, was the other losing semi-finalist, beaten comfortably by Álvarez on a unanimous decision.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBGold
2Sofiane OumihaFRASilver
=3Lasha GuruliGEOBronze
=3Wyatt SanfordCANBronze
=5Bunjong SinsiriTHA
=5Richárd KovácsHUN
=5Mukhammedsabyr BazarbayKAZ
=5Ruslan AbdullaevUZB
=9Jugurtha Ait-BekkaALG
=9Obada Al-KasbehJOR
=9Malik HəsənovAZE
=9Radoslav RosenovBUL
=9Jesús CovaVEN
=9Harry GarsideAUS
=9Lai Chu-EnTPE
=9Miguel MartínezMEX
=17John UmePNG
=17Oier IbarrecheESP
=17Dean ClancyIRL
=17Bakhodur UsmonovTJK

Round One

Date27 July 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Wyatt SanfordCAN
Match #227 Jul 16:59Radoslav RosenovBULDecisionBakhodur UsmonovTJK
Match #3Ruslan AbdullaevUZB
Match #4Miguel MartínezMEX
Match #5Harry GarsideAUS
Match #6Richárd KovácsHUN
Match #727 Jul 17:17Obada Al-KasbehJORDecisionDean ClancyIRL
Match #8Sofiane OumihaFRA
Match #9Jugurtha Ait-BekkaALG
Match #1027 Jul 21:46Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBReferee stops contestJohn UmePNG
Match #11Jesús CovaVEN
Match #12Bunjong SinsiriTHA
Match #13Lasha GuruliGEO
Match #14Malik HəsənovAZE
Match #1527 Jul 21:58Mukhammedsabyr BazarbayKAZDecisionOier IbarrecheESP
Match #16Lai Chu-EnTPE

Round Two

Date29 July 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 Jul 11:52Wyatt SanfordCANDecisionRadoslav RosenovBUL
Match #229 Jul 12:09Ruslan AbdullaevUZBDecisionMiguel MartínezMEX
Match #329 Jul 12:26Richárd KovácsHUNDecisionHarry GarsideAUS
Match #429 Jul 15:49Sofiane OumihaFRADecisionObada Al-KasbehJOR
Match #529 Jul 16:07Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBDecisionJugurtha Ait-BekkaALG
Match #629 Jul 16:25Bunjong SinsiriTHADecisionJesús CovaVEN
Match #729 Jul 20:53Lasha GuruliGEODecisionMalik HəsənovAZE
Match #829 Jul 21:10Mukhammedsabyr BazarbayKAZDecisionLai Chu-EnTPE

Quarter-Finals

Date1 August 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 Aug 12:54Wyatt SanfordCANDecisionRuslan AbdullaevUZB
Match #201 Aug 17:51Sofiane OumihaFRADecisionRichárd KovácsHUN
Match #301 Aug 21:30Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBDecisionBunjong SinsiriTHA
Match #401 Aug 21:48Lasha GuruliGEODecisionMukhammedsabyr BazarbayKAZ

Semi-Finals

Date4 August 2024
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #104 Aug 12:52Sofiane OumihaFRADecisionWyatt SanfordCAN
Match #204 Aug 17:19Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBDecisionLasha GuruliGEO

Final Round

Date7 August 2024
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/207 Aug 22:48Erislandy ÁlvarezCUBDecisionSofiane OumihaFRA