Date | 14 – 26 October 1968 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Arena México, Ciudad de México | |
Participants | 25 from 25 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
Mexico’s Ricardo Delgado won the gold medal in this class, to the delight of his hometown fans in Mexico City. Delgado won all four of his bouts by unanimous decision. In the final he fought Poland’s Artur Olech, who won his second consecutive silver medal in this class. After the Olympics Delgado turned professional, winning nine of his first 10 bouts, drawing in the other, but in his final 20 fights, he lost 12 times, and retired in 1975. He never fought for a major title but in 1972 contested the Mexican flyweight crown, losing by decision to Miguel Canto.
Date | 14 October 1968 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 14 Oct | Joe Destimo | GHA | ||||
Match #2 | 14 Oct | Walter Henry | CAN | ||||
Match #3 | 14 Oct | Servílio de Oliveira | BRA | ||||
Match #4 | 14 Oct | Engin Yadigar | TUR | ||||
Match #5 | 14 Oct | Ricardo Delgado | MEX | ||||
Match #6 | 14 Oct | Brendan McCarthy | IRL | ||||
Match #7 | 14 Oct | Tito Pereyra | ARG | Decision | Robert Carney | AUS | |
Match #8 | 14 Oct | Tetsuaki Nakamura | JPN | Decision | Johnny McGonigle | GBR | |
Match #9 | 14 Oct | Constantin Ciucă | ROU | Decision | Boujemaa Hilmann | MAR | |
Match #10 | 14 Oct | Artur Olech | POL | Walkover | Heriberto Cintrón | PUR | |
Match #11 | 14 Oct | Kenny Mwansa | ZAM | Decision | Rodolfo Díaz | PHI | |
Match #12 | 14 Oct | Nikolay Novikov | URS | Decision | Félix Márquez | VEN | |
Match #13 | 14 Oct | Davey Vasquez | USA | Decision | Filippo Grasso | ITA | |
Match #14 | 14 Oct | Leo Rwabwogo | UGA | Decision | Seo Sang-Yeong | KOR | |
Match #15 | 14 Oct | Tibor Badari | HUN | Decision | Orlando Martínez | CUB | |
Match #16 | 14 Oct | Prapan Duangchaoom | THA | Decision | Chan Wa-Yen | TPE |
Date | 17 October 1968 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 17 Oct | Joe Destimo | GHA | Referee stops contest | Walter Henry | CAN | |
Match #2 | 17 Oct | Servílio de Oliveira | BRA | Decision | Engin Yadigar | TUR | |
Match #3 | 17 Oct | Ricardo Delgado | MEX | Decision | Brendan McCarthy | IRL | |
Match #4 | 17 Oct | Tetsuaki Nakamura | JPN | Decision | Tito Pereyra | ARG | |
Match #5 | 17 Oct | Artur Olech | POL | Decision | Constantin Ciucă | ROU | |
Match #6 | 17 Oct | Nikolay Novikov | URS | Decision | Kenny Mwansa | ZAM | |
Match #7 | 17 Oct | Leo Rwabwogo | UGA | Decision | Davey Vasquez | USA | |
Match #8 | 17 Oct | Tibor Badari | HUN | Decision | Prapan Duangchaoom | THA |
Date | 21 October 1968 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 21 Oct | Servílio de Oliveira | BRA | Decision | Joe Destimo | GHA | |
Match #2 | 21 Oct | Ricardo Delgado | MEX | Decision | Tetsuaki Nakamura | JPN | |
Match #3 | 21 Oct | Artur Olech | POL | Referee stops contest | Nikolay Novikov | URS | |
Match #4 | 21 Oct | Leo Rwabwogo | UGA | Decision | Tibor Badari | HUN |
Date | 24 October 1968 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 24 Oct | Ricardo Delgado | MEX | Decision | Servílio de Oliveira | BRA | |
Match #2 | 24 Oct | Artur Olech | POL | Decision | Leo Rwabwogo | UGA |
Date | 26 October 1968 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 26 Oct | Ricardo Delgado | MEX | Decision | Artur Olech | POL |