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Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men

Date18 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationAréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec
Participants27 from 27 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

An unusual division, there was no clear favorite as only one medalist from the 1974 World Championships was entered, that being Aldo Cosentino of France, but he was knocked out in his first match. In the second round, four fighters went through by walkover because of withdrawals by African fighters, and two bouts did not exist because both fighters withdrew due to the boycott. The final came down to American Charlie Mooney against North Korea’s Gu Yong-Jo, with Gu winning a unanimous decision to earn North Korea its first Olympic boxing gold medal. A career military man, Mooney had been silver medalist at the 1975 Pan American Games and a three-time All-Army Champion. He never turned professional and remained in the Army for 22 years until his retirement, and then became a boxing coach.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Gu Yong-JoPRKGold
2Charlie MooneyUSASilver
=3Pat CowdellGBRBronze
=3Viktor RybakovURSBronze
=5Rey FortalezaPHI
=5Stefan FörsterGDR
=5Veerachat SaturngrumTHA
=5Hwang Cheol-SunKOR
=9Tsacho AndreykovskiBUL
=9Orlando MartínezCUB
=9Alejandro SilvaPUR
=9Chris IusCAN
=9Hitoshi IshigakiJPN
=9Bernardo OnoriITA
=15Leszek BorkowskiPOL
=15Aldo CosentinoFRA
=15Kemal SolunurTUR
=15Francisco SánchezDOM
=15Jóvito RengifoVEN
=15Juan Francisco RodríguezESP
=15Faredin IbrahimROU
=15József JakabHUN
=15Tumat SogolikPNG
=15Brian TinkAUS
=25Mohamed RaisMAR
=25Thanasis ChouliarasGRE
=25Abdel Nabi El-Sayed MahranEGY
DNSAlfred SiameZAM
DNSAnthony AbachengGHA
DNSCosto AssogbaTOG
DNSEvan ParrisGUY
DNSGeorge FindoKEN
DNSGiubran ZugdaniLBA
DNSHamidou BonhamniNIG
DNSJohn MuwangaUGA
DNSOkenwa EzikpeNGR
DNSSamuel MeckCMR
DNSYassia OuedraogoBUR
DNSAyele MohamedETH

Round One

Date18 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 JulRey FortalezaPHI
Match #218 JulEvan ParrisGUY
Match #318 JulOkenwa EzikpeNGR
Match #418 JulCosto AssogbaTOG
Match #518 JulPat CowdellGBR
Match #618 JulLeszek BorkowskiPOL
Match #718 JulAlejandro SilvaPUR
Match #818 JulGeorge FindoKEN
Match #918 JulTsacho AndreykovskiBUL
Match #1018 JulAldo CosentinoFRA
Match #1118 JulGu Yong-JoPRK
Match #1218 JulFaredin IbrahimROU
Match #1318 JulKemal SolunurTUR
Match #1418 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHA
Match #1518 JulChris IusCAN
Match #1618 JulAyele MohamedETH
Match #1718 JulYassia OuedraogoBUR
Match #1818 JulHamidou BonhamniNIG
Match #1918 JulStefan FörsterGDR
Match #2018 JulJózsef JakabHUN
Match #2118 JulFrancisco SánchezDOM
Match #2218 JulHitoshi IshigakiJPN
Match #2318 JulAlfred SiameZAM
Match #2418 JulViktor RybakovURS
Match #2518 JulOrlando MartínezCUB
Match #2618 JulJóvito RengifoVENWalkoverJohn MuwangaUGA
Match #2718 JulHwang Cheol-SunKORDecisionThanasis ChouliarasGRE
Match #2818 JulTumat SogolikPNGWalkoverSamuel MeckCMR
Match #2918 JulJuan Francisco RodríguezESPWalkoverAnthony AbachengGHA
Match #3018 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionMohamed RaisMAR
Match #3118 JulBernardo OnoriITADecisionAbdel Nabi El-Sayed MahranEGY
Match #3218 JulBrian TinkAUSWalkoverGiubran ZugdaniLBA

Round Two

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the third round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #120 JulRey FortalezaPHIWalkoverEvan ParrisGUY
Match #220 JulOkenwa EzikpeNGRNo contestCosto AssogbaTOG
Match #320 JulPat CowdellGBRDecisionLeszek BorkowskiPOL
Match #420 JulAlejandro SilvaPURWalkoverGeorge FindoKEN
Match #520 JulTsacho AndreykovskiBULKnock-outAldo CosentinoFRA
Match #620 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionFaredin IbrahimROU
Match #720 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHADecisionKemal SolunurTUR
Match #820 JulChris IusCANWalkoverAyele MohamedETH
Match #920 JulYassia OuedraogoBURNo contestHamidou BonhamniNIG
Match #1020 JulStefan FörsterGDRDecisionJózsef JakabHUN
Match #1120 JulHitoshi IshigakiJPNDisqualifiedFrancisco SánchezDOM
Match #1220 JulViktor RybakovURSWalkoverAlfred SiameZAM
Match #1320 JulOrlando MartínezCUBDecisionJóvito RengifoVEN
Match #1420 JulHwang Cheol-SunKORKnock-outTumat SogolikPNG
Match #1520 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionJuan Francisco RodríguezESP
Match #1620 JulBernardo OnoriITADecisionBrian TinkAUS

Round Three

Date24 July 1976
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #124 JulRey FortalezaPHI
Match #224 JulPat CowdellGBRDecisionAlejandro SilvaPUR
Match #324 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionTsacho AndreykovskiBUL
Match #424 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHADecisionChris IusCAN
Match #524 JulStefan FörsterGDR
Match #624 JulViktor RybakovURSDecisionHitoshi IshigakiJPN
Match #724 JulHwang Cheol-SunKORDecisionOrlando MartínezCUB
Match #824 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionBernardo OnoriITA

Quarter-Finals

Date27 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionHwang Cheol-SunKOR
Match #227 JulPat CowdellGBRDecisionRey FortalezaPHI
Match #327 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionVeerachat SaturngrumTHA
Match #427 JulViktor RybakovURSDecisionStefan FörsterGDR

Semi-Finals

Date29 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionViktor RybakovURS
Match #229 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionPat CowdellGBR

Final Round

Date31 July 1976
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/231 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionCharlie MooneyUSA