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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.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1257Gu Yong-JoPRKGold
2336Charlie MooneyUSASilver
=398Pat CowdellGBRBronze
=3324Viktor RybakovURSBronze
=5244Rey FortalezaPHI
=5108Stefan FörsterGDR
=5298Veerachat SaturngrumTHA
=5196Hwang Cheol-SunKOR
=920Tsacho AndreykovskiBUL
=957Orlando MartínezCUB
=9273Alejandro SilvaPUR
=936Chris IusCAN
=9181Hitoshi IshigakiJPN
=9173Bernardo OnoriITA
=15248Leszek BorkowskiPOL
=1592Aldo CosentinoFRA
=15310Kemal SolunurTUR
=1567Francisco SánchezDOM
=15350Jóvito RengifoVEN
=1579Juan Francisco RodríguezESP
=15283Faredin IbrahimROU
=15143József JakabHUN
=15234Tumat SogolikPNG
=158Brian TinkAUS
=25208Mohamed RaisMAR
=25130Thanasis ChouliarasGRE
=2573Abdel Nabi MahranEGY
DNS369Alfred SiameZAM
DNS122Anthony AbachengGHA
DNS299Costo AssogbaTOG
DNS136Evan ParrisGUY
DNS188George FindoKEN
DNS205Giubran ZugdaniLBA
DNS236Hamidou BonhamniNIG
DNS314John MuwangaUGA
DNS230Okenwa EzikpeNGR
DNS41Samuel MekCMR
DNS353Yassia OuedraogoBUR
DNS85Ayele MohamedETH

Round One

Date18 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 JulRey FortalezaPHIbye
Match #218 JulEvan ParrisGUY
Match #318 JulOkenwa EzikpeNGR
Match #418 JulCosto AssogbaTOG
Match #518 JulPat CowdellGBRbye
Match #618 JulLeszek BorkowskiPOLbye
Match #718 JulAlejandro SilvaPURbye
Match #818 JulGeorge FindoKEN
Match #918 JulTsacho AndreykovskiBULbye
Match #1018 JulAldo CosentinoFRAbye
Match #1118 JulGu Yong-JoPRKbye
Match #1218 JulFaredin IbrahimROUbye
Match #1318 JulKemal SolunurTURbye
Match #1418 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHAbye
Match #1518 JulChris IusCANbye
Match #1618 JulAyele MohamedETHbye
Match #1718 JulYassia OuedraogoBUR
Match #1818 JulHamidou BonhamniNIG
Match #1918 JulStefan FörsterGDRbye
Match #2018 JulJózsef JakabHUNbye
Match #2118 JulFrancisco SánchezDOMbye
Match #2218 JulHitoshi IshigakiJPNbye
Match #2318 JulAlfred SiameZAM
Match #2418 JulViktor RybakovURSbye
Match #2518 JulOrlando MartínezCUBbye
Match #2618 JulJóvito RengifoVENWalkoverJohn Muwanga 1UGA
Match #2718 JulHwang Cheol-SunKORDecisionThanasis ChouliarasGRE
Match #2818 JulTumat SogolikPNGWalkoverSamuel Mek 2CMR
Match #2918 JulJuan Francisco RodríguezESPWalkoverAnthony Abacheng 3GHA
Match #3018 JulCharlie MooneyUSADecisionMohamed RaisMAR
Match #3118 JulBernardo OnoriITADecisionAbdel Nabi MahranEGY
Match #3218 JulBrian TinkAUSWalkoverGiubran Zugdani 4LBA

Round Two

Date20 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the third round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #120 JulRey FortalezaPHIWalkoverEvan Parris 5GUY
Match #220 JulOkenwa Ezikpe 6NGRNo contestCosto Assogba 7TOG
Match #320 JulPat CowdellGBRDecisionLeszek BorkowskiPOL
Match #420 JulAlejandro SilvaPURWalkoverGeorge Findo 8KEN
Match #520 JulTsacho AndreykovskiBULKnock-outAldo CosentinoFRA
Match #620 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionFaredin IbrahimROU
Match #720 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHADecisionKemal SolunurTUR
Match #820 JulChris IusCANWalkoverAyele Mohamed 9ETH
Match #920 JulYassia Ouedraogo 10BURNo contestHamidou Bonhamni 11NIG
Match #1020 JulStefan FörsterGDRDecisionJózsef JakabHUN
Match #1120 JulHitoshi IshigakiJPNDisqualifiedFrancisco SánchezDOM
Match #1220 JulViktor RybakovURSWalkoverAlfred Siame 12ZAM
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 FortalezaPHIbye
Match #224 JulPat CowdellGBRDecisionAlejandro SilvaPUR
Match #324 JulGu Yong-JoPRKDecisionTsacho AndreykovskiBUL
Match #424 JulVeerachat SaturngrumTHADecisionChris IusCAN
Match #524 JulStefan FörsterGDRbye
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