| Date | 27 September 2000 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| Participants | 14 from 14 countries | |
| Format | Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal. | |
The 1997 World Champion in the bantamweight class, Huang Chih-Hsiung (TPE), moved down in class to the flyweight division for the 2000 Olympics. In the second round, he lost to the reigning European champion Mikhail Mouroutsos (GRE), 2-1. Mourotsos then took out “The Gabriels” – Taraburelli of Argentina in the semi-finals, also 2-1, and Esparza of Spain in the final, winning easily 4-2. Huang went thru the repêchage round to win the bronze medal.
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 9:15 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG | ||||
| Match #2 | 27 Sep 9:15 | Roberto Cruz | PHI | Final score | Gabriel Sagástume | GUA | |
| Match #3 | 27 Sep 9:45 | Huang Chih-Hsiung | TPE | Final score | Kiyoteru Higuchi | JPN | |
| Match #4 | 27 Sep 10:15 | Michail Mouroutsos | GRE | Final score | Talaat Abada | EGY | |
| Match #5 | 27 Sep 10:45 | József Salim | HUN | Final score | Juan Miguel Moreno | USA | |
| Match #6 | 27 Sep 11:00 | Naser Buftain | KUW | Referee stopped contest | Mfanukhona Dlamini | SWZ | |
| Match #7 | 27 Sep 11:15 | Younès Sekkat | MAR | Superiority | Paul Lyons | AUS | |
| Match #8 | 27 Sep | Gabriel Esparza | ESP |
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 11:45 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep 11:45 | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG | Final score | Roberto Cruz | PHI | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep 12:15 | Michail Mouroutsos | GRE | Final score | Huang Chih-Hsiung | TPE | |
| Match #3 | 27 Sep 14:45 | József Salim | HUN | Superiority | Naser Buftain | KUW | |
| Match #4 | 27 Sep 15:15 | Gabriel Esparza | ESP | Final score | Younès Sekkat | MAR |
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 15:45 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final round. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep 15:45 | Michail Mouroutsos | GRE | Final score | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep 16:15 | Gabriel Esparza | ESP | Final score | József Salim | HUN |
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 16:45 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG | ||||
| Match #2 | 27 Sep | Younès Sekkat | MAR | ||||
| Match #3 | 27 Sep 16:45 | Huang Chih-Hsiung | TPE | Final score | Talaat Abada | EGY | |
| Match #4 | 27 Sep | József Salim | HUN |
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 19:45 |
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| Format | Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match. |
| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match #1 | 27 Sep 19:45 | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG | Final score | Younès Sekkat | MAR | |
| Match #2 | 27 Sep 20:15 | Huang Chih-Hsiung | TPE | Final score | József Salim | HUN |
| Date | 27 September 2000 — 20:45 |
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| Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match 1/2 | 27 Sep 21:15 | Michail Mouroutsos | GRE | Final score | Gabriel Esparza | ESP | |
| Match 3/4 | 27 Sep 20:45 | Huang Chih-Hsiung | TPE | Final score | Gabriel Taraburelli | ARG |