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Welterweight (≤80 kilograms), Men

Date	28 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Kleisto Gymnastirio Falirou, Olympiako Syngrotima Papaliakis Zonis Falirou, Faliro
Participants	16 from 16 countries
Format	Single-elimination tournament. All fighters losing to the finalists in each pool advance to repêchage tournament for the bronze medal.

Steven Lopez had been Olympic champion in 2000 in the 68 kg. class. But he moved up in weight and in 2001 was World Champion at 72 kg., and by 2003, was World Champion in the 78 kg. class. Lopez won his opening round match, 12-0, but in the semi-finals he was pushed to the limit by Iran’s Youssef Karami, winning only 7-6. Lopez won the gold medal in the final match, defeating Turkey’s Bahri Tanrıkulu, 3-0. Karami won the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	Steven Lopez	USA	Gold
2	Bahri Tanrıkulu	TUR	Silver
3	Yousef Karami	IRI	Bronze
4	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE
=5	Víctor Estrada	MEX
=5	Hichem Hamdouni	TUN
=7	Raid Rasheed	IRQ
=7	Donald Geisler	PHI
=9	Christophe Négrel	FRA
=9	Daniel Trenton	AUS
=11	Patrick Stevens	NED
=11	Chinedum Osuji	TTO
=11	Jacob Martins Obiorah	NGR
=11	Craig Brown	GBR
=11	Kriangkrai Noikoed	THA
=11	Ángel Matos	CUB

Round One

Date	28 August 2004 — 11:12
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 11:12	Christophe Négrel	FRA	Final score	Patrick Stevens	NED
Match #2	28 Aug 11:27	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE	Final score	Chinedum Osuji	TTO
Match #3	28 Aug 11:42	Bahri Tanrıkulu	TUR	Superiority	Donald Geisler	PHI
Match #4	28 Aug 11:57	Hichem Hamdouni	TUN	Final score	Jacob Martins Obiorah	NGR
Match #5	28 Aug 12:12	Daniel Trenton	AUS	Final score	Craig Brown	GBR
Match #6	28 Aug 12:27	Yousef Karami	IRI	Final score	Kriangkrai Noikoed	THA
Match #7	28 Aug 12:42	Steven Lopez	USA	Final score	Raid Rasheed	IRQ
Match #8	28 Aug 12:57	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Final score	Ángel Matos	CUB

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 August 2004 — 13:12
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 13:12	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE	Final score	Christophe Négrel	FRA
Match #2	28 Aug 13:27	Bahri Tanrıkulu	TUR	Final score	Hichem Hamdouni	TUN
Match #3	28 Aug 15:54	Yousef Karami	IRI	Final score	Daniel Trenton	AUS
Match #4	28 Aug 16:09	Steven Lopez	USA	Final score	Víctor Estrada	MEX

Semi-Finals

Date	28 August 2004 — 16:24
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 16:24	Bahri Tanrıkulu	TUR	Superiority	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE
Match #2	28 Aug 16:39	Steven Lopez	USA	Final score	Yousef Karami	IRI

Repêchage Round One

Date	28 August 2004 — 17:18
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the repêchage round two.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE
Match #2	28 Aug 17:18	Víctor Estrada	MEX	Walkover	Raid Rasheed	IRQ
Match #3	28 Aug 17:33	Hichem Hamdouni	TUN	Referee stopped contest	Donald Geisler	PHI
Match #4	28 Aug	Yousef Karami	IRI

Repêchage Round Two

Date	28 August 2004 — 18:12
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the bronze medal match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Aug 18:12	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE	Superiority	Víctor Estrada	MEX
Match #2	28 Aug 18:27	Yousef Karami	IRI	Final score	Hichem Hamdouni	TUN

Final Round

Date	28 August 2004 — 19:05

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	28 Aug 19:35	Steven Lopez	USA	Final score	Bahri Tanrıkulu	TUR
Match 3/4	28 Aug 19:05	Yousef Karami	IRI	Final score	Rəşəd Əhmədov	AZE