The Featherweight class in the

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competition was the fourth-lowest weight class.

Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wrestling. Boxing Professional boxing History A featherweight boxer weighs in at a limit of . In the early days of the division, ...

s were limited to those boxers weighing a maximum of 57

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s (125.7 lbs). The event took place between 15 and 26 October 1968 at

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. Mexican

Antonio Roldán Antonio Roldán Reyna (born 15 June 1946) is a Mexican boxer who competed in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) during his career as an amateur. He was born in Mexico City. Amateur career Roldán was a gold medalist at the 1968 Su ...

won the gold medal after

Al Robinson Albert Robinson (June 18, 1947 – January 24, 1974) was a boxer from Oakland, California who competed in the featherweight Featherweight is a weight class in the combat sports of boxing, kickboxing, mixed martial arts, and Greco-Roman wre ...

from the United States was controversially disqualified for alleged head-butting in the gold medal bout, and did not receive his silver medal. After a successful protest by American officials, Robinson was awarded silver. The losing semifinalists, Philip Waruinge from Kenya and

Ivan Mihailov Ivan Mihaylov Gavrilov (; ;He is credited in English-language sources as ''Mihailov'', while the Bulgarian and Macedonian transliteration schemes render it as ''Mihaylov'' and ''Mihajlov'', respectively. 26 August 1896 – 5 September 1990), ...

from Bulgaria, both received bronze medals.

Competition format

32 boxers qualified for this category. Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. Both semifinal losers were awarded bronze medals, so no boxers competed again after their first loss. Bouts consisted of six rounds each. Five judges scored each bout.

Schedule

Results

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References

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