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. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 54 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 July to 11 August 1984. 35 boxers from 35 nations competed.

Medalists

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:

First round

Jarmo Eskelinen Jarmo Eskelinen (born 17 May 1962) is a Finnish boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 19 ...

(FIN) def. Yao Gaitor (TOG), 5:0 *

Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco (February 2, 1962 – September 15, 1995) was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the first Olympic medal of the Domi ...

(DOM) def.

Ljubiša Simič Ljubiša ( sr, Љубиша) is Serbian masculine given name and a surname. It may refer to: *Ljubiša Beara (1939–2017), Bosnian Serb who participated in the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina *Ljubiša Broćić (1911–1995), Serbian football manage ...

(YUG), 4:1 *

John Siryakibbe John Siryakibbe (25 December 1962) is a retired boxer, who represented Uganda at two Summer Olympics. Siryakibbe was just 17 years old when he competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after receiving a bye in the first round of the bantam ...

(UGA) def. Manuel Vilchez (VEN), 3:2

Second round

Pedro Ruben Decima Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

(ARG) def. Tshoza Mukuta (ZAI), 5:0 * Çemal Öner (TUR) def. Bararg Bahtohe (IVC), 4:1 * Hiroaki Takami (JPN) def. Gamal El-Komy (EGY), 4:1 *

Dale Walters Dale Walters (born September 27, 1963) is a retired Canadian boxer and former child actor. During his boxing career, he won a bantamweight bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Acting career Walters appeared as a child actor in several Ca ...

(CAN) def.

Mustapha Kouchane Mustapha Kouchene (born 14 February 1962) is an Algerian boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Bantamweight, men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Dale Wa ...

(ALG), 5:0 * Joe Orewa (NGR) def.

Wanchai Pongsri Wanchai Pongsri ( th, วันชัย ผ่องศรี; born 6 November 1963) is a Thai boxer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the ...

(THA), KO-2 *

Héctor López Héctor Headley López Swainson (July 8, 1929 – September 29, 2022) was a Panamanian professional baseball left fielder and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees from 1955 to 196 ...

(MEX) def.

Johny Asadoma Johny Asadoma (born January 8, 1966, in Denpasar) is a former Indonesian amateur boxer. After his retirement from boxing, Asadoma joined the Indonesia's academy of police, and became a police officer of Indonesia. Career as a boxer * Bronze Medali ...

(INA), KO-3 *

Ndaba Dube Ndaba Dube (born 7 January 1959) is a former boxer who competed in the bantamweight (– 54 kg) division at the 1984 Summer Olympics and at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Dube won a silver medal at the 1987 All-Africa Games, losing in the b ...

(ZIM) def.

Amon Neequaye Amon Neequaye (born 6 June 1963) is a Ghanaian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an i ...

(GHA), 5:0 * Louis Gomis (FRA) def. Stefan Gertel (FRG), AB-2 * Robinson Pitalua (COL) def. Hugh Dyer (BLZ), RSC-2 *

Babar Ali Khan Sayyid Babar Ali Khan Bahadur ( bn, বাবর আলী খান; died 28 April 1810) was the Nawab of Bengal and Bihar. He succeeded to the Nawab's ''Masnad'' (throne) after his father, Mubarak Ali Khan (Nawab of Bengal) died on 6 Septem ...

(PAK) def. Firmin Abissi (BEN), 5:0 *

Star Zulu Star Zulu is a Zambian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-spo ...

(ZAM) def.

Gustavo Cruz Gustavo Cruz (born 21 June 1966) is a former Nicaraguan boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, he lost to Star Zulu of Zambia. Cruz also represented Nicaragua at the 1991 P ...

(NIC), 5:0 *

Maurizio Stecca Maurizio Stecca (born 9 March 1963) is a retired Italian boxer, who won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Stecca was born in Santarcangelo di Romagna. His brother Loris Stecca was also a professional boxer. Professiona ...

(ITA) def.

Philip Sutcliffe Philip Sutcliffe Sr. (born 10 November 1959) is a former boxer and two-time Olympian. He competed at the 1980 and 1984 Olympic Games. Additionally, he was the winner of four national titles in Ireland, two at bantamweight and one each at lightfly ...

(IRL), 5:0 *

Moon Sung-Kil Moon Sung-kil (, born July 20, 1963) is a Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1993. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA bantamweight title from August 1988 to July 1989 and the WBC super-f ...

(KOR) def. John Hyland (GBR), AB-3 *

Robert Shannon Robert Edward Shannon (born November 11, 1962) is an American former professional boxer. Background Shannon, who had a white mother and black father, started fighting in the streets as a young boy in Seattle's predominantly black Central Distr ...

(USA) def. Sammy Mwangi (KEN), 5:0 * Juan Molina (PUR) def.

(FIN), 5:0 *

(DOM) def.

(UGA), 5:0

Third round

(ARG) def. Çemal Öner (TUR), 4:1 *

(CAN) def. Hiroaki Takami (JPN), 5:0 *

(MEX) def. Joe Orewa (NGR), 4:1 *

(ZIM) def. Louis Gomis (FRA), 5:0 * Robinson Pitalua (COL) def.

(PAK), 5:0 *

(ITA) def.

(ZAM), 5:0 *

(KOR) def.

(USA), RSC-3 *

(DOM) def. Juan Molina (PUR), 3:2

Quarterfinals

(CAN) def.

(ARG), 5:0 *

(MEX) def.

(ZIM), 5:0 *

(ITA) def. Robinson Pitalua (COL), 5:0 *

(DOM) def.

(KOR), RSC-1

Semifinals

(MEX) def.

(CAN), 5:0 *

(ITA) def.

(DOM), 5:0

Final

(ITA) def.

(MEX), 4:1

References

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