Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Korean boxers' uniforms at the games. Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between 17 September and 2 October. Twelve men's individual boxing events were contested, attended by 432 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries. [1]
The two weeks of events during the sweaty summer of 1988 had an impact that reached far beyond sports and influenced the shaping of South Korea as the nation it is today. Evictions, drugs, boxing ...
The light heavyweight competition in the 1988 Summer Olympics included boxers representing 26 countries. Along with "King" Kennedy McKinney (Bantamweight division) and "Merciless" Ray Mercer (Heavyweight division), Maynard was one of three Americans to capture gold for the 1988 United States Olympic Boxing Team in Seoul.
1988 Summer Olympics takes place in Seoul, South Korea USSR wins the most medals (132) and the most gold medals (55). September 24 – Canada's Ben Johnson wins Olympic gold in 100 metres. Two days later, he is stripped of the medal after testing positive for a banned substance. 1988 Winter Olympics takes place in Calgary, Canada
The super heavyweight event of the 1988 Olympics was weakened by the absence of a Cuban boxer. Teófilo Stevenson, a veteran three-time Olympic champion whose first Olympics were back in 1972, did not retire anticipating these Olympics. [3] He announced his retirement shortly after the Cuban government decided to boycott the Games.
As such, the IBA isn’t in charge of the Olympic boxing competition. That job has fallen on the IOC, which, perhaps clouded by its feud with the IBA, is skeptical of the administration.
Park Si-hun (Korean: 박시헌; born December 16, 1965) is a retired South Korean boxer. He won a gold medal in the men's light middleweight category at the 1988 Summer Olympics, being awarded victory over Roy Jones Jr. of the United States even though most observers considered that Jones had clearly won.
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Seoul, South Korea, from 17 September to 2 October 1988. A total of 8,397 athletes representing 159 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 237 events in 23 sports across 31 different disciplines.