# Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

The Light Welterweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the sixth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 63.5 kilograms. The competition in the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 1996-07-20 and ended on 1996-08-04.

## Medalists

| Gold | Héctor Vinent Cuba |
| Silver | Oktay Urkal Germany |
| Bronze | Fathi Missaoui Tunisia |
| Bronze | Bolat Niyazymbetov Kazakhstan |

## Results

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| Han Hyeong-min (KOR) | Han Hyeong-min (KOR) | 1:00 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hector Vinent (CUB) | Hector Vinent (CUB) | RSC-2 | Hector Vinent (CUB) | Hector Vinent (CUB) | 23 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 21 | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu (TUR) | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Aboubacar Diallo (GUI) | Aboubacar Diallo (GUI) | 5 | | | | Hector Vinent (CUB) | Hector Vinent (CUB) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Phillip Boudreault (CAN) | Phillip Boudreault (CAN) | 16 | | | | Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | 7 | | | | | | |
| Haji Matumla (TAN) | Haji Matumla (TAN) | 12 | Phillip Boudreault (CAN) | Phillip Boudreault (CAN) | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | 21 | Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | Eduard Zakharov (RUS) | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fumitaka Nitami (JPN) | Fumitaka Nitami (JPN) | 6 | | | | | | | Hector Vinent (CUB) | Hector Vinent (CUB) | 23 | | | |
| Steven Kevi (PNG) | Steven Kevi (PNG) | 3 | | | | | | | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 6 | | | |
| Davis Mwale (ZAM) | Davis Mwale (ZAM) | 16 | Davis Mwale (ZAM) | Davis Mwale (ZAM) | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| Carlos Martínez (MEX) | Carlos Martínez (MEX) | 3 | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 25 | | | | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | Bulat Niyazymbetov (KAZ) | 13 | | | | | | |
| Dairo Esalas (COL) | Dairo Esalas (COL) | 12 | | | | Babak Moghimi (IRI) | Babak Moghimi (IRI) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Gerry Legras (SEY) | Gerry Legras (SEY) | 26 | Gerry Legras (SEY) | Gerry Legras (SEY) | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Babak Moghimi (IRI) | Babak Moghimi (IRI) | 11 | Babak Moghimi (IRI) | Babak Moghimi (IRI) | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Radoslav Suslekov (BUL) | Radoslav Suslekov (BUL) | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Hector Vinent (CUB) | Hector Vinent (CUB) | 20 |
| Jacek Bielski (POL) | Jacek Bielski (POL) | 18 | | | | | | | | | | Oktay Urkal (GER) | Oktay Urkal (GER) | 13 |
| Luis Deines Pérez (PUR) | Luis Deines Pérez (PUR) | 2 | Jacek Bielski (POL) | Jacek Bielski (POL) | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| Peter Bulinga (KEN) | Peter Bulinga (KEN) | 3 | Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | 19 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | 17 | | | | Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | Mohamed Allalou (ALG) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Zely dos Santos (BRA) | Zely dos Santos (BRA) | 7 | | | | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | 16 | | | | | | |
| Francis Barrett (IRL) | Francis Barrett (IRL) | 32 | Francis Barrett (IRL) | Francis Barrett (IRL) | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Lee Trautsch (AUS) | Lee Trautsch (AUS) | 9 | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | 25 | | | | | | | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | Fathi Missaoui (TUN) | 6 | | | |
| Jacobo Garcia (ISV) | Jacobo Garcia (ISV) | 2:27 | | | | | | | Oktay Urkal (GER) | Oktay Urkal (GER) | 20 | | | |
| David Diaz (USA) | David Diaz (USA) | RSC-3 | David Diaz (USA) | David Diaz (USA) | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Oktay Urkal (GER) | Oktay Urkal (GER) | 19 | Oktay Urkal (GER) | Oktay Urkal (GER) | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| Reynaldo Galido (PHI) | Reynaldo Galido (PHI) | 2 | | | | Oktay Urkal (GER) | Oktay Urkal (GER) | 19 | | | | | | |
| Sergey Bykovsky (BLR) | Sergey Bykovsky (BLR) | TB 11 | | | | Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | 8 | | | | | | |
| Besarion Vardzelashvili (GEO) | Besarion Vardzelashvili (GEO) | 11 | Sergey Bykovsky (BLR) | Sergey Bykovsky (BLR) | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | KO-1 | Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | Nordine Mouchi (FRA) | 17 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ullah Usman (PAK) | Ullah Usman (PAK) | 1:24 (16) | | | | | | | | | | | | |