Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

The Light Welterweight class in the boxing competition was the sixth-lowest weight class. Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing a maximum of 63.5 kilograms (139.9 lbs). 35 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.

Medalists

Gold	Jerzy Kulej  Poland
Silver	Enrique Regüeiferos  Cuba
Bronze	Arto Nilsson  Finland
	James Wallington  United States

Schedule

Draw

Finals

	Semifinals					Final
	Jerzy Kulej (POL)		5
	Arto Nilsson (FIN)		0			Jerzy Kulej (POL)		3
	James Wallington (USA)		1			Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)		2
	Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)		4

Top half

	First round				Second round				Third round				Quarterfinals				Final
					Jerzy Kulej (POL)	3
					Janos Kadji (HUN)	2
									Jerzy Kulej (POL)	4
									Gianbattista Capretti (ITA)	1
					Gianbattista Capretti (ITA)	5
					Carlos Casal (URU)	0
													Jerzy Kulej (POL)	3
													Peter Tiepold (GDR)	2
					Jaime Lozano (MEX)	5
					Emmanuel Lawson (GHA)	0
									Jaime Lozano (MEX)	0
									Peter Tiepold (GDR)	5
					Peter Tiepold (GDR)	5
					Vladimir Kucera (TCH)	0
																	Jerzy Kulej (POL)	5
																	Arto Nilsson (FIN)	0
					Vaselinovic Ljubinko (YUG)	3
					Samuel Valencia (ECU)	2
									Vaselinovic Ljubinko (YUG)	1
									Petar Stoitchev (BUL)	4
					Petar Stoitchev (BUL)	5
					Ali Kilicoglu (TUR)	0
													Petar Stoitchev (BUL)
													Arto Nilsson (FIN)	RSC
					Gert Puzicha (GER)	5
					James McCourt (IRL)	0
									Gert Puzicha (GER)	2
									Arto Nilsson (FIN)	3
					Arto Nilsson (FIN)	5
					John Olulu (KEN)

Bottom half

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Nelson Ruiz (VEN)

3

Niyom Prasertsom (THA)

2

Nelson Ruiz (VEN)

1

Kim Sa-young (KOR)

4

Kim Sa-young (KOR)

3

Enrique González (CHI)

2

Kim Sa-yong (KOR)

0

James Wallington (USA)

5

James Wallington (USA)

RSC

Donato Cartagena (DOM)

James Wallington (USA)

5

Alex Odhiambo (UGA)

0

Alex Odhiambo (UGA)

RSC

Mariano Pérez (ESP)

James Wallington (USA)

1

Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)

4

Issaka Dabore (NIG)

5

José Marín (CRC)

0

Issaka Dabore (NIG)

1

Yevgeny Frolov (URS)

4

Yevgeny Frolov (URS)

5

Raymond Maguire (AUS)

0

Yevgeny Frolov (URS)

2

Enrique Regüefeiros (CUB)

RSC

Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)

3

Terence Waller (GBR)

Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)

Bye

Enrique Regüeiferos (CUB)

RSC

Antoniu Vasile (ROU)

KO-1

Antoniu Vasile (ROU)

Ernest Dong (CMR)

Antoniu Vasile (ROU)

w/o

Habib Galhia (TUN)

5

Habib Galhia (TUN)

Adalberto Siebens (PUR)

0

External links

• Boxing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Men's Light-Welterweight, sports-reference.com.