Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Lightweight

Lightweight boxing
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
VenueAlexander Memorial Coliseum
Dates21 July – 3 August
Competitors31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Hocine Soltani  Algeria
Tontcho Tontchev  Bulgaria
Terrance Cauthen  United States
Leonard Doroftei  Romania

The Lightweight class in the boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-lightest class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The weight class was open for boxers weighing more than 60 kilograms. The competition at the Alexander Memorial Coliseum started on 20 July 1996 and ended on 4 August, 1996.