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The Light Welterweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Light Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 60 - 64 kilograms.

List of boxers

•   Rachid Tariket ( ALG)
•   Hastings Bwalya ( ZAM)
•   Driss Moussaid ( MAR)
•   Rayton Okwiri ( KEN)
•   Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby ( EGY)
•   Sanuel Kotey Neequaye ( GHA)
•   Bao Abdou Aziz M ( SEN)
•   Hassane Mabalouit ( BUR)
•   Hamza Hassini ( TUN)
•   Herbert Goabaone Nkabiti ( BOT)
•   Tewolde Desta ( ETH)
•   Hashim Simon Petro ( TAN)

Medalists

Gold	Driss Moussaid   Morocco
Silver	Hamza Hassini   Tunisia
Bronze	Hastings Bwalya   Zambia

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby ( EGY)	28 - 21	Sanuel Kotey Neequaye ( GHA)
Bao Abdou Aziz M ( SEN)	WO	Hassane Mabalouit ( BUR)
Hamza Hassini ( TUN)	RSCOS R3	Herbert Goabaone Nkabiti ( BOT)
Tewolde Desta ( ETH)	RSCI R3	Hashim Simon Petro ( TAN)

Quarterfinal round

2nd day
Rachid Tariket ( ALG)	2 - 16	Hastings Bwalya ( ZAM)
Driss Moussaid ( MAR)	30 - 13	Rayton Okwiri ( KEN)
Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby ( EGY)	RSCOS R3	Bao Abdou Aziz M ( SEN)
Hamza Hassini ( TUN)	24 - 2	Hashim Simon Petro ( TAN)

Semifinal round

3rd day
Hastings Bwalya ( ZAM)	21 - 22	Driss Moussaid ( MAR)
Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby ( EGY)	9 - 21	Hamza Hassini ( TUN)

3rd place Round

4th day
Hastings Bwalya ( ZAM)	21 - 3	Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby ( EGY)

Final round

5th day
Driss Moussaid ( MAR)	17 - 8	Hamza Hassini ( TUN)

Qualification to Olympic games

•   Driss Moussaid ( MAR)
•   Hamza Hassini ( TUN)
•   Hastings Bwalya ( ZAM)

References

• AIBA