1972 Summer Olympics / Boxing

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Boxing at the
XX. Summer Olympics
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venue Germany BRBR Germany Munich
Competition venue Olympic ice sports center
Nations 80
Athletes 354 (354 men)
date August 27 - September 10, 1972
decisions 11
Mexico City 1968

At the XX. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , eleven boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Olympic Ice Sports Center in the Olympic Park .

Balance sheet

Olympic ice sports center

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 CubaCuba Cuba 3 1 1 5
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 2 - - 2
3 Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 1 2 1 4th
4th Poland 1944Poland Poland 1 1 2 4th
5 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 1 1 - 2
6th United StatesUnited States United States 1 - 3 4th
7th Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 1 - 1 2
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 1 - 1 2
9 KenyaKenya Kenya - 1 2 3
10 FinlandFinland Finland - 1 - 1
MexicoMexico Mexico - 1 - 1
Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea - 1 - 1
Romania 1965Romania Romania - 1 - 1
UgandaUganda Uganda - 1 - 1
15th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain - - 3 3
16 ColombiaColombia Colombia - - 2 2
17th Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR - - 1 1
GhanaGhana Ghana - - 1 1
NigerNiger Niger - - 1 1
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria - - 1 1
Spain 1945Spain Spain - - 1 1
SwedenSweden Sweden - - 1 1

Medalist

competitor gold silver bronze
Light flyweight Hungary 1957Hungary György Gedó Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim U-Gil United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ralph Evans Enrique Rodríguez
Spain 1945Spain
Flyweight Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Georgi Kostadinov UgandaUganda Leo Rwabwogo Poland 1944Poland Leszek Błażyński Douglas Rodríguez
CubaCuba
Bantamweight CubaCuba Orlando Martínez MexicoMexico Alfonso Zamora United StatesUnited States Ricardo Carreras George Turpin
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Featherweight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Boris Kuznetsov KenyaKenya Philip Waruinge Hungary 1957Hungary András Botos Clémente Rojas
ColombiaColombia
lightweight Poland 1944Poland Jan Szczepański Hungary 1957Hungary László Orbán KenyaKenya Samuel Mbugua Alfonso Pérez
ColombiaColombia
Light welterweight United StatesUnited States Ray Seales Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Angel Angelow NigerNiger Issaka Daboré Zvonimir Vujin
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia
Welterweight CubaCuba Emilio Correa Vaillant Hungary 1957Hungary János Kajdi KenyaKenya Richard Murunga Jesse Valdez
United StatesUnited States
Light middleweight Germany BRBR Germany Dieter Kottysch Poland 1944Poland Wiesław Rudkowski United StatesUnited States Alan Minter Peter Tiepold
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR
medium weight Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vyacheslav Lemeschew FinlandFinland Reima Virtanen GhanaGhana Prince Amartey Marvin Johnson
United StatesUnited States
Light heavyweight Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Mate Parlov CubaCuba Gilberto Carrillo Poland 1944Poland Janusz Gortat Isaac Ikhouria
NigeriaNigeria
Heavyweight CubaCuba Teófilo Stevenson Romania 1965Romania Ion Alexe Germany BRBR Germany Peter Hussing Hasse Thomsén
SwedenSweden

Time schedule

 VR  Preliminary round      SF  Round of 16      AF  Round of 16      VF  Quarter finals      HF  Semifinals      Gouden medaille.svg  final
Competitions August September
 27.   28.   29   30th   31.   01.   02.   03.   04th   05.   06th   07th   08th.   09.   10. 
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Flyweight up to 51 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Bantamweight up to 54 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Featherweight up to 57 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
lightweight up to 60 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Light welterweight up to 63.5 kg SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Welterweight up to 67 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Light middleweight up to 71 kg VR SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
medium weight up to 75 kg SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Light heavyweight up to 81 kg SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
Heavyweight over 81 kg AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg

Results

Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)

space country athlete
1 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN György Gedó
2 Korea NorthNorth Korea PRK Kim U-Gil
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Ralph Evans
Spain 1945Spain ESP Enrique Rodríguez
5 CubaCuba CUB Rafael Carbonell
Ethiopia 1941Ethiopia ETH Chanyalew Haile
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vladimir Ivanov
UgandaUganda UGA James Odwori

Date: August 27 to September 10, 1972
31 participants from 31 countries

In the final Gedó defeated the North Korean Kim unanimously on points with 5: 0 (59:58, 59:57, 59:57, 60:58, 59:58).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
7th of September        
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Evans  5
September 8th
 Ethiopia 1941Ethiopia Haile  0  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Evans  0
     Hungary 1957Hungary Gedó  5  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Gedó  3
September 10
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Ivanov  2  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Gedó  5
   
   Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim  0
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim  Knockout
 UgandaUganda Odwori  2. Rde  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Kim  3  
     Spain 1945Spain Rodríguez  2  
 Spain 1945Spain Rodríguez  4th
 CubaCuba Carbonell  1  
 

Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

space country athlete
1 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria BUL Georgi Kostadinov
2 UgandaUganda UGA Leo Rwabwogo
3 Poland 1944Poland POLE Leszek Błażyński
CubaCuba CUB Douglas Rodríguez
5 IrelandIreland IRL Neil Laughlin
ColombiaColombia COL Calixto Perez
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Boris Soriktuev
Korea Sud 1949South Korea COR You Chong-man

Date: August 27 to September 10, 1972
37 participants from 37 countries

In the final Kostadinow won against Rwabwogo unanimously on points with 5: 0 (59:58, 60:57, 59:58, 60:57, 60:58).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 Poland 1944Poland Błażyński  3
September 8th
 Korea Sud 1949South Korea You  2  
 Poland 1944Poland Błażyński  0
     Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kostadinov  5  
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kostadinov  3
September 10
 ColombiaColombia Perez  2  
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kostadinov  5
   
   UgandaUganda Rwabwogo  0
 CubaCuba Rodríguez  RSC
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soriktuev  3rd round  
 CubaCuba Rodríguez  2  
     UgandaUganda Rwabwogo  3  
 UgandaUganda Rwabwogo  RSC
 IrelandIreland Laughlin  3rd round  
 

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Orlando Martínez
2 MexicoMexico MEX Alfonso Zamora
3 United StatesUnited States United States Ricardo Carreras
United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR George Turpin
5 IndonesiaIndonesia INA Ferry Egberty Moniaga
KenyaKenya KEN John Mwaura Nderu
Spain 1945Spain ESP Juan Francisco Rodríguez
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Wasili Solomin

Date: August 27 to September 10, 1972
38 participants from 38 countries

In the final, Martínez defeated the Mexican Zamora unanimously on points with 5: 0 (60:58, 59:58, 59:58, 60:57, 60:58).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Turpin  4th
September 8th
 KenyaKenya Nderu  1  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Turpin  2
     CubaCuba Martínez  3  
 CubaCuba Martínez  5
September 10
 IndonesiaIndonesia Moniaga  0  
 CubaCuba Martínez  5
   
   MexicoMexico Zamora  0
 United StatesUnited States Carreras  3
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Solomin  2  
 United StatesUnited States Carreras  1  
     MexicoMexico Zamora  4th  
 MexicoMexico Zamora  Knockout
 Spain 1945Spain Rodríguez  3rd round  
 

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

space country athlete
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Boris Kuznetsov
2 KenyaKenya KEN Philip Waruinge
3 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN András Botos
ColombiaColombia COL Clemente Rojas
5 JapanJapan JPN Kazuo Kobayashi
FinlandFinland FIN Jouko Lindberg
Romania 1965Romania ROME Gabriel Pometcu
Spain 1945Spain ESP Antoni Rubio

Date: August 27 to September 10, 1972
45 participants from 45 countries

In the final, Kuznetsov defeated the Kenyan Waruinge on points with 3: 2 (59:58, 59:58, 60:57, 58:59, 58:60).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
7th of September        
 KenyaKenya Waruinge  4th
September 8th
 FinlandFinland Lindberg  1  
 KenyaKenya Waruinge  3
     ColombiaColombia Rojas  2  
 ColombiaColombia Rojas  without a fight
September 10
 Spain 1945Spain Rubio    
 KenyaKenya Waruinge  2
   
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kuznetsov  3
 Hungary 1957Hungary Botos  4th
 JapanJapan Kobayashi  1  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Botos  0  
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kuznetsov  5  
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Kuznetsov  4th
 Romania 1965Romania Pometcu  1  
 

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

space country athlete
1 Poland 1944Poland POLE Jan Szczepański
2 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN László Orbán
3 KenyaKenya KEN Samuel Mbugua
ColombiaColombia COL Alfonso Perez
5 TurkeyTurkey DOOR Eraslan Doruk
Korea Sud 1949South Korea COR Kim Tai-ho
IrelandIreland IRL Charles Nash
NorwayNorway NOR Svein Erik Paulsen

Date: August 27 to September 10, 1972
37 participants from 37 countries

In the final, Szczepański won against Orbán unanimously on points with 5: 0 (59:59, 59:58, 59:58, 59:59, 59:58).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 Poland 1944Poland Szczepański  RSC
September 8th
 IrelandIreland Nash  3rd round  
 Poland 1944Poland Szczepański  without a fight
     KenyaKenya Mbugua    
 KenyaKenya Mbugua  4th
September 10
 NorwayNorway Paulsen  1  
 Poland 1944Poland Szczepański  5
   
   Hungary 1957Hungary Orbán  0
 ColombiaColombia Perez  3
 TurkeyTurkey Doruk  2  
 ColombiaColombia Perez  2  
     Hungary 1957Hungary Orbán  3  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Orbán  4th
 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Kim  1  
 

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Ray Seales
2 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria BUL Angel Angelow
3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Zvonimir Vujin
NigerNiger NIG Issaka Daboré
5 ThailandThailand THA Srisook Bantow
CubaCuba CUB Andrés Molina
United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Graham Moughton
JapanJapan JPN Kyoji Shinohara

Date: August 31 to September 10, 1972
32 participants from 32 countries

In the final, Seales won against Angelow on points 3: 2 (59:58, 59:58, 59:58, 59:59, 58:58).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
7th of September        
 United StatesUnited States Seales  3
September 8th
 CubaCuba Molina  2  
 United StatesUnited States Seales  5
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Vujin  0  
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Vujin  5
September 10
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Moughton  0  
 United StatesUnited States Seales  3
   
   Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Angelow  2
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Angelow  RSC
 ThailandThailand Bantow  2nd round  
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Angelow  5  
     NigerNiger Daboré  0  
 NigerNiger Daboré  3
 JapanJapan Shinohara  2  
 

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Emilio Correa
2 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN János Kajdi
3 KenyaKenya KEN Richard Murunga
United StatesUnited States United States Jesse Valdez
5 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Anatoly Chochlow
United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Maurice Hope
MexicoMexico MEX Sergio Lozano
Germany BRBR Germany FRG Günther Meier

Date: August 28 to September 10, 1972
37 participants from 37 countries

In the final, Correa won against Kajdi unanimously on points with 5: 0 (59:59, 59:58, 59:57, 59:57, 60:57).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 Hungary 1957Hungary Kajdi  5
September 8th
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Hope  0  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Kajdi  4th
     KenyaKenya Murunga  1  
 KenyaKenya Murunga  Knockout
September 10
 MexicoMexico Lozano  1st round  
 Hungary 1957Hungary Kajdi  0
   
   CubaCuba Correa  5
 CubaCuba Correa  3
 Germany BRBR Germany Meier  2  
 CubaCuba Correa  3  
     United StatesUnited States Valdez  2  
 United StatesUnited States Valdez  5
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Chochlow  0  
 

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

space country athlete
1 Germany BRBR Germany FRG Dieter Kottysch
2 Poland 1944Poland POLE Wiesław Rudkowski
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Alan Minter
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Peter Tiepold
5 CubaCuba CUB Rolando Garbey
AlgeriaAlgeria ALG Loucif Hamani
TunisiaTunisia TO DO Mohamed Majeri
MexicoMexico MEX Emeterio Villanueva

Date: August 28th to September 10th, 1972
34 participants from 34 countries

In the final, Kottysch won against Rudkowski on points with 3: 2 (59:58, 59:58, 59:58, 59:59, 59:59).

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Minter  4th
September 8th
 AlgeriaAlgeria Hamani  1  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Minter  2
     Germany BRBR Germany Kottysh  3  
 Germany BRBR Germany Kottysh  5
September 10
 TunisiaTunisia Majeri  0  
 Germany BRBR Germany Kottysh  3
   
   Poland 1944Poland Rudkowski  2
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Tiepold  5
 MexicoMexico Villanueva  0  
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Tiepold  1  
     Poland 1944Poland Rudkowski  4th  
 Poland 1944Poland Rudkowski  4th
 CubaCuba Garbey  1  
 

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space country athlete
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vyacheslav Lemeschew
2 FinlandFinland FIN Reima Virtanen
3 GhanaGhana GHA Prince Amartey
United StatesUnited States United States Marvin Johnson
5 DenmarkDenmark THE Poul Knudsen
TurkeyTurkey DOOR Nazif Kuran
CubaCuba CUB Alejandro Montoya
Poland 1944Poland POLE Witold Stachurski

Date: August 29 to September 10, 1972
22 participants from 22 countries

In the final, Lemeschew defeated the Finn Virtanen by knockout in the first round.

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
7th of September        
 FinlandFinland Virtanen  RSC
September 8th
 Poland 1944Poland Stachurski  3rd round  
 FinlandFinland Virtanen  3
     GhanaGhana Amartey  2  
 GhanaGhana Amartey  3
September 10
 DenmarkDenmark Knudsen  2  
 FinlandFinland Virtanen  Knockout
   
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lemeshev  1st round
 United StatesUnited States Johnson  5
 CubaCuba Montoya  0  
 United StatesUnited States Johnson  RSC  
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lemeshev  2nd round  
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Lemeshev  RSC
 TurkeyTurkey Kuran  2nd round  
 

Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

space country athlete
1 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Mate Parlov
2 CubaCuba CUB Gilberto Carrillo
3 Poland 1944Poland POLE Janusz Gortat
NigeriaNigeria NGR Isaac Ikhouria
5 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Nikolai Anfimov
ArgentinaArgentina ARG Miguel Ángel Cuello
Germany BRBR Germany FRG Rudi Hornig
NorwayNorway NOR Harald Skog

Date: August 28 to September 10, 1972
28 participants from 28 countries

In the final Parlov defeated the Cuban Carrillo after RSC (termination by referee) in the second round.

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
7th of September        
 CubaCuba Carrillo  RSC
September 8th
 NorwayNorway Skog  1st round  
 CubaCuba Carrillo  5
     NigeriaNigeria Ikhouria  0  
 NigeriaNigeria Ikhouria  3
September 10
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Anfimov  2  
 CubaCuba Carrillo  RSC
   
   Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Parlov  2nd round
 Poland 1944Poland Gortat  RSC
 Germany BRBR Germany Horny  1st round  
 Poland 1944Poland Gortat  0  
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Parlov  5  
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Parlov  without a fight
 ArgentinaArgentina Cuello    
 

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Teófilo Stevenson
2 Romania 1965Romania ROME Ion Alexe
3 Germany BRBR Germany FRG Peter Hussing
SwedenSweden SWE Hate Thomsen
5 United StatesUnited States United States Duane Bobick
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Jürgen Fanghänel
PeruPeru BY Oscar Ludena
CanadaCanada CAN Carroll Morgan

Date: September 3rd to 10th, 1972
14 participants from 14 countries

In the final, Stevenson won without a fight against Alexe, who could not compete due to a hand injury.

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
September 6th        
 Germany BRBR Germany Hussing  Knockout
September 8th
 PeruPeru Ludena  1st round  
 Germany BRBR Germany Hussing  RSC
     CubaCuba Stevenson  2nd round  
 CubaCuba Stevenson  RSC
September 10
 United StatesUnited States Bobick  3rd round  
 CubaCuba Stevenson  without a fight
   
   Romania 1965Romania Alexe   
 Romania 1965Romania Alexe  5
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Fang Hänel  0  
 Romania 1965Romania Alexe  5  
     SwedenSweden Thomsen  0  
 SwedenSweden Thomsen  Knockout
 CanadaCanada Morgan  3rd round  
 

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