1976 Summer Olympics / Boxing

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Boxing at the
XXI. Summer Olympics
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venue CanadaCanada Montreal
Competition venue Aréna Maurice-Richard
Nations 54
Athletes 266 (266 men)
date 18.-31. July 1976
decisions 11
Munich 1972

At the XXI. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , eleven boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Aréna Maurice-Richard in the Olympic Park .

Balance sheet

Aréna Maurice-Richard (round dome)

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 United StatesUnited States United States 5 1 1 7th
2 CubaCuba Cuba 3 3 2 8th
3 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 1 1 - 2
Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 1 1 - 2
5 Poland 1944Poland Poland 1 - 4th 5
6th Romania 1965Romania Romania - 2 3 5
7th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union - 1 4th 5
8th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia - 1 1 2
9 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Venezuela - 1 - 1
10 Bermuda 1910Bermuda Bermuda - - 1 1
Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany - - 1 1
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria - - 1 1
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain - - 1 1
MexicoMexico Mexico - - 1 1
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico - - 1 1
ThailandThailand Thailand - - 1 1

Medalist

competitor gold silver bronze
Light flyweight CubaCuba Jorge Hernández Korea NorthNorth Korea Li Byong-uk Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Orlando Maldonado Phayao Phoontharat
ThailandThailand
Flyweight United StatesUnited States Leo Randolph CubaCuba Ramón Duvalón Poland 1944Poland Leszek Błażyński Dawit Torosjan
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union
Bantamweight Korea NorthNorth Korea Gu Yong-ju United StatesUnited States Charles Mooney United KingdomUnited Kingdom Patrick Cowdell Viktor Rybakov
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union
Featherweight CubaCuba Ángel Herrera Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Richard Nowakowski Poland 1944Poland Leszek Kosedowski Juan Paredes
MexicoMexico
lightweight United StatesUnited States Howard Davis Romania 1965Romania Simion Cuțov Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Ace Rusevski Vasily Solomin
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union
Light welterweight United StatesUnited States Sugar Ray Leonard CubaCuba Andrés Aldama Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Vladimir Kolew Kazimierz Szczerba
Poland 1944Poland
Welterweight Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jochen Bachfeld Venezuela 1954Venezuela Pedro Gamarro Germany BRBR Germany Reinhard Skricek Victor Zilberman
Romania 1965Romania
Light middleweight Poland 1944Poland Jerzy Rybicki Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Tadija Kačar CubaCuba Rolando Garbey Viktor Savchenko
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union
medium weight United StatesUnited States Michael Spinks Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Rufat Riskiev CubaCuba Luis Felipe Martínez Alec Năstac
Romania 1965Romania
Light heavyweight United StatesUnited States Leon Spinks CubaCuba Sixto Soria Romania 1965Romania Costică Dafinoiu Janusz Gortat
Poland 1944Poland
Heavyweight CubaCuba Teófilo Stevenson Romania 1965Romania Mircea Simon Bermuda 1910Bermuda Clarence Hill John Tate
United StatesUnited States

Time schedule

 VR  Preliminary round      SF  Round of 16      AF  Round of 16      VF  Quarter finals      HF  Semifinals      Gouden medaille.svg  final
Competitions July
 18th   19th   20th   21st   22nd   23.   24.   25th   26th   27.   28.   29   30th   31. 
Light flyweight up to 48 kg SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg
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 VR 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 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 SF AF VF HF Gouden medaille.svg

Results

Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Jorge Hernández
2 Korea NorthNorth Korea PRK Li Byong-uk
3 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico PURE Orlando Maldonado
ThailandThailand THA Phayao Phoontharat
5 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN György Gedó
Venezuela 1954Venezuela VEN Armando Guevera
Korea Sud 1949South Korea COR Park Chan-hee
ArgentinaArgentina ARG Héctor Patri
9 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Dietmar Geilich

Date: July 19 to 31, 1976
27 participants from 27 countries

In the final, Hernández defeated the North Korean Li Byong-uk on points 4-1.

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Guevera  1
29th of July
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Li  4th  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Li  RSC
     ThailandThailand Phoontharat  2nd round  
 ThailandThailand Phoontharat  4th
July 31
 Hungary 1957Hungary Gedó  1  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Li  1
   
   CubaCuba Hernández  4th
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Maldonado  5
 ArgentinaArgentina Patri  0  
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Maldonado  0  
     CubaCuba Hernández  5  
 Korea Sud 1949South Korea park  1
 CubaCuba Hernández  4th  
 

Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Leo Randolph
2 CubaCuba CUB Ramón Duvalón
3 Poland 1944Poland POLE Leszek Błażyński
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Dawit Torosjan
5 CanadaCanada CAN Ian Clyde
Korea NorthNorth Korea PRK Jong Jo-ung
IrelandIreland IRL Davy Larmour
Venezuela 1954Venezuela VEN Alfredo Pérez
16 Germany BRBR Germany FRG Joachim Schür

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
26 participants from 26 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 CubaCuba Duvalón  5
29th of July
 CanadaCanada Clyde  0  
 CubaCuba Duvalón  DISQ
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Torosjan  2nd round  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Jong  0
July 31
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Torosjan  5  
 CubaCuba Duvalón  2
   
   United StatesUnited States Randolph  3
 IrelandIreland Larmour  1
 United StatesUnited States Randolph  4th  
 United StatesUnited States Randolph  4th  
     Poland 1944Poland Błażyński  1  
 Poland 1944Poland Błażyński  3
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Perez  2  
 

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

space country athlete
1 Korea NorthNorth Korea PRK Gu Yong-ju
2 United StatesUnited States United States Charles Mooney
3 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Patrick Cowdell
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Viktor Rybakov
5 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Stefan Foerster
Philippines 1944Philippines PHI Reynaldo Fortaleza
Korea Sud 1949South Korea COR Hwang Chul-soon
ThailandThailand THA Weerachart Saturn Green

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
27 participants from 27 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 Philippines 1944Philippines Fortaleza  1
29th of July
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cowdell  4th  
 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Cowdell  1
     Korea NorthNorth Korea Gu  4th  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Gu  5
July 31
 ThailandThailand Saturn green  0  
 Korea NorthNorth Korea Gu  5
   
   United StatesUnited States Mooney  0
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR ranger  2
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Rybakov  3  
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Rybakov  1  
     United StatesUnited States Mooney  4th  
 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Hwang  0
 United StatesUnited States Mooney  5  
 

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Ángel Herrera
2 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Richard Nowakowski
3 Poland 1944Poland POLE Leszek Kosedowski
MexicoMexico MEX Juan Paredes
5 United StatesUnited States United States David Lee Armstrong
Korea Sud 1949South Korea COR Choi Choon-Gil
Romania 1965Romania ROME Gheorghe Ciochină
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Bratislav Ristić
9 Germany BRBR Germany FRG René Weller

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
26 participants from 26 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 Romania 1965Romania Ciochină  Knockout
29th of July
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Nowakowski  3rd round  
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Nowakowski  5
     Poland 1944Poland Kosedowski  0  
 Poland 1944Poland Kosedowski  5
July 31
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Ristić  0  
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Nowakowski  Knockout
   
   CubaCuba Herrera  2nd round
 MexicoMexico Paredes  4th
 Korea Sud 1949South Korea Choi  1  
 MexicoMexico Paredes  0  
     CubaCuba Herrera  5  
 United StatesUnited States Armstrong  2
 CubaCuba Herrera  3  
 

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Howard Davis
2 Romania 1965Romania ROME Simion Cuțov
3 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Ace Rusevski
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Vasily Solomin
5 Hungary 1957Hungary HUN András Botos
Haiti 1964Haiti HAI Yves Jeudy
SwedenSweden SWE Ove Lundby
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria BUL Tsvetan Tsvetanov

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
23 participants from 23 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 Romania 1965Romania Cuțov  5
29th of July
 SwedenSweden Lundby  0  
 Romania 1965Romania Cuțov  5
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Solomin  0  
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Solomin  5
July 31
 Hungary 1957Hungary Botos  0  
 Romania 1965Romania Cuțov  0
   
   United StatesUnited States Davis  5
 United StatesUnited States Davis  task
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Tsvetanov  3rd round  
 United StatesUnited States Davis  5  
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Rusevski  0  
 Haiti 1964Haiti Jeudy  RSC
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Rusevski  2nd round  
 

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Ray Leonard
2 CubaCuba CUB Andrés Aldama
3 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria BUL Vladimir Kolev
Poland 1944Poland POLE Kazimierz Szczerba
5 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Ulrich Beyer
Romania 1965Romania ROME Calistrat Cuțov
Hungary 1957Hungary HUN József Nagy
ArgentinaArgentina ARG Luis Portillo
9 Germany BRBR Germany FRG Ernst Müller
AustriaAustria AUT Christian Sittler

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
31 participants from 31 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 27th        
 Romania 1965Romania Cuțov  0
29th of July
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kolew  5  
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Kolew  Knockout
     CubaCuba Aldama  1st round  
 CubaCuba Aldama  task
July 31
 Hungary 1957Hungary Nagy  2nd round  
 CubaCuba Aldama  0
   
   United StatesUnited States Leonard  5
 Poland 1944Poland Szczerba  5
 ArgentinaArgentina Portillo  0  
 Poland 1944Poland Szczerba  0  
     United StatesUnited States Leonard  5  
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Beyer  0
 United StatesUnited States Leonard  5  
 

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

space country athlete
1 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Jochen Bachfeld
2 Venezuela 1954Venezuela VEN Pedro Gamarro
3 Germany BRBR Germany FRG Reinhard Skricek
Romania 1965Romania ROME Victor Zilberman
5 United StatesUnited States United States Clinton Jackson
JamaicaJamaica JAM Mike McCallum
CanadaCanada CAN Carmen Rinke
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico PURE Carlos Santos

Date: July 18 to 31, 1976
31 participants from 31 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 28th        
 JamaicaJamaica McCallum  2
29th of July
 Germany BRBR Germany Skricek  3  
 Germany BRBR Germany Skricek  RSC
     Venezuela 1954Venezuela Gamarro  3rd round  
 United StatesUnited States Jackson  2
July 31
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Gamarro  3  
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Gamarro  2
   
   Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Bachfeld  3
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Santos  2
 Romania 1965Romania Zilberman  3  
 Romania 1965Romania Zilberman  2  
     Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Bachfeld  3  
 CanadaCanada Rinke  1
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Bachfeld  4th  
 

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

space country athlete
1 Poland 1944Poland POLE Jerzy Rybicki
2 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Tadija Kačar
3 CubaCuba CUB Rolando Garbey
Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Viktor Savchenko
5 Romania 1965Romania ROME Vasile Didea
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico PURE Wilfredo Guzman
FinlandFinland FIN Kalevi Kosunen
Venezuela 1954Venezuela VEN Alfredo Lemus
17th AustriaAustria AUT Franz Dorfer

Date: July 22nd to 31st, 1976
23 participants from 23 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 28th        
 Poland 1944Poland Rybicki  5
29th of July
 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Guzman  0  
 Poland 1944Poland Rybicki  3
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Savchenko  2  
 Venezuela 1954Venezuela Lemus  Knockout
July 31
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Savchenko  2nd round  
 Poland 1944Poland Rybicki  5
   
   Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Kačar  0
 CubaCuba Garbey  RSC
 FinlandFinland Kosuns  1st round  
 CubaCuba Garbey  1  
     Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Kačar  4th  
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Kačar  5
 Romania 1965Romania Didea  0  
 

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Michael Spinks
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union URS Rufat Riskiev
3 CubaCuba CUB Luis Felipe Martínez
Romania 1965Romania ROME Alec Nastac
5 PakistanPakistan PAH Siraj Din
Brazil 1968Brazil BRA Fernando José Martins
Poland 1944Poland POLE Ryszard Pasiewicz
Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia YUG Dragomir Vujković
9 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Bernd Wittenburg

Date: July 19 to 31, 1976
19 participants from 19 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 28th        
 Poland 1944Poland Pasiewicz  0
29th of July
 United StatesUnited States Spinks  5  
 United StatesUnited States Spinks  without a fight
     Romania 1965Romania Nastac    
 Brazil 1968Brazil Martins  2
July 31
 Romania 1965Romania Nastac  3  
 United StatesUnited States Spinks  RSC
   
   Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Riskiev  3rd round
 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Vujković  0
 CubaCuba Martínez  5  
 CubaCuba Martínez  2  
     Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Riskiev  3  
 PakistanPakistan Din  Knockout
 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Riskiev  2nd round  
 

Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

space country athlete
1 United StatesUnited States United States Leon Spinks
2 CubaCuba CUB Sixto Soria
3 Romania 1965Romania ROME Costică Dafinoiu
Poland 1944Poland POLE Janusz Gortat
5 Bermuda 1910Bermuda BER Robert Burgess
Germany BRBR Germany FRG Wolfgang Gruber
Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Ottomar Sachse
ArgentinaArgentina ARG Juan Domingo Suarez

Date: July 19 to 31, 1976
18 participants from 18 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 28th        
 CubaCuba Soria  Knockout
29th of July
 Germany BRBR Germany Gruber  1st round  
 CubaCuba Soria  task
     Romania 1965Romania Dafinoiu  1st round  
 Romania 1965Romania Dafinoiu  5
July 31
 Bermuda 1910Bermuda Burgess  0  
 CubaCuba Soria  RSC
   
   United StatesUnited States Spinks  3rd round
 ArgentinaArgentina Suarez  1
 Poland 1944Poland Gortat  4th  
 Poland 1944Poland Gortat  0  
     United StatesUnited States Spinks  5  
 United StatesUnited States Spinks  5
 Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Saxon  0  
 

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

space country athlete
1 CubaCuba CUB Teófilo Stevenson
2 Romania 1965Romania ROME Mircea Simon
3 Bermuda 1910Bermuda BER Clarence Hill
United StatesUnited States United States John Tate
5 BelgiumBelgium BEL Rudy Gauwe
Germany BRBR Germany FRG Peter Hussing
FinlandFinland FIN Pekka Ruokola
Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria BUL Atanas Suwandschiev
15th Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR Jürgen Fanghänel

Date: July 22nd to 31st, 1976
15 participants from 15 countries

Quarter finals Semifinals final
                   
July 28th        
 United StatesUnited States Tate  3
29th of July
 Germany BRBR Germany Hussing  2  
 United StatesUnited States Tate  Knockout
     CubaCuba Stevenson  1st round  
 CubaCuba Stevenson  RSC
July 31
 FinlandFinland Ruokola  1st round  
 CubaCuba Stevenson  task
   
   Romania 1965Romania Simon  3rd round
 Bermuda 1910Bermuda Hill  5
 BelgiumBelgium Gauwe  0  
 Bermuda 1910Bermuda Hill  0  
     Romania 1965Romania Simon  5  
 Romania 1965Romania Simon  4th
 Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Suwandschiew  1  
 

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