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Light middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates28 August – 10 September
Competitors34 from 34 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dieter Kottysch   West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wiesław Rudkowski   Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Minter   Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Tiepold   East Germany
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The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold Dieter Kottysch
  West Germany
Silver Wiesław Rudkowski
  Poland
Bronze Alan Minter
  Great Britain
Bronze Peter Tiepold
  East Germany

Results

The following boxers took part in the event: [1]

Rank Name Country
1 Dieter Kottysch   West Germany
2 Wiesław Rudkowski   Poland
3T Alan Minter   Great Britain
3T Peter Tiepold   East Germany
5T Loucif Hamani   Algeria
5T Mohamed Majeri   Tunisia
5T Emeterio Villanueva   Mexico
5T Rolando Garbey   Cuba
9T Anthony Richardson   Netherlands
9T Valery Tregubov   Soviet Union
9T Evangelos Oikonomakos   Greece
9T Alan Jenkinson   Australia
9T Mikko Saarinen   Finland
9T Christy Elliott   Ireland
9T Nayden Stanchev   Bulgaria
9T Im Jae-geun   South Korea
17T Svetomir Belić   Yugoslavia
17T José Antonio Colon   Puerto Rico
17T Reggie Ford   Guyana
17T Reggie Jones   United States
17T Nicolas Aquilino   Philippines
17T Bonifacio Ávila   Colombia
17T Issoufou Habou   Niger
17T Michel Belliard   France
17T David Attan   Kenya
17T Ion Györffi   Romania
17T Farouk Kesrouani   Lebanon
17T Alfredo Lemus   Venezuela
17T Antonio Castellini   Italy
17T John Opio   Uganda
17T Franz Csandl   Austria
32T Namkhain Tsend-Ayuush   Mongolia
32T Ricky Barnor   Ghana
32T Oumar Fall   Senegal

First round

Second round

Reggie Jones was controversially eliminated in the second round of the light middleweight division (– 71 kg) by Valeri Tregubov of the Soviet Union in a fight he was generally accepted to have won. [2]

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

  1. ^ a b "Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Schande! Schande! Schande!". Time. 11 September 1972. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2009.