Light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 19–31 July | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed. [1]
Gold |
Leon Spinks United States |
Silver |
Sixto Soria Cuba |
Bronze |
Costica Dafinoiu Romania |
Bronze |
Janusz Gortat Poland |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Leon Spinks | United States |
2 | Sixto Soria | Cuba |
3T | Costica Dafinoiu | Romania |
3T | Janusz Gortat | Poland |
5T | Wolfgang Gruber | West Germany |
5T | Juan Domingo Suárez | Argentina |
5T | Robert Burgess | Bermuda |
5T | Ottomar Sachse | East Germany |
9T | José Rosa | Puerto Rico |
9T | Vilmos Jakab | Hungary |
9T | Anatoliy Klimanov | Soviet Union |
9T | Georgi Stoimenov | Bulgaria |
9T | Joan Claudi Montane | Andorra |
14T | Hocine Tafer | France |
14T | Miloslav Popović | Yugoslavia |
14T | Abdel Latif Fatihi | Morocco |
14T | Ernesto Sánchez | Venezuela |
14T | Roger Fortin | Canada |