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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

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Light middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueBoxing 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

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

Results

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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

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Second round

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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

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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References

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  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.