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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

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Light heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueBoxing Hall, Munich
Dates28 August – 10 September
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mate Parlov  Yugoslavia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gilberto Carrillo  Cuba
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Janusz Gortat  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Isaac Ikhouria  Nigeria
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The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Mate Parlov
 Yugoslavia
Silver Gilberto Carrillo
 Cuba
Bronze Janusz Gortat
 Poland
Bronze Isaac Ikhouria
 Nigeria

Results

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Left-right: Gilberto Carrillo, Mate Parlov, Isaac Ikhouria, Janusz Gortat
Left-right: Gilberto Carrillo, Mate Parlov, Isaac Ikhouria, Janusz Gortat

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

Rank Name Country
1 Mate Parlov  Yugoslavia
2 Gilberto Carrillo  Cuba
3T Janusz Gortat  Poland
3T Isaac Ikhouria  Nigeria
5T Harald Skog  Norway
5T Nikolay Anfimov  Soviet Union
5T Rudi Hornig  West Germany
5T Miguel Ángel Cuello  Argentina
9T Ernesto Sánchez  Venezuela
9T Seifu Mekonnen  Ethiopia
9T Waldemar de Oliveira  Brazil
9T Ahmed Mahmoud Aly  Egypt
9T Ray Russell  United States
9T Guglielmo Spinello  Italy
9T Marian Culineac  Romania
9T Imre Tóth  Hungary
17T Anton Schär  Switzerland
17T Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh  India
17T Georgi Stankov  Bulgaria
17T Gombyn Zorig  Mongolia
17T Jaroslav Král  Czechoslovakia
17T Steven Thega  Kenya
17T Henri Moreau  France
17T Samson Laizer  Tanzania
17T Oliver Wright  Jamaica
17T Ottomar Sachse  East Germany
17T Noureddine Aman Hassan  Chad
17T Matthias Ouma  Uganda

First round

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Second 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 Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2018.