Men's welterweight boxing at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Antwerp Zoo auditorium | ||||||||||||
Dates | August 21–24 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 18 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
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The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 147 pounds (66.7 kilograms). The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 18 boxers from ten nations competed. [1]
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. Medals were awarded in eight weight classes. The competitions were held from 21 to 24 August.
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium.
The gold medal bout between Bert Schneider and Alexander Ireland ended in a draw, but the referee ordered the exhausted boxers to fight an extra round. [2]
Berton "Bert" Jerome Schneider was an American film and television producer.
Alexander "Alex" Ireland was a Scottish amateur and professional welter/middleweight boxer of the 1920s and 1930s, who was the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABA) welterweight champion. He also won a silver medal in the welterweight boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium losing to Canadian boxer Bert Schneider in the final, and the Scottish Area welterweight title, the National Sporting Club (NSC) British middleweight title, British Empire middleweight title, and European Boxing Union (EBU) middleweight title. He was a challenger for the Scottish Area middleweight title and his professional fighting weight varied from 146 lb, i.e. welterweight to 151 lb, i.e. middleweight. He was born in Leith.
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Canada competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 52 competitors, all men, took part in 39 events in 9 sports. These games marked the introduction of winter sports to the Olympic program ; Canada won its first gold medal for ice hockey.
The welterweight boxing competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held from 15 to 29 August at Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. This is limited to those boxers weighing between 64 and 69 kilograms.
Julius Gustav Albert "Bert" Schneider was a Canadian welterweight boxer who competed in the early 1920s.
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 112 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 16 boxers from nine nations competed.
The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 118 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. Twelve boxers from seven nations competed.
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 126 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 17 boxers from ten nations competed.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 135.5 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 16 boxers from ten nations competed.
The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 160 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 17 boxers from nine nations competed.
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 175 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 11 boxers from six nations competed.
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, allowing boxers weighing over 175 pounds. The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. Nine boxers from eight nations competed.
Issake Dabore is a retired boxer from Niger who mainly fought in the light-welterweight and welterweight weight classes. Dabore competed at three Olympics; Tokyo 1964, Mexico City 1968 and Munich 1972. He was the first Nigerien person to compete at the Olympics and the first Nigerien to win an Olympic medal. Dabore won his Olympic medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the men's light-welterweight.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 147 pounds. The competition was held from August 7, 1928 to August 11, 1928.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 147 pounds. The competition was held from Monday, August 10, 1936 to Saturday, August 15, 1936. Twenty-four boxers from 24 nations competed.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1932 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 147 pounds. The competition was held from Tuesday, August 9, 1932 to Saturday, August 13, 1932. Sixteen boxers from 16 nations competed.
The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.
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The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. It was the inaugural Olympic event for the weight class and it allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.
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