Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Boxhalle
Dates	27 August-10 September 1972
Competitors	354 from 80 nations
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These are the final results for the boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September with the participation of 354 fighters from 80 countries.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight details	György Gedó   Hungary	Kim U-gil   North Korea	Ralph Evans   Great Britain Enrique Rodríguez   Spain
Flyweight details	Georgi Kostadinov   Bulgaria	Leo Rwabwogo   Uganda	Leszek Błażyński   Poland Douglas Rodríguez   Cuba
Bantamweight details	Orlando Martínez   Cuba	Alfonso Zamora   Mexico	Ricardo Carreras   United States George Turpin   Great Britain
Featherweight details	Boris Kuznetsov   Soviet Union	Philip Waruinge   Kenya	András Botos   Hungary Clemente Rojas   Colombia
Lightweight details	Jan Szczepański   Poland	László Orbán   Hungary	Samuel Mbugua   Kenya Alfonso Pérez   Colombia
Light welterweight details	Sugar Ray Seales   United States	Angel Angelov   Bulgaria	Issaka Daborg   Niger Zvonimir Vujin   Yugoslavia
Welterweight details	Emilio Correa   Cuba	János Kajdi   Hungary	Dick Murunga   Kenya Jesse Valdez   United States
Light middleweight details	Dieter Kottysch   West Germany	Wiesław Rudkowski   Poland	Alan Minter   Great Britain Peter Tiepold   East Germany
Middleweight details	Vyacheslav Lemeshev   Soviet Union	Reima Virtanen   Finland	Prince Amartey   Ghana Marvin Johnson   United States
Light heavyweight details	Mate Parlov   Yugoslavia	Gilberto Carrillo   Cuba	Janusz Gortat   Poland Isaac Ikhouria   Nigeria
Heavyweight details	Teófilo Stevenson   Cuba	Ion Alexe   Romania	Peter Hussing   West Germany Hasse Thomsén   Sweden

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	3	1	1	5
2	Soviet Union	2	0	0	2
3	Hungary	1	2	1	4
4	Poland	1	1	2	4
5	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
6	United States	1	0	3	4
7	West Germany	1	0	1	2
	Yugoslavia	1	0	1	2
9	Kenya	0	1	2	3
10	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	North Korea	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
15	Great Britain	0	0	3	3
16	Colombia	0	0	2	2
17	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Niger	0	0	1	1
	Nigeria	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		11	11	22	44

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