Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight

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Light flyweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates28 August – 10 September
Competitors31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg György Gedó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Silver medal icon.svg Kim U-gil Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
Bronze medal icon.svg Ralph Evans Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Enrique Rodríguez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
  1968
1976  

The men's light flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 48 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold György Gedó
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Silver Kim U-gil
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg North Korea
Bronze Ralph Evans
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
Bronze Enrique Rodríguez
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg Spain

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 György Gedó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
2 Kim U-gil Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
3T Ralph Evans Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
3T Enrique Rodríguez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
5T Chanyalew Haile Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1974).svg  Ethiopia
5T Volodymyr Ivanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5T James Odwori Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
5T Rafael Carbonell Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
9T Shekie Kongo Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
9T Héctor Velásquez Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
9T Asen Nikolov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
9T Dennis Talbot Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
9T Said Ahmed El-Ashry Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
9T Lee Seog-un Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea
9T Davey Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9T Syed Abdul Kadir Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
17T Timothy Feruka Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
17T Vanduin Batbayar Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
17T Salvador García Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
17T Yoshimitsu Aragaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
17T Carlos Leyes Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
17T Surapong Sripirom Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
17T Francisco Rodríguez Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
17T Meriga Salou Seriki Flag of Benin.svg  Dahomey
17T Vicente Arsenal Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines
17T Bakari Seleman Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
17T Roman Rożek Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
17T Arif Doğru Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
17T Alexandru Turei Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
17T Prudencio Cardona Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
17T Gaetano Curcetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light-Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2018.