Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

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Middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates29 August – 10 September 1972
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Lemeshev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Reima Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Prince Amartey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Bronze medal icon.svg Marvin Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1968
1976  

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 August to 10 September 1972. 22 boxers from 22 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold Vyacheslav Lemeshev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Reima Virtanen
Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Bronze Prince Amartey
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
Bronze Marvin Johnson
Flag of the United States.svg United States

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Vyacheslav Lemeshev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2 Reima Virtanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
3T Prince Amartey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
3T Marvin Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5T Witold Stachurski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5T Poul Knudsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
5T Alejandro Montoya Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
5T Nazif Kuran Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
9T Titus Simba Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
9T Peter Dula Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
9T José Luis Espinosa Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
9T William Peets Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands
9T Ewald Jarmer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
9T Bill Knight Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
9T Hans-Joachim Brauske Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9T Nat Knowles Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas
17T Alec Năstac Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
17T Julius Luipa Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
17T Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
17T Wiem Gommies Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
17T Athanasios Giannopoulos Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece
17T Faustino Quinales Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

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