Welterweight boxing at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Boxing Hall, Munich | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 28 August – 10 September 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 37 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
---|---|
Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 37 boxers from 37 nations competed. [1]
Gold | Emilio Correa Cuba |
Silver | János Kajdi Hungary |
Bronze | Dick Murunga Kenya |
Bronze | Jesse Valdez United States |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
---|---|---|
1 | Emilio Correa | Cuba |
2 | János Kajdi | Hungary |
3T | Dick Murunga | Kenya |
3T | Jesse Valdez | United States |
5T | Maurice Hope | Great Britain |
5T | Sergio Lozano | Mexico |
5T | Günther Meier | West Germany |
5T | Anatoly Khokhlov | Soviet Union |
9T | Alfonso Fernández | Spain |
9T | Damdinjavyn Bandi | Mongolia |
9T | Wayne Devlin | Australia |
9T | Vartex Parsanian | Iran |
9T | Manfred Wolke | East Germany |
9T | Rabieb Sangnual | Thailand |
9T | John Rodgers | Ireland |
9T | David Jackson | Uganda |
17T | Hakkı Sözen | Turkey |
17T | Garry Davis | Bahamas |
17T | Emma Ankudey | Ghana |
17T | James Vrij | Netherlands |
17T | Mirgaani Gomaa Rizgalla | Sudan |
17T | Joe Mensah | Nigeria |
17T | Mbwana Mkanga | Tanzania |
17T | Alfons Stawski | Poland |
17T | Damiano Lassandro | Italy |
17T | Panagiotis Therianos | Greece |
17T | Jeff Rackley | New Zealand |
17T | Karl Gschwind | Switzerland |
17T | Julio Medina | Chile |
17T | Ib Bøtcher | Denmark |
17T | Vladimir Kolev | Bulgaria |
17T | Carlos Burga | Peru |
33T | Nicolas Ortíz | Puerto Rico |
33T | Abdel Hamid Fouad Gad | Egypt |
33T | Victor Zilberman | Romania |
33T | Ketil Hodne | Norway |
33T | Komlan Kalipe | Togo |
Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.
Richard (Hero) Murunga was a boxer from Kenya.
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.
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. 36 boxers from 36 nations competed.
The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 54 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. 38 boxers from 38 nations competed.
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. 45 boxers from 45 nations competed.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. 37 boxers from 37 nations competed.
The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 August to 10 September 1972. 32 boxers from 32 nations competed.
The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed.
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.
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.
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 26 boxers from 26 nations competed.
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 26 boxers from 26 nations competed.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed.
The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.
The men's light flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 48 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 17 September to 1 October 1988. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed. 1980 bronze medalist Ivailo Marinov won the gold medal by controversially defeating young Michael Carbajal. There were suspicions of politics influencing the judges decision in the gold medal bout.
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 September to 2 October 1988. 44 boxers from 44 nations competed. Kim Kwang-sun won the gold medal.
The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers weighing up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 September to 1 October, 1988. 39 boxers from 39 nations competed. Andreas Zülow won the gold medal.
The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 September to 2 October 1988. 45 boxers from 45 nations competed. 31-year-old Vyacheslav Yanovskiy won the gold medal.