Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

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Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal
Dates18–31 July
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ángel Herrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Nowakowski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Leszek Kosedowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Juan Paredes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
  1972
1980  

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. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Ángel Herrera
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Silver Richard Nowakowski
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Bronze Leszek Kosedowski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Bronze Juan Paredes
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Ángel Herrera Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2 Richard Nowakowski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
3T Leszek Kosedowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
3T Juan Paredes Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
5T Gheorghe Ciochină Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
5T Choi Chung-il Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
5T Bratislav Ristić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
5T Davey Armstrong Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9T René Weller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
9T Camille Huard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
9T Yukio Odagiri Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
9T Tibor Badari Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
9T Behzad Ghaedi State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
9T Gustavo de la Cruz Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
9T Clarence Robinson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
9T Angel Pacheco Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
17T Serge Thomas Flag of France.svg  France
17T Ruben Mares Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
17T Raimundo Alves Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
17T Anatoly Volkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
17T Sen Rai Flag of India.svg  India
17T Rumen Peshev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
17T Ravsalyn Otgonbayar Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia
17T Pinit Boonjoung Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
17T Carlos Calderon Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
26T Sandalio Calderon Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2018.