Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flyweight

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Flyweight 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 Leo Randolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Ramón Duvalón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Leszek Blazynski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg David Torosyan Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
  1972
1980  

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. [1]

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July with the participation of 266 fighters from 54 countries.

1976 Summer Olympics Games of the XXI Olympiad, held in Montréal in 1976

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Canada, in 1976, and the first Olympic Games held in Canada.

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Medalists

Gold Leo Randolph
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Ramón Duvalón
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Bronze Leszek Blazynski
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland
Bronze David Torosyan
Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg Soviet Union

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Leo Randolph Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Ramón Duvalón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3T Leszek Blazynski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
3T David Torosyan Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
5T Ian Clyde Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
5T Davy Larmour Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
5T Jong Jo-ung Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea
5T Alfredo Pérez Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
9T Toshinori Koga Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
9T Vicente Rodríguez Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
9T Fazlija Šaćirović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
9T Charlie Magri Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
9T Giovanni Camputaro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
9T Constantin Gruiescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
9T Georgi Kostadinov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
16T Virgilio Palomo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
16T Mbarek Zarrougui Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
16T Muhammad Sadiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
16T Antônio Toledo Filho Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
16T Kim Jeong-cheol Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
16T Joachim Schür Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
16T Julio Guzman Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
16T Said Ahmed El-Ashry Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
24T Somchai Putapibarn Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
24T Ernesto Rios Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
24T Sándor Orbán Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

First round

Somchai Putapibarn is a Thai boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Said Ahmed El-Ashry is an Egyptian boxer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Alfredo Pérez is a retired Venezuelan boxer. He competed for his South American nation at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he was defeated in the Men's Flyweight division by Poland's eventual bronze medal winner Leszek Błażyński. Pérez won the gold medal in the same weight division at the 1974 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Second round

Toshinori Koga is a Japanese boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Virgilio Palomo is a Colombian boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he lost in his first fight to Toshinori Koga of Japan.

Ramón Duvalón is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the flyweight division after being defeated in the final by United States-boxer Leo Randolph. A year earlier he captured the gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.

Third round

Ian Clyde is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. After defeating Charlie Magri of Great Britain, he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's flyweight division by Cuba's eventual silver medalist Ramón Duvalón. Clyde won a silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games. He also competed at the 1975 Pan American Games. Ian Clyde has followed his career as a professional athlete to offer personal fitness boxing coaching and competitive boxing instruction to young athletes in Montreal.

Carmel Magri, who boxed under the name Charlie Magri, is a British former professional boxer. He is from a Tunisian family that settled in Mile End, London, where he grew up. During his professional career he held the WBC and lineal flyweight titles.

Vicente Rodríguez Royán is a retired boxer from Spain, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was stopped in the third round of the flyweight division division by North Korea's Jong Jo-Ung.

Quarterfinals

David Torosyan is a retired Olympic medalist boxer for the Soviet Union of Armenian descent.

Leo Randolph is an American former boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Leszek BłażyńskiPolish pronunciation: [ˈlɛʂɛk ˈbwaʐɨj̃skʲi] was a Polish boxer who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics.

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Flyweight". Sports Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2018.