Light welterweight boxing at the Games of the XXI Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 18–31 July | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 31 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics | |
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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 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. [1]
Gold | Ray Leonard United States |
Silver | Andrés Aldama Cuba |
Bronze | Vladimir Kolev Bulgaria |
Bronze | Kazimierz Szczerba Poland |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Ray Leonard | United States |
2 | Andrés Aldama | Cuba |
3T | Vladimir Kolev | Bulgaria |
3T | Kazimierz Szczerba | Poland |
5T | Calistrat Cuţov | Romania |
5T | Luis Portillo | Argentina |
5T | József Nagy | Hungary |
5T | Ulrich Beyer | East Germany |
9T | Syamsul Anwar Harahap | Indonesia |
9T | Jesús Sánchez | Dominican Republic |
9T | Sodnomyn Gombo | Mongolia |
9T | Francisco de Jesus | Brazil |
9T | Ernst Müller | West Germany |
9T | Chris Clarke | Canada |
9T | Christian Sittler | Austria |
9T | Clinton McKenzie | Great Britain |
17T | Jean-Claude Ruiz | France |
17T | Park Tae-sik | South Korea |
17T | Sabahattin Burcu | Turkey |
17T | Jesús Navas | Venezuela |
17T | Ismael Martínez | Puerto Rico |
17T | Lasse Friman | Finland |
17T | Narong Boonfuang | Thailand |
17T | Valery Limasov | Soviet Union |
25T | José Manuel Gómet | Spain |
25T | Siergot Sully | Haiti |
25T | Ulf Carlsson | Sweden |
25T | Luis Godoy | Colombia |
25T | Chand Machiah | India |
25T | Daniele Zappaterra | Italy |
25T | Robert Colley | New Zealand |
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