Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

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Light heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal
Dates19–31 July 1976
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Leon Spinks Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Sixto Soria Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Costica Dafinoiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Janusz Gortat Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
  1972
1980  

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold Leon Spinks
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Sixto Soria
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba
Bronze Costica Dafinoiu
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Bronze Janusz Gortat
Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg Poland

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Leon Spinks Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Sixto Soria Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
3T Costica Dafinoiu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
3T Janusz Gortat Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5T Wolfgang Gruber Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
5T Juan Domingo Suárez Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina
5T Robert Burgess Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda
5T Ottomar Sachse Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9T José Rosa Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
9T Vilmos Jakab Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
9T Anatoliy Klimanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
9T Georgi Stoimenov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
9T Joan Claudi Montane Flag of Andorra (civil).svg  Andorra
14T Hocine Tafer Flag of France.svg  France
14T Miloslav Popović Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
14T Abdel Latif Fatihi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
14T Ernesto Sánchez Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
14T Roger Fortin Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2018.