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]
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.
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.
Gold | Ray Leonard |
Silver | Andrés Aldama |
Bronze | Vladimir Kolev |
Bronze | Kazimierz Szczerba |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Ray Leonard | |
2 | Andrés Aldama | |
3T | Vladimir Kolev | |
3T | Kazimierz Szczerba | |
5T | Calistrat Cuţov | |
5T | Luis Portillo | |
5T | József Nagy | |
5T | Ulrich Beyer | |
9T | Syamsul Anwar Harahap | |
9T | Jesús Sánchez | |
9T | Sodnomyn Gombo | |
9T | Francisco de Jesus | |
9T | Ernst Müller | |
9T | Chris Clarke | |
9T | Christian Sittler | |
9T | Clinton McKenzie | |
17T | Jean-Claude Ruiz | |
17T | Park Tae-sik | |
17T | Sabahattin Burcu | |
17T | Jesús Navas | |
17T | Ismael Martínez | |
17T | Lasse Friman | |
17T | Narong Boonfuang | |
17T | Valery Limasov | |
25T | José Manuel Gómet | |
25T | Siergot Sully | |
25T | Ulf Carlsson | |
25T | Luis Godoy | |
25T | Chand Machiah | |
25T | Daniele Zappaterra | |
25T | Robert Colley |
Narong Boonfuang is a Thai boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
José Manuel Gómet Canet is a retired boxer from Spain. He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There, he was knocked out in first round of the light welterweight division division by Thailand's Narong Boonfuang.
Christian Sittler is an Austrian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Calistrat Ilie Cuțov is a retired Romanian boxer. He won the European lightweight title in 1969 and an Olympic bronze medal in 1968. He also competed in the light-welterweight division at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, but was eliminated before reaching semifinals. He retired after winning a bronze medal at the 1977 European Championships, with a record of 11 losses out of 398 bouts. Since 1981 he works as a boxing coach. His trainees include Daniel Dumitrescu. His brother Simion was also an Olympic medalist in boxing.
Jean-Claude Ruiz is a French boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Vladimir Kolev is a retired boxer from Bulgaria and Olympic bronze medalist, he also works as an actor, and has appeared in many American films.
Ernst Müller is a German boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Andrés Aldama Cabrera is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
József Nagy is a Hungarian boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Kazimierz Wiesław Szczerba is a retired amateur Polish boxer, who won a Light Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a Welterweight Bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Luis Portillo is an Argentine boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Ulrich Beyer was an amateur light-welterweight boxer from East Germany. Between 1971 and 1977 he won four medals at the European championships, including a gold in 1971; at the 1974 World Championships he placed third. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and was eliminated by Sugar Ray Seales in the first bout in 1972 and by Sugar Ray Leonard in a quarterfinal in 1976.
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