Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Lightweight

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Lightweight boxing
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal
Dates18–31 July
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Howard Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Simion Cuțov Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
Bronze medal icon.svg Ace Rusevski Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
Bronze medal icon.svg Vassily Solomin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1972
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The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold Howard Davis
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Simion Cuțov
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania
Bronze Ace Rusevski
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia
Bronze Vassily Solomin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Howard Davis Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Simion Cuțov Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
3T Ace Rusevski Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
3T Vassily Solomin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5T Ove Lundby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
5T Tsvetan Tsvetkov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
5T András Botos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5T Yves Jeudy Flag of Haiti (1964-1986).svg  Haiti
9T Nelson Calzadilla Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
9T Bogdan Gajda Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
9T Leonidas Asprilla Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
9T Georgios Agrimanakis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
9T Parviz Bahmani State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
9T Reinaldo Valiente Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
15T Ernesto González Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua
15T Khaidavyn Altankhuyag Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia
15T Antonio Rubio Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
15T Sylvester Mittee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
15T Hans Henrik Palm Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
15T Yukio Segawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
15T Roberto Andino Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
22T Gaetano Pirastu Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
22T Gerard Hamill Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland

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 Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2018.