Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

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Middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Maurice Richard Arena, Montreal
Dates19–31 July
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Michael Spinks Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Rufat Riskiyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Luis Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Bronze medal icon.svg Alec Năstac Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
  1972
1980  

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 19 boxers from 19 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Michael Spinks
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Rufat Riskiyev
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Bronze Luis Martínez
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Bronze Alec Năstac
Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg Romania

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Michael Spinks Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Rufat Riskiyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
3T Luis Martínez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
3T Alec Năstac Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
5T Ryszard Pasiewicz Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
5T Dragan Vujković Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
5T Fernando Martins Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil
5T Siraj Din Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
9T Jean-Pierre Malavasi Flag of France.svg  France
9T Dave Odwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
9T Phil McElwaine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
9T Bernd Wittenburg Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9T Ilian Dimitrov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
14T Carlos Betancourt Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
14T Bryan Gibson Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
14T Nicolás Arredondo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
14T Mohamed Saoud Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
14T Fulgencio Obelmejias Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
14T Jorma Taipale Flag of Finland.svg  Finland

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

In the gold medal bout, American rookie Spinks faced the veteran Soviet Rufat Riskiyev, the 1974 World Champion. Riskiyev had defeated Spinks at a match in Tashkent early in 1976, but in the final, Spinks landed a telling body blow in round three, and the referee had to stop the contest, giving Spinks, just 19 years of age, the gold medal.

Spinks, whose brother, Leon, won the light-heavyweight gold medal in Montreal, turned professional. In 1981 he won the WBA light-heavyweight world title by defeating Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. Michael Spinks would hold a version of the light-heavyweight title through 1985 when he moved up to the heavies and defeated Larry Holmes to win the IBF heavyweight crown, the first light-heavyweight champion to move on to become heavyweight world champ. Spinks fought through 1988, winning his first 31 fights, but he retired after losing a heavyweight title fight that year to Mike Tyson.

Riskiyev, who was 27 at the time of the 1976 Olympics, stayed in the amateurs, as the Soviet system did not allow any athletes to turn pro, though he didn’t achieve further success. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. https://www.olympic.org/montreal-1976/boxing