Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

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Heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Venue Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
Dates31 July – 11 August
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Henry Tillman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Willie DeWit Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
Bronze medal icon.svg Angelo Musone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Bronze medal icon.svg Arnold Vanderlyde Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1980
1988  

The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 31 July to 11 August 1984. 19 boxers from 19 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Henry Tillman
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Willie DeWit
Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Bronze Angelo Musone
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Bronze Arnold Vanderlyde
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Henry Tillman Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Willie DeWit Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
3T Angelo Musone Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
3T Arnold Vanderlyde Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5T Georgios Stefanopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
5T Dodovic Owiny Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
5T Tevita Taufo'ou Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
5T Håkan Brock Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
9T Doug Young Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
9T Egerton Forster Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone
9T Mohamed Bouchiche Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
9T Michael Kenny Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
9T Kaliq Singh Flag of India.svg  India
9T Loi Faaeteete Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
9T Alex Stewart Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
16T Magne Havnå Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
16T Virgilio Frias Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
16T Naasan Ajjoub Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
16T James Omondi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2019.