Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 28 July – 8 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 23 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1992 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 |
Super heavyweight | men |
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 8 August 1992. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed. [1]
Gold | Félix Savón Cuba |
Silver | David Izonritei Nigeria |
Bronze | David Tua New Zealand |
Bronze | Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Félix Savón | Cuba |
2 | David Izonritei | Nigeria |
3T | David Tua | New Zealand |
3T | Arnold Vanderlyde | Netherlands |
5T | Vojtěch Rückschloss | Czechoslovakia |
5T | Kirk Johnson | Canada |
5T | Paul Douglas | Ireland |
5T | Danell Nicholson | United States |
9T | Georgios Stefanopoulos | Greece |
9T | José Ortega | Spain |
9T | Joseph Akhasamba | Kenya |
9T | Morteza Shiri | Iran |
9T | Chae Seong-bae | South Korea |
9T | Aleksey Chudinov | Unified Team |
9T | Željko Mavrović | Croatia |
9T | Bert Teuchert | Germany |
17T | Emilio Leti | Western Samoa |
17T | John Pettersson | Sweden |
17T | Vidas Markevičius | Lithuania |
17T | Mark Hulstrøm | Denmark |
17T | Paul Lawson | Great Britain |
17T | Elio Ibarra | Argentina |
17T | Krzysztof Rojek | Poland |
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