Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

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Heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona
Dates28 July – 8 August
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Félix Savón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg David Izonritei Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg David Tua Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Bronze medal icon.svg Arnold Vanderlyde Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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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]

Medalists

Gold Félix Savón
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Silver David Izonritei
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Bronze David Tua
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Bronze Arnold Vanderlyde
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Félix Savón Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2 David Izonritei Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
3T David Tua Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
3T Arnold Vanderlyde Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5T Vojtěch Rückschloss Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
5T Kirk Johnson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
5T Paul Douglas Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
5T Danell Nicholson Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9T Georgios Stefanopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
9T José Ortega Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
9T Joseph Akhasamba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
9T Morteza Shiri Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
9T Chae Seong-bae Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
9T Aleksey Chudinov Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
9T Željko Mavrović Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
9T Bert Teuchert Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
17T Emilio Leti Flag of Samoa.svg  Western Samoa
17T John Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
17T Vidas Markevičius Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
17T Mark Hulstrøm Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
17T Paul Lawson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
17T Elio Ibarra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
17T Krzysztof Rojek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2019.