Super heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XXV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 27 July – 9 August | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 17 from 17 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 super heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 July to 9 August 1992. 17 boxers from 17 nations competed. [1]
Gold | Roberto Balado Cuba |
Silver | Richard Igbineghu Nigeria |
Bronze | Svilen Rusinov Bulgaria |
Bronze | Brian Nielsen Denmark |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Roberto Balado | Cuba |
2 | Richard Igbineghu | Nigeria |
3T | Svilen Rusinov | Bulgaria |
3T | Brian Nielsen | Denmark |
5T | Peter Hrivňák | Czechoslovakia |
5T | Larry Donald | United States |
5T | Gytis Juškevičius | Lithuania |
5T | Willi Fischer | Germany |
9T | Kevin McBride | Ireland |
9T | Jeong Seung-won | South Korea |
9T | Tom Glesby | Canada |
9T | Nikolay Kulpin | Unified Team |
9T | David Anyim | Kenya |
9T | István Szikora | Hungary |
9T | Jerry Nijman | Netherlands |
16T | Ahmed Sarir | Morocco |
16T | Iraj Kia Rostami | Iran |
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