Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight

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Super heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Venue Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona
Dates27 July – 9 August
Competitors17 from 17 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Roberto Balado Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Igbineghu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bronze medal icon.svg Svilen Rusinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Brian Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  1988
1996  

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]

Medalists

Gold Roberto Balado
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba
Silver Richard Igbineghu
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Bronze Svilen Rusinov
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria
Bronze Brian Nielsen
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Roberto Balado Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
2 Richard Igbineghu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
3T Svilen Rusinov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
3T Brian Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
5T Peter Hrivňák Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
5T Larry Donald Flag of the United States.svg  United States
5T Gytis Juškevičius Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
5T Willi Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
9T Kevin McBride Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
9T Jeong Seung-won Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
9T Tom Glesby Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
9T Nikolay Kulpin Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team
9T David Anyim Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
9T István Szikora Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
9T Jerry Nijman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
16T Ahmed Sarir Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
16T Iraj Kia Rostami Flag of Iran.svg  Iran

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

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