Howard Edward Davis Jr. was an American professional boxer. Growing up on Long Island as the eldest of 10 children, Davis first learned boxing from his father. After being inspired by a movie about Muhammad Ali, Davis embarked on his amateur career. He won the 1976 Olympic gold medal one week after his mother died. He was also awarded the Val Barker Trophy at the Olympics, beating out such boxers as Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Spinks and Leon Spinks.
Ángel Herrera Vera is a Cuban amateur boxer, who won two Olympic gold medals, and the world title at the second World Championships in Belgrade.
Jerry Louis Page is an American boxer who won the light welterweight gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. A year earlier he won a silver medal at the 1983 Pan American Games.
Andrés Aldama Cabrera is a retired amateur Cuban boxer, who won the light welterweight silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the Welterweight gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Richard Nowakowski is a retired boxer from East Germany, who won the silver medal in the men's featherweight division at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he was defeated in the final by Ángel Herrera of Cuba.
Simion Cuțov was a lightweight boxer from Romania who won the European amateur title in 1973 and 1975. He competed at the 1974 World Championships and 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won silver medals in 1974 and 1976. In 1974, he won a gold medal at the Balkan Games. He retired with a record of 20 losses out of 155 bouts. His elder brother Calistrat was also an Olympic boxer.
Victor Zilberman is a retired boxer from Romania. He competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. He also won 8 national senior titles and two silver medals at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.
Pedro Gamarro was a Venezuelan amateur boxer.
Reinhard Skricek is a retired boxer from Germany, who represented West Germany (FRG) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the welterweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Pedro Gamarro of Venezuela.
Ace Rusevski is a retired Macedonian boxer who represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. There he won the bronze medal in the lightweight division after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual gold medalist Howard Davis Jr. of the United States.
Carmen Rinke is a retired boxer from Canada, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by East Germany's eventual gold medalist Jochen Bachfeld. In the previous round, Rinke defeated Yoshifumi Seki of Japan.
Howard Grant is a retired male Canadian boxer, competing in the light-welterweight division. A resident of Montréal, Quebec, he represented Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, where he was defeated in the round of 16 by Sweden's Lars Myrberg.
Jerzy Zdzisław Kulej was a Polish boxer, politician and sports commentator. He was a two-time Olympic and two-time European Champion.
Manfred Wolke was a German welterweight boxer. He was a member of the Armeesportsklub Vorwärts Frankfurt an der Oder.
Dieter Kottysch was a German amateur middleweight boxer; he competed for West Germany in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a gold medal in 1972.
Emilio Correa Vaillant was a Cuban amateur boxer who won welterweight gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, West Germany. He is not to be confused with his middleweight namesake, who is actually his son.
Clinton Jackson is an American former professional boxer. As an amateur, he competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships and a gold at the 1975 Pan American Games.
Ramón Armando Guevara is a former boxer from Venezuela, who twice competed at the Summer Olympics: 1976 and 1980. He won the bronze medal at the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships in the light flyweight division.
Ulrich Beyer was an amateur light-welterweight boxer from East Germany. Between 1971 and 1977 he won four medals at the European championships, including a gold in 1971; at the 1974 World Championships he placed third. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics, and was eliminated by Sugar Ray Seales in the first bout in 1972 and by Sugar Ray Leonard in a quarterfinal in 1976.
The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.
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