Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

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Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates27 August – 10 September
Competitors45 from 45 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Boris Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Philip Waruinge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg Clemente Rojas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg András Botos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
  1968
1976  

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. 45 boxers from 45 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Boris Kuznetsov
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union
Silver Philip Waruinge
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Bronze Clemente Rojas
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia
Bronze András Botos
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Boris Kuznetsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2 Philip Waruinge Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
3T Clemente Rojas Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
3T András Botos Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
5T Jouko Lindbergh Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
5T Antonio Rubio Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain
5T Kazuo Kobayashi Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
5T Gabriel Pometcu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
9T Mohamed Salah Amin Flag of Egypt (1972-1984).svg  Egypt
9T Mario Ortíz Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
9T Kuncho Kunchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
9T Habibu Kinyogoli Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
9T Pasqualino Morbidelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
9T Louis Self Flag of the United States.svg  United States
9T Ryszard Tomczyk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
9T Jochen Bachfeld Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
17T Guy Segbaya Flag of Togo.svg  Togo
17T Jabar Feli State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
17T Deogratias Musoke Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
17T José Luis Vellon Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
17T Palamdorjiin Bayar Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia
17T Dale Anderson Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
17T Jungle Thangata Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi
17T Soth Sun Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic
17T Pat Ryan Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
17T Seyfi Tatar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
17T Angelos Theotokatos Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece
17T Michael Andrews Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17T José Baptista Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
17T Ruedi Vogel Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
17T Billy Taylor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
17T Orlando Palacios Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
33T Morgan Mwenya Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
33T Lema Yemane Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia
33T Maurice Apeang Flag of France.svg  France
33T Abdou Faye Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
33T Preecha Nopparat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
33T Emmanuel Eloundou Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg  Cameroon
33T Harouna Lago Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
33T Joseph M'Bouroukounda Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
33T Juan Francisco García Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
33T Peter Prause Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
33T Lahcen Maghfour Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
33T Nils Dag Strømme Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
33T Joe Cofie Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2018.