Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

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Light welterweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates30 August – 10 September
Competitors32 from 32 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ray Seales Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Angel Angelov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Issake Dabore Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
Bronze medal icon.svg Zvonimir Vujin Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
  1968
1976  

The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 30 August to 10 September 1972. 32 boxers from 32 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Ray Seales
Flag of the United States.svg United States
Silver Angel Angelov
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Bulgaria
Bronze Issake Dabore
Flag of Niger.svg Niger
Bronze Zvonimir Vujin
Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg Yugoslavia

Results

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

RankNameCountry
1 Ray Seales Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2 Angel Angelov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
3T Issake Dabore Flag of Niger.svg  Niger
3T Zvonimir Vujin Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia
5T Andrés Molina Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
5T Graham Moughton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
5T Bantow Srisook Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
5T Kyoji Shinohara Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
9T Jim Montague Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
9T Anatoly Kamnev Flag of the Soviet Union (1955-1980).svg  Soviet Union
9T Emilio Villa Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
9T Sodnomyn Gombo Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia
9T Walter Gómez Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
9T Calistrat Cuțov Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania
9T Park Tae-sik Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea
9T Laudiel Negrón Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico
17T Nosra Vakil Monfard State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran
17T Ulrich Beyer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
17T Roy Johnson Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda
17T Pentti Saarman Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
17T Timsah Okalo Mulwal Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan
17T Malang Balouch Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
17T Robert Mwakosya Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
17T Yotham Kunda Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia
17T Luis Contreras Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela
17T Krzysztof Pierwieniecki Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland
17T Ernesto Bergamasco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
17T Mohamed Muruli Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
17T Abdou Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
17T Emmanuel Lawson Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
17T Obisia Nwakpa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
17T Fekrou Gabreselassie Flag of Ethiopia (1897-1936; 1941-1974).svg  Ethiopia

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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References

  1. 1 2 "Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2018.