Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueBoxhalle
Dates27 August-10 September 1972
Competitors354 from 80 nations
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These are the final results for the boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September with the participation of 354 fighters from 80 countries.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
details
György Gedó
 Hungary
Kim U-gil
 North Korea
Ralph Evans
 Great Britain
Enrique Rodríguez
 Spain
Flyweight
details
Georgi Kostadinov
 Bulgaria
Leo Rwabwogo
 Uganda
Leszek Błażyński
 Poland
Douglas Rodríguez
 Cuba
Bantamweight
details
Orlando Martínez
 Cuba
Alfonso Zamora
 Mexico
Ricardo Carreras
 United States
George Turpin
 Great Britain
Featherweight
details
Boris Kuznetsov
 Soviet Union
Philip Waruinge
 Kenya
András Botos
 Hungary
Clemente Rojas
 Colombia
Lightweight
details
Jan Szczepański
 Poland
László Orbán
 Hungary
Samuel Mbugua
 Kenya
Alfonso Pérez
 Colombia
Light welterweight
details
Sugar Ray Seales
 United States
Angel Angelov
 Bulgaria
Issaka Daborg
 Niger
Zvonimir Vujin
 Yugoslavia
Welterweight
details
Emilio Correa
 Cuba
János Kajdi
 Hungary
Dick Murunga
 Kenya
Jesse Valdez
 United States
Light middleweight
details
Dieter Kottysch
 West Germany
Wiesław Rudkowski
 Poland
Alan Minter
 Great Britain
Peter Tiepold
 East Germany
Middleweight
details
Vyacheslav Lemeshev
 Soviet Union
Reima Virtanen
 Finland
Prince Amartey
 Ghana
Marvin Johnson
 United States
Light heavyweight
details
Mate Parlov
 Yugoslavia
Gilberto Carrillo
 Cuba
Janusz Gortat
 Poland
Isaac Ikhouria
 Nigeria
Heavyweight
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Teófilo Stevenson
 Cuba
Ion Alexe
 Romania
Peter Hussing
 West Germany
Hasse Thomsén
 Sweden