Middleweight boxing at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Boxing Hall, Munich | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 29 August â 10 September | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 22 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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Light flyweight | men |
Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 August to 10 September 1972. 22 boxers from 22 nations competed. [1]
Gold |
Vyacheslav Lemeshev Soviet Union |
Silver |
Reima Virtanen Finland |
Bronze |
Prince Amartey Ghana |
Bronze |
Marvin Johnson United States |
The following boxers took part in the event: [1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Vyacheslav Lemeshev | Soviet Union |
2 | Reima Virtanen | Finland |
3T | Prince Amartey | Ghana |
3T | Marvin Johnson | United States |
5T | Witold Stachurski | Poland |
5T | Poul Knudsen | Denmark |
5T | Alejandro Montoya | Cuba |
5T | Nazif Kuran | Turkey |
9T | Titus Simba | Tanzania |
9T | Peter Dula | Kenya |
9T | José Luis Espinosa | Mexico |
9T | William Peets | Virgin Islands |
9T | Ewald Jarmer | West Germany |
9T | Bill Knight | Great Britain |
9T | Hans-Joachim Brauske | East Germany |
9T | Nat Knowles | Bahamas |
17T | Alec NÄstac | Romania |
17T | Julius Luipa | Zambia |
17T | Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih | Sudan |
17T | Wiem Gommies | Indonesia |
17T | Athanasios Giannopoulos | Greece |
17T | Faustino Quinales | Venezuela |