Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight explained

Event:	Light middleweight boxing
Games:	1972 Summer
Venue:	Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates:	28 August – 10 September
Competitors:	34
Nations:	34
Gold:	Dieter Kottysch
Goldnoc:	FRG
Silver:	Wiesław Rudkowski
Silvernoc:	POL
Bronze:	Alan Minter
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Bronze2:	Peter Tiepold
Bronzenoc2:	GDR
Prev:	1968
Next:	1976

The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed.^[1]

Results

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

Rank	Name	Country
1
2
3T
3T
5T
5T
5T
5T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
9T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
17T
32T
32T
32T

First round

• Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
• Svetomir Belic (YUG) def. Oumar Fall (SEN), 4:1

Second round

• Anthony Richardson (HOL) def. Svetomir Belic (YUG), 3:2
• Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. José Antonio Colon (PUR), 5:0
• Alan Minter (GBR) def. Reginald Ford (GUY), KO-2
• Valeri Tregubov (URS) def. Reggie Jones (USA), 3:2

Reggie Jones was controversially eliminated in the second round of the light middleweight division ( - 71 kg) by Valeri Tregubov of the Soviet Union in a fight he was generally accepted to have won.^[2]

• Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE) def. Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0
• Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2
• Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Issoufou Habou (NIG), 5:0
• Alan Jenkinson (AUS) def. Michel Belliard (FRA), 4:1
• Mikko Saarinen (FIN) def. David Attan (KEN), TKO-2
• Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Ion Györfi (ROU), 4:1
• Christopher Elliott (IRL) def. Farouk Kesrouan (LEB), 5:0
• Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1
• Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Antonio Castellini (ITA), 5:0
• Nayden Stanchev (BUL) def. John Opio (UGA), 3:2
• Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
• Jae Keun-Lim (KOR) def. Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2

Third round

• Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. Anthony Richardson (HOL), TKO-2
• Alan Minter (GBR) def. Valeri Tregubov (URS), 5:0
• Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0
• Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 5:0
• Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0
• Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3
• Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Nayden Stanchev (BUL), 5:0
• Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2

Quarterfinals

• Alan Minter (GBR) def. Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 4:1
• Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0
• Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 5:0
• Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Rolando Garbey (CUB), 4:1

Semifinals

• Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2
• Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Peter Tiepold (GDR), 4:1

Final

• Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Light Middleweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418132226/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/BOX/mens-light-middleweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 18 December 2018.
2. Web site: Schande! Schande! Schande! . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205041648/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,906352-1,00.html . dead . 5 December 2008 . 20 February 2009 . . 11 September 1972 .