Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight explained

Event:	Heavyweight boxing
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona
Dates:	28 July – 8 August
Competitors:	23
Nations:	23
Gold:	Félix Savón
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	David Izonritei
Silvernoc:	NGR
Bronze:	David Tua
Bronzenoc:	NZL
Bronze2:	Arnold Vanderlyde
Bronzenoc2:	NED
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 8 August 1992. 23 boxers from 23 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

First round

• Vojtěch Rückschloss (TCH)  - BYE
• Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE)  - BYE
• David Tua (NZL)  - BYE
• José Ortega (ESP)  - BYE
• Kirk Johnson (CAN)  - BYE
• Joseph Akhasamba (KEN)  - BYE
• David Izonritei (NGR)  - BYE
• Morteza Shiri (IRN)  - BYE
• Arnold Vanderlyde (NED) def. Emelio Leti (SAM), 14:0
• Paul Douglas (IRL) def. John Pettersson (SWE), 8:1
• Alexey Chudinov (EUN) def. Vidas Markevičius (LTU), 7:3
• Željko Mavrović (CRO) def. Mark Hulström (DEN), 8:2
• Danell Nicholson (USA) def. Paul Lawson (GBR), 10:2
• Bert Teuchiert (GER) def. Elio Ibarra (ARG), 5:1
• Félix Savón (CUB) def. Krysztof Rojek (POL), RSC-2 (01:12)

Second round

• Vojtěch Rückschloss (TCH) def. Georgios Stefanopoulos (GRE), RSC-1 (02:27)
• David Tua (NZL) def. José Ortega (ESP), RSCH-2 (03:00)
• Kirk Johnson (CAN) def. Joseph Akhasamba (KEN), RSC-2 (02:42)
• David Izonritei (NGR) def. Morteza Shiri (IRN), RSC-3 (01:35)
• Arnold Vanderlyde (NED) def. Sung Bae Chae (KOR), 14:13
• Paul Douglas (IRL) def. Alexey Chudinov (EUN), 15:9
• Danell Nicholson (USA) def. Zelko Mavrovic (CRO), 9:6
• Félix Savón (CUB) def. Bert Teuchiert (GER), 11:2

Quarterfinals

• David Tua (NZL) def. Vojtěch Rückschloss (TCH), RSC-3 (00:16)
• David Izonritei (NGR) def. Kirk Johnson (CAN), 9:5
• Arnold Vanderlyde (NED) def. Paul Douglas (IRL), RSC-1 (01:30)
• Félix Savón (CUB) def. Danell Nicholson (USA), 13:11

Semifinals

• David Izonritei (NGR) def. David Tua (NZL), 12:7
• Félix Savón (CUB) def. Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), 23:3

Final

• Félix Savón (CUB) def. David Izonritei (NGR), 14:1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124537/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/BOX/mens-heavyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 12 January 2019.