Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Super heavyweight explained

Event:	Super heavyweight boxing
Games:	1992 Summer
Venue:	Pavelló Club Joventut Badalona
Dates:	27 July – 9 August
Competitors:	17
Nations:	17
Gold:	Roberto Balado
Goldnoc:	CUB
Silver:	Richard Igbineghu
Silvernoc:	NGR
Bronze:	Svilen Rusinov
Bronzenoc:	BUL
Bronze2:	Brian Nielsen
Bronzenoc2:	DEN
Prev:	1988
Next:	1996

The men's super heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 91 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 27 July to 9 August 1992. 17 boxers from 17 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
16T
16T

First round

• Peter Hrivňák (TCH)  - BYE
• Kevin McBride (IRL)  - BYE
• Brian Nielsen (DEN)  - BYE
• Jeong Seung-won (KOR)  - BYE
• Roberto Balado (CUB)  - BYE
• Tom Glesby (CAN)  - BYE
• Larry Donald (USA)  - BYE
• Nikolay Kulpin (EUN)  - BYE
• Gytis Juškevičius (LTU)  - BYE
• David Anyim (KEN)  - BYE
• Svilen Rusinov (BUL)  - BYE
• István Szikora (HUN)  - BYE
• Wilhelm Fischer (GER) def. Ahmed Sarir (MAR), RSC-2 (00:56)
• Jerry Nijman (NED) def. Iraj Kia Rostami (IRN), 9:5

Second round

• Peter Hrivňák (TCH) def. Kevin McBride (IRL), 21:1
• Brian Nielsen (DEN) def. Jeong Seung-won (KOR), 16:2
• Roberto Balado (CUB) def. Tom Glesby (CAN), 16:2
• Larry Donald (USA) def. Nikolay Kulpin (EUN), RSCI-3 (00:02)
• Richard Igbineghu (NGA) def. Liade Alhassan (GHA), walk-over
• Gytis Juškevičius (LTU) def. David Anyim (KEN), RSCI-2 (01:38)
• Svilen Rusinov (BUL) def. István Szikora (HUN), 12:4
• Wilhelm Fischer (GER) def. Jerry Nijman (NED), 22:5

Quarterfinals

• Brian Nielsen (DEN) def. Peter Hrivňák (TCH), 14:4
• Roberto Balado (CUB) def. Larry Donald (USA), 10:4
• Richard Igbineghu (NGR) def. Gytis Juškevičius (LTU), KO-2 (01:27)
• Svilen Rusinov (BUL) def. Wilhelm Fischer (GER), 8:5

Semifinals

• Roberto Balado (CUB) def. Brian Nielsen (DEN), 15:1
• Richard Igbineghu (NGR) def. Svilen Rusinov (BUL), 9:7

Final

• Roberto Balado (CUB) def. Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 13:2

Notes and References

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