Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

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.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Dieter Kottysch 2 Wiesław Rudkowski 3T Alan Minter 3T Peter Tiepold 5T Loucif Hamani 5T Mohamed Majeri 5T Emeterio Villanueva 5T Rolando Garbey 9T Anthony Richardson 9T Valery Tregubov 9T Evangelos Oikonomakos 9T Alan Jenkinson 9T Mikko Saarinen 9T Christy Elliott 9T Nayden Stanchev 9T Im Jae-geun 17T Svetomir Belić 17T José Antonio Colon 17T Reggie Ford 17T Reggie Jones 17T Nicolas Aquilino 17T Bonifacio Ávila 17T Issoufou Habou 17T Michel Belliard 17T David Attan 17T Ion Györffi 17T Farouk Kesrouan 17T Alfredo Lemus 17T Antonio Castellini 17T John Opio 17T Franz Csandl 32T Namkhain Tsend-Ayuush 32T Ricky Barnor 32T Oumar Fall

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. 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

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