Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 19 to 31 July 1976. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Leon Spinks 2 Sixto Soria 3T Costica Dafinoiu 3T Janusz Gortat 5T Wolfgang Gruber 5T Juan Domingo Suárez 5T Robert Burgess 5T Ottomar Sachse 9T José Rosa 9T Vilmos Jakab 9T Anatoliy Klimanov 9T Georgi Stoimenov 9T Joan Claudi Montane 14T Hocine Tafer 14T Miloslav Popović 14T Abdel Latif Fatihi 14T Ernesto Sánchez 14T Roger Fortin

First round Vilmos Jakab (HUN) def. Mohamed Mama (GHA), walk-over Juan Domingo Suarez (ARG) def. Hocine Tafer (FRA), KO-1 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Miloslav Popović (YUG), 3:2 Georgi Stoymenov (BUL) def. Ernesto Sanchez (VEN), 5:0 Leon Spinks (USA) def. Abdel Latif Fatihi (MAR), KO-1 Anatoliy Klimanov (URS) def. Roger Fortin (CAN), 5:0 Joan Montane (AND) def. Gabriel Daramola (NGA), walk-over Ottomar Sachse (GDR) def. Louis Ngatchou (CMR), walk-over

Second round Sixto Soria (CUB) def. José Rosa (PUR), KO-2 Wolfgang Gruber (FRG) def. Frederick Sabat (KEN), walk-over Costică Dafinoiu (ROM) def. Robert Nixon (GUY), walk-over Robert Burgess (BER) def. Seifu Mekonnen (ETH), walk-over Juan Domingo Suarez (ARG) def. Vilmos Jakab (HUN), KO-1 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Georgi Stoymenov (BUL), AB-3 Leon Spinks (USA) def. Anatoliy Klimanov (URS), 5:0 Ottomar Sachse (GDR) def. Joan Montane (AND), RSC-3

Quarterfinals Sixto Soria (CUB) def. Wolfgang Gruber (FRG), KO-2 Costică Dafinoiu (ROM) def. Robert Burgess (BER), 5:0 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Juan Domingo Suarez (ARG), 4:1 Leon Spinks (USA) def. Ottomar Sachse (GDR), 5:0

Semifinals Sixto Soria (CUB) def. Costică Dafinoiu (ROM), AB-1 Leon Spinks (USA) def. Janusz Gortat (POL), 5:0

Final Leon Spinks (USA) def. Sixto Soria (CUB), RSC-3

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