Date | 21 – 24 August 1920 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Feestzaal, Koninklijke Zoölogische Maatschappij, Antwerpen | |
Participants | 9 from 7 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
Ronald Rawson was probably the most dominating boxer of the 1920 Olympics. None of his three opponents finished their matches with him. His first two matches were stopped in the third and first rounds, respectively, while in the finals he defeated Søren Petersen by a knock-out in the 2nd round. Rawson retired after winning the 1921 Amateur Boxing Association (Britain) Championship. His career record was 28 wins with no losses, and 27 wins by knock-out. Petersen later became a respected Danish professional boxer. In 1924 he was still an amateur and again won the silver medal in the heavyweight division.
Pos | Competitor | NOC | |||
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1 | Ron Rawson | GBR | Gold | ||
2 | Søren Petersen | DEN | Silver | ||
3 | Xavier Eluère | FRA | Bronze | ||
4 | William Spengler | USA | |||
=5 | Jean Creusen | BEL | |||
=5 | Frank Dove | GBR | |||
=5 | Sigurd Hoel | NOR | |||
=5 | Samuel Stewart | USA | |||
9 | Mariano Barbaresi | ITA | |||
Archie McDiarmid | CAN |
Date | 21 August 1920 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 21 Aug | Xavier Eluère | FRA | Decision | Mariano Barbaresi | ITA | |
Match #2 | 21 Aug | Sigurd Hoel | NOR | ||||
Match #3 | 21 Aug | Ron Rawson | GBR | ||||
Match #4 | 21 Aug | Samuel Stewart | USA | ||||
Match #5 | 21 Aug | William Spengler | USA | ||||
Match #6 | 21 Aug | Jean Creusen | BEL | ||||
Match #7 | 21 Aug | Søren Petersen | DEN | ||||
Match #8 | 21 Aug | Frank Dove | GBR |
Date | 23 August 1920 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 23 Aug | Xavier Eluère | FRA | Decision | Sigurd Hoel | NOR | |
Match #2 | 23 Aug | Ron Rawson | GBR | Referee stops contest | Samuel Stewart | USA | |
Match #3 | 23 Aug | William Spengler | USA | Knock-out | Jean Creusen | BEL | |
Match #4 | 23 Aug | Søren Petersen | DEN | Referee stops contest | Frank Dove | GBR |
Date | 23 August 1920 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 23 Aug | Ron Rawson | GBR | Referee stops contest | Xavier Eluère | FRA | |
Match #2 | 23 Aug | Søren Petersen | DEN | Walkover | William Spengler | USA |
Date | 24 August 1920 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 24 Aug | Ron Rawson | GBR | Knock-out | Søren Petersen | DEN | |
Match 3/4 | 24 Aug | Xavier Eluère | FRA | Walkover | William Spengler | USA |