Date | 28 August – 10 September 1972 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Boxhalle, Olympiapark, München | |
Participants | 34 from 34 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
The big surprise of the 1972 boxing tournament, and a very pleasant one for the home crowd, was the victory of West Germany’s Dieter Kottysch in the light-welterweight. Kottysch avoided the favourites in the early stages and watched as the top rated fighters began to eliminate each other from contention. Valery Tregubov of the USSR eliminated American Reggie Jones but was himself beaten by the young Briton Alan Minter whilst in the other half of the draw 1968 silver medalist Rolando Garbey fell to Wiesław Rudkowski of Poland. The semi-final between Kottysch and Minter proved to be one of the most contentious of the Games. Kottysch won the slenderest of decisions as two judges voted for him, two for Kottysch and the fifth judge had the fight even at 59-59 but gave the advantage to the German. The result received a mixed reception even within the pro-German crowd. Kottysch and Rudkowski, two old rivals, met for the gold medal with the German’s harder punching triumphing over the more skillful Pole. Rudkowski was also hampered by a cut eye during the final round. After the medal ceremony Kottysch announced that this fight was to be last. Bronze medalist Minter went on to a successful professional career which culminated with a spell as the middleweight champion of the world.
Date | 28 August 1972 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Date | 30 August 1972 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the third round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 30 Aug | Anthony Richardson | NED | Decision | Svetomir Belić | YUG | |
Match #2 | 30 Aug | Loucif Hamani | ALG | Decision | José Antonio Colón | PUR | |
Match #3 | 30 Aug | Alan Minter | GBR | Knock-out | Reggie Ford | GUY | |
Match #4 | 30 Aug | Valery Tregubov | URS | Decision | Reggie Jones | USA | |
Match #5 | 30 Aug | Evangelos Oikonomakos | GRE | Decision | Nicolas Aquilino | PHI | |
Match #6 | 30 Aug | Dieter Kottysch | FRG | Referee stops contest | Bonifacio Ávila | COL | |
Match #7 | 30 Aug | Mohamed Majeri | TUN | Decision | Issoufou Habou | NIG | |
Match #8 | 30 Aug | Alan Jenkinson | AUS | Decision | Michel Belliard | FRA | |
Match #9 | 30 Aug | Mikko Saarinen | FIN | Referee stops contest | David Attan | KEN | |
Match #10 | 30 Aug | Peter Tiepold | GDR | Decision | Ion Györffi | ROU | |
Match #11 | 30 Aug | Christy Elliott | IRL | Decision | Farouk Kesrouani | LBN | |
Match #12 | 30 Aug | Emeterio Villanueva | MEX | Decision | Alfredo Lemus | VEN | |
Match #13 | 30 Aug | Wiesław Rudkowski | POL | Decision | Antonio Castellini | ITA | |
Match #14 | 30 Aug | Nayden Stanchev | BUL | Decision | John Opio | UGA | |
Match #15 | 30 Aug | Rolando Garbey | CUB | Decision | Franz Csandl | AUT | |
Match #16 | 30 Aug | Im Jae-Geun | KOR | Walkover | Norberto Cabrera | ARG |
Date | 2 September 1972 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 02 Sep | Loucif Hamani | ALG | Referee stops contest | Anthony Richardson | NED | |
Match #2 | 02 Sep | Alan Minter | GBR | Decision | Valery Tregubov | URS | |
Match #3 | 02 Sep | Dieter Kottysch | FRG | Decision | Evangelos Oikonomakos | GRE | |
Match #4 | 02 Sep | Mohamed Majeri | TUN | Decision | Alan Jenkinson | AUS | |
Match #5 | 02 Sep | Peter Tiepold | GDR | Decision | Mikko Saarinen | FIN | |
Match #6 | 02 Sep | Emeterio Villanueva | MEX | Referee stops contest | Christy Elliott | IRL | |
Match #7 | 02 Sep | Wiesław Rudkowski | POL | Decision | Nayden Stanchev | BUL | |
Match #8 | 02 Sep | Rolando Garbey | CUB | Referee stops contest | Im Jae-Geun | KOR |
Date | 6 September 1972 |
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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 | 06 Sep | Alan Minter | GBR | Decision | Loucif Hamani | ALG | |
Match #2 | 06 Sep | Dieter Kottysch | FRG | Decision | Mohamed Majeri | TUN | |
Match #3 | 06 Sep | Peter Tiepold | GDR | Decision | Emeterio Villanueva | MEX | |
Match #4 | 06 Sep | Wiesław Rudkowski | POL | Decision | Rolando Garbey | CUB |
Date | 8 September 1972 |
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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 | 08 Sep | Dieter Kottysch | FRG | Decision | Alan Minter | GBR | |
Match #2 | 08 Sep | Wiesław Rudkowski | POL | Decision | Peter Tiepold | GDR |
Date | 10 September 1972 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 10 Sep | Dieter Kottysch | FRG | Decision | Wiesław Rudkowski | POL |