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Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men

Date18 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationAréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec
Participants31 from 31 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

At the 1974 World Championships, Cuba’s Emilio Correa won the title by defeating America’s Clint Jackson in the final. The next year, Jackson defeated Correa in a semi-final and won the 1975 Pan American Games gold medal. Both were back in this class in Montréal and were considered the favorites. But they each went out to Venezuela’s Pedro José Gamarro, a bronze medalist at the 1975 Pan American Games, who defeated Correa by a third-round TKO in round three, and Jackson by a narrow 3-2 decision in the quarter-finals. Gamarro advanced to the final where he faced East Germany’s Jochen Bachfeld. Bachfeld had fought at the 1972 Olympics, losing early, but his experience was telling in Montréal as he eked out a 3-2 decision to win the gold medal. Gamarro never turned professional and never returned to the Olympics, but he did win another Pan American Games bronze medal in 1983, this time as a middleweight.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Jochen BachfeldGDRGold
2Pedro José GamarroVENSilver
=3Reinhard SkricekFRGBronze
=3Victor ZilbermanROUBronze
=5Mike McCallumJAM
=5Carlos SantosPUR
=5Clint JacksonUSA
=5Carmen RinkeCAN
=9Robert DauerAUS
=9Wesly FelixHAI
=9Ib BøtcherDEN
=9Yoshifumi SekiJPN
=9Luigi MinchilloITA
=9Emilio CorreaCUB
=9Colin JonesGBR
=9Valery RachkovURS
=17Frans van BronckhorstINA
=17José VallejoDOM
=17Zbigniew KickaPOL
=17Marijan BenešYUG
=17Athanasios IliadisGRE
=17Damdinjavyn BandiMGL
=17Plamen YankovBUL
=17Carlos MejíaCOL
=17Christy McLoughlinIRL
=17Kim Ju-SeokKOR
=17David JacksonNZL
=28Marcelino GarciaISV
=28Ali Bahri KhomaniIRI
=28Kalevi MarjamaaFIN
=28Fredj ChtiouiTUN
DNSAmon KoteyGHA
DNSCharles MuttiZAM
DNSKenny BristolGUY
DNSMathias SaboNGR
DNSOmar ShimaLBA
DNSVincent DabireBUR
DNSVitalis BbegeUGA

Round One

Date18 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 JulRobert DauerAUS
Match #218 JulFrans van BronckhorstINA
Match #318 JulMike McCallumJAM
Match #418 JulDamdinjavyn BandiMGL
Match #518 JulReinhard SkricekFRG
Match #618 JulJosé VallejoDOM
Match #718 JulLuigi MinchilloITA
Match #818 JulVitalis BbegeUGA
Match #918 JulZbigniew KickaPOL
Match #1018 JulClint JacksonUSA
Match #1118 JulVincent DabireBUR
Match #1218 JulWesly FelixHAI
Match #1318 JulPedro José GamarroVEN
Match #1418 JulMarijan BenešYUG
Match #1518 JulPlamen YankovBUL
Match #1618 JulEmilio CorreaCUB
Match #1718 JulIb BøtcherDEN
Match #1818 JulCharles MuttiZAM
Match #1918 JulCarlos SantosPUR
Match #2018 JulCarlos MejíaCOL
Match #2118 JulVictor ZilbermanROU
Match #2218 JulAmon KoteyGHA
Match #2318 JulColin JonesGBR
Match #2418 JulChristy McLoughlinIRL
Match #2518 JulCarmen RinkeCAN
Match #2618 JulKenny BristolGUY
Match #2718 JulKim Ju-SeokKORKnock-outMarcelino GarciaISV
Match #2818 JulYoshifumi SekiJPNWalkoverMathias SaboNGR
Match #2918 JulJochen BachfeldGDRReferee stops contestAli Bahri KhomaniIRI
Match #3018 JulAthanasios IliadisGREWalkoverOmar ShimaLBA
Match #3118 JulValery RachkovURSReferee stops contestKalevi MarjamaaFIN
Match #3218 JulDavid JacksonNZLReferee stops contest (head blow)Fredj ChtiouiTUN

Round Two

Date23 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the third round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #123 JulRobert DauerAUSDecisionFrans van BronckhorstINA
Match #223 JulMike McCallumJAMDecisionDamdinjavyn BandiMGL
Match #323 JulReinhard SkricekFRGDecisionJosé VallejoDOM
Match #423 JulLuigi MinchilloITAWalkoverVitalis BbegeUGA
Match #523 JulClint JacksonUSADecisionZbigniew KickaPOL
Match #623 JulWesly FelixHAIWalkoverVincent DabireBUR
Match #723 JulPedro José GamarroVENDecisionMarijan BenešYUG
Match #823 JulEmilio CorreaCUBReferee stops contestPlamen YankovBUL
Match #923 JulIb BøtcherDENWalkoverCharles MuttiZAM
Match #1023 JulCarlos SantosPURDecisionCarlos MejíaCOL
Match #1123 JulVictor ZilbermanROUWalkoverAmon KoteyGHA
Match #1223 JulColin JonesGBRDecisionChristy McLoughlinIRL
Match #1323 JulCarmen RinkeCANWalkoverKenny BristolGUY
Match #1423 JulYoshifumi SekiJPNDisqualifiedKim Ju-SeokKOR
Match #1523 JulJochen BachfeldGDRDecisionAthanasios IliadisGRE
Match #1623 JulValery RachkovURSDecisionDavid JacksonNZL

Round Three

Date25 July 1976
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 JulMike McCallumJAMDecisionRobert DauerAUS
Match #225 JulReinhard SkricekFRGDecisionLuigi MinchilloITA
Match #325 JulClint JacksonUSAKnock-outWesly FelixHAI
Match #425 JulPedro José GamarroVENReferee stops contestEmilio CorreaCUB
Match #525 JulCarlos SantosPURDecisionIb BøtcherDEN
Match #625 JulVictor ZilbermanROUDecisionColin JonesGBR
Match #725 JulCarmen RinkeCANDecisionYoshifumi SekiJPN
Match #825 JulJochen BachfeldGDRDecisionValery RachkovURS

Quarter-Finals

Date28 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #128 JulReinhard SkricekFRGDecisionMike McCallumJAM
Match #228 JulPedro José GamarroVENDecisionClint JacksonUSA
Match #328 JulVictor ZilbermanROUDecisionCarlos SantosPUR
Match #428 JulJochen BachfeldGDRDecisionCarmen RinkeCAN

Semi-Finals

Date29 July 1976
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 JulPedro José GamarroVENReferee stops contestReinhard SkricekFRG
Match #229 JulJochen BachfeldGDRDecisionVictor ZilbermanROU

Final Round

Date31 July 1976
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/231 JulJochen BachfeldGDRDecisionPedro José GamarroVEN