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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

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Middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueBoxing Hall, Munich
Dates29 August – 10 September
Competitors22 from 22 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vyacheslav Lemeshev  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reima Virtanen  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Prince Amartey  Ghana
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Marvin Johnson  United States
← 1968
1976 →

The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 75 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 August to 10 September 1972. 22 boxers from 22 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Vyacheslav Lemeshev
 Soviet Union
Silver Reima Virtanen
 Finland
Bronze Prince Amartey
 Ghana
Bronze Marvin Johnson
 United States

Results

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The following boxers took part in the event:[1]

Rank Name Country
1 Vyacheslav Lemeshev  Soviet Union
2 Reima Virtanen  Finland
3T Prince Amartey  Ghana
3T Marvin Johnson  United States
5T Witold Stachurski  Poland
5T Poul Knudsen  Denmark
5T Alejandro Montoya  Cuba
5T Nazif Kuran  Turkey
9T Titus Simba  Tanzania
9T Peter Dula  Kenya
9T José Luis Espinosa  Mexico
9T William Peets  Virgin Islands
9T Ewald Jarmer  West Germany
9T Bill Knight  Great Britain
9T Hans-Joachim Brauske  East Germany
9T Nat Knowles  Bahamas
17T Alec Năstac  Romania
17T Julius Luipa  Zambia
17T Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih  Sudan
17T Wiem Gommies  Indonesia
17T Athanasios Giannopoulos  Greece
17T Faustino Quinales  Venezuela

First round

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Second round

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Boxing at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2018.