Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight


The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.

Medalists

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:
RankNameCountry
1Mate Parlov
2Gilberto Carrillo
3TJanusz Gortat
3TIsaac Ikhouria
5THarald Skog
5TNikolay Anfimov
5TRudi Hornig
5TMiguel Ángel Cuello
9TErnesto Sánchez
9TSeifu Mekonnen
9TWaldemar de Oliveira
9TAhmed Mahmoud Aly
9TRay Russell
9TGuglielmo Spinello
9TMarian Culineac
9TImre Tóth
17TAnton Schär
17TNghlhav Mehtabs Singh
17TGeorgi Stankov
17TGombyn Zorig
17TJaroslav Král
17TSteven Thega
17THenri Moreau
17TSamson Laizer
17TOliver Wright
17TOttomar Sachse
17TNoureddine Aman Hassan
17TMatthias Ouma

First round