Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight


The men's light middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed.

Medalists

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:
RankNameCountry
1Dieter Kottysch
2Wiesław Rudkowski
3TAlan Minter
3TPeter Tiepold
5TLoucif Hamani
5TMohamed Majeri
5TEmeterio Villanueva
5TRolando Garbey
9TAnthony Richardson
9TValery Tregubov
9TEvangelos Oikonomakos
9TAlan Jenkinson
9TMikko Saarinen
9TChristy Elliott
9TNayden Stanchev
9TIm Jae-geun
17TSvetomir Belić
17TJosé Antonio Colon
17TReggie Ford
17TReggie Jones
17TNicolas Aquilino
17TBonifacio Ávila
17TIssoufou Habou
17TMichel Belliard
17TDavid Attan
17TIon Györffi
17TFarouk Kesrouani
17TAlfredo Lemus
17TAntonio Castellini
17TJohn Opio
17TFranz Csandl
32TNamkhain Tsend-Ayuush
32TRicky Barnor
32TOumar Fall

First round

Reggie Jones was controversially eliminated in the second round of the light middleweight division by Valeri Tregubov of the Soviet Union in a fight he was generally accepted to have won.