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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Light middleweight

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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.[1]

Dates28 August – 10 September 1972
Competitors34 from 34 nations
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Light middleweight boxing
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueBoxing Hall, Munich
Dates28 August – 10 September 1972
Competitors34 from 34 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dieter Kottysch  West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wiesław Rudkowski  Poland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alan Minter  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Peter Tiepold  East Germany
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Medalists

Results

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

First round

Second round

Reggie Jones was controversially eliminated in the second round of the light middleweight division (– 71 kg) by Valeri Tregubov of the Soviet Union in a fight he was generally accepted to have won.[2]

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

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