WEST POINT, N. Y., Aug. 5 (AP)Duane Bobick earned the heavyweight berth on the United States Olympic boxing team today when his weary opponent, Larry Holmes, was disqualified for holding in the . At the 1984 Games the U.S. team benefited most, capturing 83 gold medals and 174 medals altogether. 32 boxers from 32 nations competed. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September 1972. Eleven cyclists represented Great Britain in 1972. Great Britain finished 14 seconds ahead of the United States in the inaugural mixed relay. Brooks' second run of 90.8 was an improvement on his opening effort of 89.4, moving him up into the medal positions. He was the National AAU champion in 1972, 1975-76, and 1979. It was a result that the Venezuelan trainer called )a national disaster). A very popular figure in his native Croatia, he was voted the outstanding Croatian sportsman of the 20th century. It was the first time since 1908 that two male British swimmers have finished on the Olympic podium together. How they did it: Scott became a double gold medallist after retaining his men's Finn title after finishing fourth in the final race to take GB's gold medal tally to 13. How he did it: Yee, making his Olympic debut, led for much of the 10km run before being overtaken by Kristian Blummenfelt of Norway. The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Mary T. Meagher and Tracy Caulkins each earned three gold medals. With 45 boxers taking part, the featherweight class was the most populated of any in the 1972 boxing tournament. In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Great Britain entered three men and three women. In subsequent Olympics, increased security measures in the Olympic Villages and competition venues protected athletes but also diminished the festive and open atmosphere that is at the heart of Olympism. How they did it: Gimson and Burnet secured silver in the mixed Nacra 17 class behind the Italian duo of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, after finishing fifth in Tuesday's medal race. [Valery Tregubov] of the USSR eliminated American [Reggie Jones] but was himself beaten by the young Briton [Alan Minter] whilst in the other half of the draw 1968 silver medalist [Rolando Garbey] fell to [Wiesaw Rudkowski] of Poland. The British crew held off late charges from Australia and Poland to win Great Britain's first gold in the event. Parlov was dominant in Munich and comfortably defeated opponents from Chad, Hungary and Poland on his way to fight for the gold medal. The Great Britain trio scored 7,723.0, finishing behind the United States and Germany as Dujardin drew level with rower Dame Katherine Grainger and tennis player Kathleen McKane Godfree on five Olympic medals. After retiring from the ring he ran a coffee bar but would return to boxing as a coach of the 1984 Yugoslav Olympic boxing team. How he did it: Kerr, who only went through the first round heats as a fastest loser, ran the race of his life - a huge personal best of 3:29.05 - to win bronze, just four hundredths off a silver. How he did it: Peaty became the first British swimmer to defend an Olympic title, finishing in a time of 57.37 seconds, 0.06secs clear of nearest rival Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands. In a tight finish, Choong battled back past Egypt's Ahmed Elgendy in the final event, taking the lead with 800m to go to secure a double for Team GB following Kate French's win in the women's event. Munich 1972 - Ralph Evans (Light Flyweight, 48kg) Melbourne 1956 - Tommy Nicholls (Featherweight, 57kg) Melbourne 1956 - Nicholas Cargano (Welterweight, 69kg) London 1948 - John Wright (Middleweight, 73kg) London 1948 - Donald Scott, Light Heavyweight, 80kg) Paris 1924 - James MacKenzie (Flyweight, 50.8kg) Seales later worked with autistic high school students. The win saw Jonny Brownlee secure his first Olympic gold, after he won silver and bronze medals at the past two Games. 34 boxers from 34 nations competed. From the start Stevenson used his jab to open the American's defences and skewered him with a succession of hooks and uppercuts. Whyte earned a historic first medal for Great Britain in BMX racing, winning silver by finishing just behind the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann. Giles won Great Britain's first medal of the Tokyo Olympics, beating Switzerland's Fabienne Kocher in her bronze-medal match. Tragedy struck the 1972 Olympics in Munich when eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village on September 5 and killed two members of the Israeli team. How she did it: Lying fourth after the snatch, Campbell lifted 161kg in the clean and jerk to secure a spot on the podium and become Britain's first ever female Olympic weightlifting medallist. The 2016 champions beat India in a thrilling bronze-medal match. Their meeting in the final proved to be the most contentious of the entire tournament and the announcement of the Soviet boxer's victory by a 3-2 decision brought whistling, booing and shouts of )Schieber) (fix) from the crowd inside the arena. Host City: Munchen, West Germany Venue(s): Boxing Hall, Olympic Park, Munchen Date Started: August 29, 1972 Date Finished: September 10, 1972 Format: Single elimination tournament. Antwerp 1920 George McKenzie (Bantamweight, 53.5kg), London 1908 William Webb (Bantamweight, 52.6kg) Gimson and Burnet secured silver in the mixed Nacra 17 class behind the Italian duo of Ruggero Tita and Caterina Banti, after finishing fifth in Tuesday's medal race. Paris 1924 T Peterson (Light Heavyweight, 81kg), Antwerp 1920 Alexander Ireland (Welterweight, 66.7kg), London 1908 John Condon (Bantamweight, 52.6kg) Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Source: IOC Women's basketball, handball, and rowing were added in 1976, according to the IOC. Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards discuss the art of punditry and rank the best analysts, Three single Kiwi women are in search of the man of their dreams in FBoy Island NZ. 284 competitors, 210 men and 74 women, took part in 159 events in 18 sports. In 1912 boxing was not contested at the Stockholm Olympics because it was banned as a sport under Swedish law. (1st)165: Eddie Crook, Army (1st)178:Cassius Clay, Louisville, Ky. (1st)+178: Pearcy Price, Salem, N.J./Marines, 112: Bob Carmody, Army (3rd)119: Larry Johnson, Air Force125: Charles Brown, Marines (3rd)132: Ronald Harris, Detroit, Mich. (3rd)139: Charles Ellis, Army147: Maurice Trilot, Marines156: Toby Gibson, Spokane, Wash.165: Jimmy Rosette, Navy178: Bob Christopherson, Air Force+178:Joe Frazier, Philadelphia, Pa.(1st), 112: Harlan Marbley, Army (3rd)119: Sam Goss, Trenton, N.J.125: Al Robinson, Navy (2nd)132: Ronnie Harris, Canton, Ohio (1st)139: J. Wallington, Army/Ft. The competition was held from 29 August to 10 September 1972. . London 1908 Harry Johnson (Lightweight, 63.5kg) Cuban boxers won three gold medals and five medals in 1972, led by their heavyweight [Tefilo Stevenson], who won the first of his three consecutive gold medals in the heaviest class, and was awarded the Val Barker Trophy as the top boxer of the Olympic tournament. Team GB boxing has an impressive record at the Olympics and will be hopeful the 2020 squad can win medals in Tokyo. And for the first 11 days, the Games were one of the most beautiful demonstrations ever of Olympism. The competition was held from 28 August to 10 September 1972. National Olympic committees, international federations, and organizing committees, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2010. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 71 kilograms to compete. Price became the first Welsh fighter to win an Olympic boxing gold medal as she defeated China's Li Qian to take a 5-0 points victory. All competition was suspended for a day while a memorial service for the victims was conducted at the Olympic Stadium. Lying fourth after the snatch, Campbell lifted 161kg in the clean and jerk to secure a spot on the podium and become Britain's first ever female Olympic weightlifting medallist. Twenty-six countries, mostly from Africa, chose to boycott the Games when the IOC denied their request to ban New Zealand, whose national rugby team had recently toured apartheid-era South Africa. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 54 kilograms to compete. The 800- and 1,500-metre runs boasted the worlds two best performers, Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe, both of Great Britain. How he did it: Greenbank finished behind the Russian Olympic Committee's world champion Evgeny Rylov, who took gold with a new Olympic record, while the USA's Ryan Murphy claimed silver. Official Boxing results from the Munich 1972 Olympics. The quartet claimed Great Britain's fourth swimming gold at an Olympics - the first time the nation has won that many at a single Games for 113 years - as they finished clear of China in the first-ever mixed medley relay. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. In boxing, without the challenge of the Cubans, the U.S. team dominated the competition, earning nine gold medals. Great Britain won a record eighth swimming medal in Tokyo - the quartet of Scott, Adam Peaty, Luke Greenbank and James Guy finishing 0.73 seconds behind gold-medal winners USA. Munich 1972 Alan Minter (Light Middleweight, 71kg) Seales was drawn against the reigning European Champion, [Ulrich Beyer] of East Germany. GB have now won six successive Olympic titles in sailing's Finn class and Scott now effectively be forever the reigning Olympic Finn champion with the class being somewhat dropped for Paris 2024 and beyond. Hungary. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Boxing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics&oldid=1127997748, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 17 December 2022, at 21:00. He also hosts TV and radio sports talk shows. In 1972, the IOC debuted men's indoor handball. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Source: IOC How he did it: Kenny was the lead-off rider and sensed a hesitation in his opponents behind as the durney left the track, launching a solo sprint to win the gold medal. The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The 21-year-old from Leeds broke a collarbone in training two months ago, but recovered to secure Great Britain's first mountain biking gold. Nine other Israelis were held hostage as the . 45 boxers from 45 nations competed. Tokyo 2020 (contested in 2021 due to Coronavirus Pandemic) Frazer Clarke (Super-heavyweight, 91kg+), Rio 2016 Joshua Buatsi (Light Heavyweight, 81kg, pictured above), London2012Anthony Ogogo(Middleweight, 75kg), Beijing 2008 Tony Jeffries (Light Heavyweight, 81kg) Martinez failed in his attempt to defend his crown in Montral by which time Zamora was in the middle of his run as WBA world champion in the professional game. GB led 2-0 early on, but India struck back to take a 3-2 lead in the third quarter only for GB to level and then win it through Grace Balsdon. The choice of Lemeshev turned out to be a masterstroke and he proved unbeatable. But in a turn of events, his Romanian opponent had to forfeit. The Finn was unconscious for a nearly a minute after the contest. She was unable to progress to the gold-medal match, losing to Japan's Irie Sena. How they did it: Great Britain's team were seventh after the first two pieces of apparatus, but a score of 14.033 from Amelie Morgan in the team's final floor display ensured a podium finish for a team that featured the 16-year-old Gadirova twins. Team GB won silver in the women's team pursuit final after Germany broke the world record to win gold. The big story in boxing at Munchen was the emergence of Cuba as a dominant nation. Tragedy struck the 1972 Olympics in Munich when eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village on September 5 and killed two members of the Israeli team. Scott became a double gold medallist after retaining his men's Finn title after finishing fourth in the final race to take GB's gold medal tally to 13. Correa won the welterweight title at the first World Amateur Championships in 1974 but failed to retain either his Pan American Games or Olympic titles and retired in 1979. How he did it: Whyte earned a historic first medal for Great Britain in BMX racing, winning silver by finishing just behind the Netherlands' Niek Kimmann. Rome 1960 William Fisher (Light Middleweight, 71kg), Melbourne 1956 Nicholas Gargano (Welterweight, 67kg) Missing from the 1972 Olympic Games was European champion Tibor Badari who was a victim of political wrangling within the Hungarian team. See full results. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments. Welterweight was considered one of the most competitive weight divisions contested in 1972. Gedo, a tall southpaw, had difficulty outpointing [Volodymyr Ivanov] in the quarter-finals but won both semi-final and final with ease. Tokyo 2020 (contested in 2021 due to Coronavirus Pandemic) Ben Whittaker (Light-heavyweight, 81kg), Rio 2016 Joseph Joyce (Super Heavyweight, 91kg+, pictured above), London 2012Fred Evans(Welterweight, 69kg), Athens 2004 Amir Khan (Lightweight, 60kg), Munich 1972 Ralph Evans (Light Flyweight, 48kg), Melbourne 1956 Tommy Nicholls (Featherweight, 57kg) The GB quartet - who also deployed Calum Jarvis in the heats - produced a stunning display to finish a comfortable 3.23secs ahead of the Russian Olympic Committee and just 0.03secs short of the world record. Soviet Greco-Roman wrestler Aleksandr Kareline, competing in the super heavyweight division, also won his first gold medal. How they did it: Fletcher and Bithell claimed gold after narrowly holding off Germany in a dramatic finish to win GB's first ever medal in this class. A footballing whirlwind in the eye of a tabloid storm Look at the actions taken as the Third Reich faces collapse in the final weeks of World War II. Kottysch and Rudkowski, two old rivals, met for the gold medal with the German's harder punching triumphing over the more skillful Pole. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. 1972 U.S. Olympic Boxing Team (Munich, Germany) 106: Davey Lee Armstrong, Puyallup, Wash 112: Tim Dement, Shreveport, La. The Soviet Union won only two medals, but both of them were gold. Yafai, 28, gained a 4-1 points decision at the Kokugikan Arena. The win saw Jonny Brownlee secure his first Olympic gold, after he won silver and bronze medals at the past two Games. This category includes boxers who participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. Antwerp 1920 Harold Franks (Light Heavyweight, 79.4kg) [1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games . Lasse Virn of Finland captured the gold medal in the 5,000- and 10,000-metre runs. The Soviet team won 80 gold medals and 195 medals in all in the most lopsided final tally since the U.S. domination of the 1904 Games. How he did it: Scott won his third medal of the Tokyo Olympics and Great Britain's sixth in the pool with silver after finishing behind winner Wang Shun of China. The 5,000- and 10,000-metre runs were won by Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia. A spot on the torch relay team sold for $3,000 per kilometre. The Cuban's performance earned him the Val Barker Trophy as the best boxer of the Games and a reputation as the )new Muhammad Ali). In all, 10 athletes were banned from the Games for using performance-enhancing drugs. Official Boxing results from the Mexico City 1968 Olympics. America's squad was made up of Louis Curtis, Leo Randolph, Charles Mooney, Davey Lee Armstrong,. The boycott did not have the effect of previous ones, and the Seoul Games proved to be extremely competitive. Britain have won 59 medals - 19 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze - compared with 65 at London . The 1972 Games in Munich saw archery return after a 52-year absence and slalom canoeing make its Olympic bow, while Mary Peters won a memorable gold in pentathlon. Despite producing 32 world records and a host of memorable performances, the 1976 Games drew more attention to the apparent problems of the Olympic movement. Britain's Lauren Price became the first Welsh fighter to win an Olympic boxing gold medal as she beat China's Li Qian in the women's middleweight final. Brooks almost missed out on the Games after knocking himself out during the World Championships in June. Host City: Munchen, West Germany Venue(s): Boxing Hall, Olympic Park, Munchen Date Started: August 28, 1972 Date Finished: September 10, 1972 Format: Single elimination tournament. As well as the 1968 champion [Manfred Wolke] of the GDR, the veteran Hungarian [Jnos Kajdi], [Jesse Valdez] of the USA and the teenaged Pan American Games champion from Cuba, [Emilio Correa], were all touted as possible Olympic champions. Table tennis and team archery events were also added. Host City: Munchen, West Germany Venue(s): Boxing Hall, Olympic Park, Munchen Date Started: September 3, 1972 Date Finished: September 10, 1972 Format: Single elimination tournament. While all of the squad at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich recorded at least one win, with four of the Ireland panel only losing to eventual medalists, there were yet again no medals for the Irish in the ring. Read about our approach to external linking. Sebastian Coe and Daley Thompson of Great Britain each repeated their gold medal performances of 1980, winning the 1,500-metre run and the decathlon, respectively. ), The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Fox was dissuaded from retiring from the sport by coach Ron Bright and finished. From boxing's Olympic debut in 1904 to the addition of women's divisions in 2012, . The 27-year-old was in a three-way tussle for gold with Chinese pair Cao Yuan and Yang Jian. How they did it: The British eight were pipped to silver by Germany as New Zealand took gold. Political problems threatened to return to centre stage at the 1988 Games. Expand All - 48kg (light-flyweight) men. Yafai, 28, gained a 4-1 points decision at the Kokugikan Arena. The competition was held from 27 August to 10 September with the participation of 354 fighters from 80 countries. Nine other Israelis were held hostage as the terrorists bargained for the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel. (3rd)178: Raymond Russell, Marines+178: Duane Bobick, Navy, 106: Louis Curtis, Washington, D.C.112: Leo Randolph, Tacoma, Wash. (1st)119: Charles Mooney, Army (2nd)125: Davey Lee Armstrong, Puyallup, Wash.132: Howard Davis Jr., Glen Cove, N.Y. (1st)139:Ray Leonard, Palmer Park, Md. IOC president Avery Brundages decision to continue the Games after the attack was widely criticized. Detailed below are all Great Britains boxing medalists from the London 1908 to Tokyo 2020. Although he was European junior champion in 1971, the USSR also had Juozas Juocevicius, the European senior champion, and the highly rated Rufat Riskiyev to choose from. Legendary hurdler Edwin Moses of the United States earned his first gold medal. he let his fiance visit him at the team's Olympic quarters.
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