Boksning under Sommer-OL 1972 München blev afviklet fra den 27. august til den 10. september 1972 i arenaen Boxhalle . Med 357 deltagere fra 81 nationer satte deltagerantallet atter rekord. Bedste nation blev Cuba , der med 3 guld, 1 sølv og 1 bronze fik sit store gennembrud. Bortset fra Cuba blev bokseturneringen domineret massivt af boksere fra østblokken, og det blev således kun til to guldmedaljer fra vestblokken, en til USA og en til værtsnationen Vesttyskland . USA sluttede som 6. bedste nation, det ringeste resultat siden OL i 1948 .
De olympiske ringe Turneringens store profil var den cubanske sværvægter Teófilo Stevenson , der på sin vej til finalen stoppede samtlige sine tre modstandere, inden han kunne erklæres som turneringens vinder, da den rumænske finalemodstander Ion Alexe grundet en skade ikke kunne stille op. Teófilo Stevenson modtog Val Barker trofæet for sin indsats i turneringen.
Danske deltagere Danmark stillede med tre deltagere, men opnåede ikke medaljer.
I letvægt deltog Erik Madsen, der imidlertid tabte i første runde 5-0 til ireren Charlie Nash, der siden vandt det professionelle europamesterskab.
I weltervægt vandt Ib Bødtcher 3-2 i første runde over Niguel Ortiz Flores, men blev i turneringens anden runde stoppet i 3. omgang af ireren John Rodgers.
I mellemvægt vandt Poul Knudsen overlegent første kamp 5-0 (60-55; 60-55; 60:55; 60:53; 60:53) over William Peets fra U.S. Virgin Island og kvalificerede sig derved til kvartfinalen, hvor han dog tabte til ghaneseren Prince Amartey med dommerstemmerne 2-3 (59:58; 59:58; 60:58; 59:59; 58:59) efter en tæt kamp.
Medaljer Frimærke fra USSR i anledning af den olympiske bokseturnering 1972. Nr. Land Guld Sølv Bronze Totalt 1. 3 1 1 5 2. 2 0 0 2 3. 1 2 1 4 4. Polen 1 1 2 4 5. 1 1 0 2 6. 1 0 3 4 7. 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 9. 0 1 2 3 10. 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 Nordkorea 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 15. 0 0 3 3 16. 0 0 2 2 17. 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 Totalt 11 11 22 44
Medalje Land Bokser Guld Bulgarien Georgi Kostadinov Sølv Uganda Leo Rwabwogo Bronze Cuba Douglas Rodriguez Bronze Polen Leszek Blazynski
Medalje Land Bokser Guld Cuba Emilio Correa Sølv Ungarn János Kajdi Bronze Kenya Dick Murunga Bronze USA Jesse Valdez
Første runde Ib Bøtcher (DEN) def. Nicolas Ortiz Flores (PUR), 3:2 Vladimir Kolev (BUL) def. Abdelhamid Fouad Gad (EGY), 5:0David Jackson (UGA) def. Victor Zilberman (ROU), 3:2 Carlos Burga (PER) def. Ketil Hodne (NOR), 4:1 Jesse Valdez (USA) def. Kolman Kalipe (TOG), 5:0
Anden runde Alfonso Fernández (ESP) def. Hakki Sözen (TUR), 4:1 Maurice Hope (GBR) def. Garry Davis (BAH), 5:0 Damdiniav Bandi (MGL) def. Emma Flash Ankoudey (GHA), 3:2 János Kajdi (HUN) def. James Vrij (HOL), 4:1 Kerry Devlin (AUS) def. Mirgaani Rizgalla (SUD), TKO-3 Sergio Lozano (MEX) def. Joe Mensah (NGR), 5:0 Vartex Parsanian (IRI) def. Mbaraka Mkanga (TNZ), 5:0 Richard Murunga (KEN) def. Alfons Stawski (POL), 4:1 Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0 Manfred Wolke (GDR) def. Panayotis Therianos (GRE), 4:1 Günther Meier (FRG) def. Jeff Rackley (NZL), 5:0 Sangnual Rabieb (THA) def. Karl Gschwind (SUI), 5:0 Anatoliy Khokhlov (URS) def. Julio Medina (CHI), TKO-3 John Rodgers (IRL) def. Ib Bøtcher (DEN), TKO-3 Jesse Valdez (USA) def. Carlos Burga (PER), 4:1
Third Round Maurice Hope (GBR) def. Alfonso Fernández (ESP), walk-over János Kajdi (HUN) def. Damdiniav Bandi (MGL), KO-2 Sergio Lozano (MEX) def. Kerry Devlin (AUS), 4:1 Richard Murunga (KEN) def. Vartex Parsanian (IRI), TKO-3 Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2 Günther Meier (FRG) def. Sangnual Rabieb (THA), 5:0 Anatoliy Khokhlov (URS) def. John Rodgers (IRL), 5:0 Jesse Valdez (USA) def. David Jackson (UGA), 4:1
Kvartfinaler János Kajdi (HUN) def. Maurice Hope (GBR), 5:0 Richard Murunga (KEN) def. Sergio Lozano (MEX), KO-1 Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2 Jesse Valdez (USA) def. Anatoly Khohlov (URS), 5:0
Semifinaler János Kajdi (HUN) def. Richard Murunga (KEN), 4:1 Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
Finale Emilio Correa (CUB) def. János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0
Første runde Wieslaw Rudkowski vandt sølv i letmellemvægt. Billede af Rudkowski fra 2012. Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0 Svetomir Belic (YUG) def. Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1
Anden runde Anthony Richardson (HOL) def. Svetomir Belic (YUG), 3:2 Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. José Colón (PUR), 5:0 Alan Minter (GBR) def. Reginald Ford (GUY), KO-2 Valeri Tregubov (URS) def. Reggie Jones (USA), 3:2 Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE) def. Nicolas Aquilino (PHI), 5:0 Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Bonifacio Avila (COL), TKO-2 Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Issoufou Habou (NIG), 5:0 Alan Jenkinson (AUS) def. Michel Belliard (FRA), 4:1 Mikko Saarinen (FIN) def. David Attan (KEN), TKO-2 Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Ion Györfi (ROU), 4:1 Christopher Elliott (IRL) def. Farouk Kesrouan (LEB), 5:0 Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Alfredo Lemus (VEN), 4:1 Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Antonio Castellini (ITA), 5:0 Nayden Stanchev (BUL) def. John Opio (UGA), 3:2 Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0 Jae Keun-Lim (KOR) def. Namchal Tsendaiush (MGL), 3:2
Tredje runde Loucif Hanmani (ALG) def. Anthony Richardson (HOL), TKO-2 Alan Minter (GBR) def. Valeri Tregubov (URS), 5:0 Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Evengelos Oikonomakos (GRE), 5:0 Mohamed Majeri (TUN) def. Alan Jenkinson (AUS), 5:0 Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Mikko Saarinen (FIN), 5:0 Emeterio Villanueva (MEX) def. Christopher Elliott (IRL), TKO-3 Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Nayden Stanchev (BUL), 5:0 Rolando Garbey (CUB) def. Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
Kvartfinaler Alan Minter (GBR) def. Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 4:1 Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Mohamed Majeri (TUN), 5:0 Peter Tiepold (GDR) def. Emeterio Villanueva (MEX), 5:0 Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Rolando Garbey (CUB), 4:1
Semifinaler Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Alan Minter (GBR), 3:2 Wiesław Rudkowski (POL) def. Peter Tiepold (GDR), 4:1
Finale Dieter Kottysch (FRG) def. Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 3:2
Første runde Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. Alec Năstac (ROU), KO-1 William Knight (GBR) def. Julius Luipa (ZAM), 3:2 Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR) def. Abdalla Abdelwahb Salih (SUD), 3:2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. William Gomnies (INA), KO-1 Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Athanasios Giannopoulos (GRE), TKO-2 Nathaniel Knowles (BAH) def. Faustino Quinales (VEN), TKO-1
Anden runde Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Titus Simba (TNZ), 3:2 Witold Stachurski (POL) def. Peter Dula (KEN), 4:1 Prince Amartey (GHA) def. José Luis Espinosa (MEX), 5:0 Marvin Johnson (USA) def. Ewald Jarmer (FRG), 5:0 Alejandro Montoya (CUB) def. William Knight (GBR), TKO-2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Hans-Joachim Brauske (GDR), 5:0 Nazif Kuran (TUR) def. Nathaniel Knowles (BAH), KO-1
Kvartfinaler Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Witold Stachurski (POL), TKO-3 Marvin Johnson (USA) def. Alejandro Montoya (CUB), 5:0 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Nazif Kuran (TUR), TKO-2
Semifinaler Reima Virtanen (FIN) def. Prince Amartey (GHA), 3:2 Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Marvin Johnson (USA), TKO-2
Finale Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) def. Reima Virtanen (FIN), KO-1
Første runde Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) def. Anton Schaer (SUI), 3:2 Valdemar Paulino Oliveira (BRA) def. Nghivav Mehtab Singh (IND), 5:0 Nikolay Anfimov (URS) def. Georgi Stankov (BUL), 5:0 Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY) def. Gombo Zorig (MGL), 5:0 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Jaroslav Kral (TCH), 5:0 Raymond Russell (USA) def. Stephen Thega (KEN), TKO-2 Rudi Hornig (FRG) def. Henri Moreau (FRA), 5:0 Guglielmo Spinello (ITA) def. Samson Laizer (TNZ), KO-2 Marin Culineac (ROU) def. Dinsdale Wright (JAM), 5:0 Miguel Angel Cuello (ARG) def. Ottomar Sachse (GDR), 4: Mate Parlov (YUG) def. Noureddine Aman Hasan (CHA), TKO-2 Imre Tóth (HUN) def. Matthias Ouma (UGA), 3:2
Anden runde Gilberto Carrillo (CUB) def. Ernesto Sanchez (VEN), KO-1 Harald Skog (NOR) def. Seifu Mekkonen (ETH), 5:0 Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) def. Valdemar Paulino Oliveira (BRA), 5:0 Nikolay Anfimov (URS) def. Mahmoud Ahmed Ali (EGY), TKO-3 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Raymond Russell (USA), 3:2 Rudi Hornig (FRG) def. Guglielmo Spinello (ITA), 4:1 Miguel Angel Cuello (ARG) def. Marin Culineac (ROU), TKO-2 Mate Parlov (YUG) def. Imre Tóth (HUN), TKO-2
Kvartfinaler Gilberto Carrillo (CUB) def. Harald Skog (NOR), TKO-1 Isaac Ikhouria (NGR) def. Nikolay Anfimov (URS), 3:2 Janusz Gortat (POL) def. Rudi Hornig (FRG), TKO-1 Mate Parlov (YUG) def. Miguel Angel Cuello (ARG), walk-over
Semifinaler Gilberto Carrillo (CUB) def. Isaac Ikhouria (NGR), 5:0 Mate Parlov (YUG) def. Janusz Gortat (POL), 5:0
Finale Mate Parlov (YUG) def. Gilberto Carrillo (CUB), TKO-2
Første runde Duane Bobick (USA) def. Yuri Nesterov (URS), 5:0 Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Jozsef Reder (HUN), 5:0 Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR) def. Atanas Suvandzhiev (BUL), KO-1 Carroll Morgan (CAN) def. Fatai Ayinla (NGR), 3:2 Hasse Thomsén (SWE) def. Jean Bassomben (CMR), 4:1
Kvartfinaler Peter Hussing (FRG) def. Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1 Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0 Hasse Thomsén (SWE) def. Carroll Morgan (CAN), KO-3
Semifinaler Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0
Finale
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