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Lightweight (≤60 kilograms), Men

Date27 August – 10 September 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationBoxhalle, Olympiapark, München
Participants37 from 37 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Jan Szczepański lived up to his billing as pre-Olympic favourite by comfortably winning the gold medal. Only once, early in his quarter-final against Ireland’s Charlie Nash, did he ever look under pressure and the 32 year old Pole used his disciplined, methodical style to outbox all his opponents. Hungary’s László Orbán attempted to draw Szczepański into brawling at close quarters during their gold medal bout but the Pole withstood the temptation and used his left jab to win a unanimous points decision. The bronze medalists were reigning African featherweight champion Samuel Mbugua of Kenya, who lost his chance of a place in the final when an injury ruled him out of the semi-final, and Alfonso Pérez who won Colombia’s first ever Olympic medal.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1260Jan SzczepańskiPOLGold
2152László OrbánHUNSilver
=3190Samuel MbuguaKENBronze
=350Alfonso PérezCOLBronze
=5166Charlie NashIRL
=5235Svein Erik PaulsenNOR
=5324Eraslan DorukTUR
=553Kim Tae-HoKOR
=9208Antonio GinMEX
=9352James BuscemeUSA
=9122Peter HeßFRG
=9160Muniswamy VenuIND
=9309Karel KašparTCH
=9212Khaidavyn AltankhuyagMGL
=9281Antoniu VasileROU
=926Ivan MihaylovBUL
=1774Erik MadsenDEN
=17141Courtney AtherlyGUY
=17289Kasamiro Kashri MarchloSUD
=17317Vichit PraiananTHA
=1767Enrique RegüeiferosCUB
=17339Gennady DobrokhotovURS
=1788Girmaye GabreETH
=17105Neville ColeGBR
=17201Tatu ChiongaMAW
=17333Peter OdhiamboUGA
=173Antonio ComaschiARG
=17366Luis RodríguezVEN
=17224Adeyemi AbayomiNGR
=1798Guitry BananierFRA
=17175Giambattista CaprettiITA
=17169Hassan EghmazIRI
=33266Luis DávilaPUR
=33200Mohamed SourourMAR
=3335Jose MartinezCAN
=33244Roy HurdleyPAN
=3380Abdel Hady Khallaf AllahEGY

Round One

Date27 August 1972
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round two.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 AugErik MadsenDENbye
Match #227 AugCharlie NashIRLbye
Match #327 AugAntonio GinMEXbye
Match #427 AugCourtney AtherlyGUYbye
Match #527 AugJan SzczepańskiPOLbye
Match #627 AugKasamiro Kashri MarchloSUDbye
Match #727 AugJames BuscemeUSAbye
Match #827 AugVichit PraiananTHAbye
Match #927 AugEnrique RegüeiferosCUBbye
Match #1027 AugPeter HeßFRGbye
Match #1127 AugGennady DobrokhotovURSbye
Match #1227 AugSvein Erik PaulsenNORbye
Match #1327 AugNeville ColeGBRbye
Match #1427 AugMuniswamy VenuINDbye
Match #1527 AugSamuel MbuguaKENbye
Match #1627 AugGirmaye GabreETHbye
Match #1727 AugTatu ChiongaMAWbye
Match #1827 AugKarel KašparTCHbye
Match #1927 AugAlfonso PérezCOLbye
Match #2027 AugPeter OdhiamboUGAbye
Match #2127 AugAntonio ComaschiARGbye
Match #2227 AugKhaidavyn AltankhuyagMGLbye
Match #2327 AugEraslan DorukTURbye
Match #2427 AugLuis RodríguezVENbye
Match #2527 AugAdeyemi AbayomiNGRbye
Match #2627 AugAntoniu VasileROUbye
Match #2727 AugKim Tae-HoKORbye
Match #2827 AugGuitry BananierFRADecisionLuis DávilaPUR
Match #2927 AugLászló OrbánHUNDecisionMohamed SourourMAR
Match #3027 AugGiambattista CaprettiITAReferee stops contestJose MartinezCAN
Match #3127 AugIvan MihaylovBULReferee stops contestRoy HurdleyPAN
Match #3227 AugHassan EghmazIRIReferee stops contestAbdel Hady Khallaf AllahEGY

Round Two

Date1 September 1972
FormatWinner of each match advanced to round three.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 SepCharlie NashIRLDecisionErik MadsenDEN
Match #201 SepAntonio GinMEXDecisionCourtney AtherlyGUY
Match #301 SepJan SzczepańskiPOLDecisionKasamiro Kashri MarchloSUD
Match #401 SepJames BuscemeUSADecisionVichit PraiananTHA
Match #501 SepPeter HeßFRGDecisionEnrique RegüeiferosCUB
Match #601 SepSvein Erik PaulsenNORReferee stops contestGennady DobrokhotovURS
Match #701 SepSamuel MbuguaKENDecisionGirmaye GabreETH
Match #801 SepMuniswamy VenuINDReferee stops contestNeville ColeGBR
Match #901 SepKarel KašparTCHDecisionTatu ChiongaMAW
Match #1001 SepAlfonso PérezCOLDecisionPeter OdhiamboUGA
Match #1101 SepKhaidavyn AltankhuyagMGLDecisionAntonio ComaschiARG
Match #1201 SepEraslan DorukTURDecisionLuis RodríguezVEN
Match #1301 SepAntoniu VasileROUReferee stops contestAdeyemi AbayomiNGR
Match #1401 SepKim Tae-HoKORKnock-outGuitry BananierFRA
Match #1501 SepLászló OrbánHUNDecisionGiambattista CaprettiITA
Match #1601 SepIvan MihaylovBULDecisionHassan EghmazIRI

Round Three

Date3 September 1972
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 SepCharlie NashIRLReferee stops contestAntonio GinMEX
Match #203 SepJan SzczepańskiPOLDecisionJames BuscemeUSA
Match #303 SepSvein Erik PaulsenNORKnock-outPeter HeßFRG
Match #403 SepSamuel MbuguaKENDecisionMuniswamy VenuIND
Match #503 SepAlfonso PérezCOLDecisionKarel KašparTCH
Match #603 SepEraslan DorukTURDecisionKhaidavyn AltankhuyagMGL
Match #703 SepKim Tae-HoKORReferee stops contestAntoniu VasileROU
Match #803 SepLászló OrbánHUNDecisionIvan MihaylovBUL

Quarter-Finals

Date6 September 1972
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #106 SepJan SzczepańskiPOLDisqualifiedCharlie Nash 1IRL
Match #206 SepSamuel MbuguaKENDecisionSvein Erik PaulsenNOR
Match #306 SepAlfonso PérezCOLDecisionEraslan DorukTUR
Match #406 SepLászló OrbánHUNDecisionKim Tae-HoKOR

Semi-Finals

Date8 September 1972
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #108 SepJan SzczepańskiPOLWalkoverSamuel MbuguaKEN
Match #208 SepLászló OrbánHUNDecisionAlfonso PérezCOL

Final Round

Date10 September 1972
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/210 SepJan SzczepańskiPOLDecisionLászló OrbánHUN