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Light-Middleweight (≤71 kilograms), Men

Date	22 – 31 July 1976
Status	Olympic
Location	Aréna Maurice-Richard, Montréal, Québec
Participants	23 from 23 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament.

Among the biggest favorites in Montréal was Cuba’s Rolando Garbey in this class. Garbey was fighting in his third Olympics, having won a silver medal in 1968, and losing in the quarters in 1972. By the time of the 1976 Olympics he was a three-time Pan American Games champion, and had won the 1974 World Championship. But in a huge upset, he lost in the semi-finals to the unknown Bosnian Yugoslav Tadija Kačar. In the final Kačar met Poland’s Jerzy Rybicki, who was also not well known, with Rybicki winning a unanimous decision for the gold medal.

Rybicki would go on to add bronze medals at the 1978 World Championships (light-middleweight) and the 1980 Olympics (middleweight). Kačar moved up to light-heavyweight and won silver at the 1978 World Championships. His brother, Slobodan Kačar, won gold at the 1980 Olympics as a light-heavy and turned professional, winning the IBF light-heavyweight championship in 1985.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	254	Jerzy Rybicki	POL	Gold
2	357	Tadija Kačar	YUG	Silver
=3	325	Viktor Savchenko	URS	Bronze
=3	53	Rolando Garbey	CUB	Bronze
=5	267	Wilfredo Guzmán	PUR
=5	88	Kalevi Kosunen	FIN
=5	344	Alfredo Lemus	VEN
=5	281	Vasile Didea	ROU
=9	341	Chuck Walker	USA
=9	99	Robbie Davies	GBR
=9	170	Earl Liburd	ISV
=9	160	Mohamed Azar Hazin	IRI
=9	155	Brian Byrne	IRL
=9	174	Pierangelo Pira	ITA
=9	290	Leo Vainonen	SWE
=9	27	Nayden Stanchev	BUL
=17	6	Wayne Devlin	AUS
=17	64	Jorge Amparo	DOM
=17	9	Franz Dorfer	AUT
=17	38	Michael Prevost	CAN
=17	222	Dashnyamyn Olzvoi	MGL
=17	330	Juan Scassino	URU
=17	62	Poul Frandsen	DEN
DNS	302	Ekue Gogli	TOG
DNS	316	Johnny Odhiambo	UGA
DNS	123	Mohammed Dawuda	GHA
DNS	191	Stephen Moi	KEN
DNS	307	Mohamed Majeri	TUN

Round One

Date	22 July 1976
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	22 Jul	Jerzy Rybicki	POL				bye
Match #2	22 Jul	Chuck Walker	USA				bye
Match #3	22 Jul	Wilfredo Guzmán	PUR				bye
Match #4	22 Jul	Brian Byrne	IRL				bye
Match #5	22 Jul	Robbie Davies	GBR	Knock-out	Wayne Devlin	AUS
Match #6	22 Jul	Alfredo Lemus	VEN
Match #7	22 Jul	Pierangelo Pira	ITA	Walkover	Ekue Gogli 1	TOG
Match #8	22 Jul	Viktor Savchenko	URS	Walkover	Johnny Odhiambo 2	UGA
Match #9	22 Jul	Earl Liburd	ISV	Walkover	Mohamed Majeri 3	TUN
Match #10	22 Jul	Rolando Garbey	CUB	Knock-out	Dashnyamyn Olzvoi	MGL
Match #11	22 Jul	Leo Vainonen	SWE	Decision	Jorge Amparo	DOM
Match #12	22 Jul	Kalevi Kosunen	FIN	Decision	Juan Scassino	URU
Match #13	22 Jul	Mohamed Azar Hazin	IRI	Decision	Franz Dorfer	AUT
Match #14	22 Jul	Tadija Kačar	YUG	Decision	Poul Frandsen	DEN
Match #15	22 Jul	Vasile Didea	ROU	Disqualified	Michael Prevost 4	CAN
Match #16	22 Jul	Nayden Stanchev	BUL	Walkover	Stephen Moi 5	KEN

Round Two

Date	25 July 1976
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	25 Jul	Jerzy Rybicki	POL	Decision	Chuck Walker	USA
Match #2	25 Jul	Wilfredo Guzmán	PUR	Decision	Brian Byrne	IRL
Match #3	25 Jul	Alfredo Lemus	VEN	Decision	Robbie Davies	GBR
Match #4	25 Jul	Viktor Savchenko	URS	Knock-out	Pierangelo Pira	ITA
Match #5	25 Jul	Rolando Garbey	CUB	Knock-out	Earl Liburd	ISV
Match #6	25 Jul	Kalevi Kosunen	FIN	Referee stops contest	Leo Vainonen	SWE
Match #7	25 Jul	Tadija Kačar	YUG	Decision	Mohamed Azar Hazin	IRI
Match #8	25 Jul	Vasile Didea	ROU	Decision	Nayden Stanchev	BUL

Quarter-Finals

Date	28 July 1976
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	28 Jul	Jerzy Rybicki	POL	Decision	Wilfredo Guzmán	PUR
Match #2	28 Jul	Viktor Savchenko	URS	Knock-out	Alfredo Lemus	VEN
Match #3	28 Jul	Rolando Garbey	CUB	Referee stops contest (head blow)	Kalevi Kosunen	FIN
Match #4	28 Jul	Tadija Kačar	YUG	Decision	Vasile Didea	ROU

Semi-Finals

Date	29 July 1976
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Jerzy Rybicki	POL	Decision	Viktor Savchenko	URS
Match #2	29 Jul	Tadija Kačar	YUG	Decision	Rolando Garbey	CUB

Final Round

Date	31 July 1976

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	31 Jul	Jerzy Rybicki	POL	Decision	Tadija Kačar	YUG