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| Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Boxing Hall, Munich | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 3 – 10 September 1972 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| Light flyweight | men |
| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Light welterweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Light middleweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 3 to 10 September 1972. 14 boxers from 14 nations competed.[1]
| Gold | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba
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| Silver | Ion Alexe Romania
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| Bronze | Peter Hussing West Germany
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| Bronze | Hasse Thomsén Sweden
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The following boxers took part in the event:[1]
| Rank | Name | Country |
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| 1 | Teófilo Stevenson | Cuba
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| 2 | Ion Alexe | Romania
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| 3T | Peter Hussing | West Germany
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| 3T | Hasse Thomsén | Sweden
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| 5T | Oscar Ludeña |  Peru
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| 5T | Duane Bobick |  United States
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| 5T | Jürgen Fanghänel |  East Germany
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| 5T | Carroll Morgan |  Canada
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| 9T | Ludwik Denderys |  Poland
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| 9T | Yury Nesterov |  Soviet Union
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| 9T | József Réder |  Hungary
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| 9T | Atanas Sapundzhiev |  Bulgaria
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| 9T | Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle |  Nigeria
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| 9T | Jean Bassomben |  Cameroon
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