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Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics was held from 18 to 31 July 1976 at the Maurice Richard Arena.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 5 1 1 7
2 Cuba Cuba 3 3 2 8
3 East Germany East Germany 1 1 0 2
North Korea North Korea 1 1 0 2
5 Poland Poland 1 0 4 5
6 Romania Romania 0 2 3 5
7 Soviet Union Soviet Union 0 1 4 5
8 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 1 1 2
9 Venezuela Venezuela 0 1 0 1
10 Bermuda Bermuda 0 0 1 1
Bulgaria Bulgaria 0 0 1 1
Great Britain Great Britain 0 0 1 1
Mexico Mexico 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 0 0 1 1
Thailand Thailand 0 0 1 1
West Germany West Germany 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze Bronze
Light flyweight Jorge Hernandez
Cuba
Li Byong-uk
North Korea
Orlando Maldonado
Puerto Rico
Payao Pooltarat
Thailand
Flyweight Leo Randolph
United States
Ramon Duvalon
Cuba
Leszek Blazynski
Poland
David Torosyan
Soviet Union
Bantamweight Gu Yong-jo
North Korea
Charles Mooney
United States
Patrick Cowdell
Great Britain
Victor Rybakov
Soviet Union
Featherweight Angel Herrera
Cuba
Richard Nowakowski
East Germany
Juan Paredes
Mexico
Leszek Kosedowski
Poland
Lightweight Howard Davis
United States
Simion Cutov
Romania
Ace Rusevski
Yugoslavia
Vasiliy Solomin
Soviet Union
Light welterweight Ray Leonard
United States
Andres Aldama
Cuba
Kazimierz Szczerba
Poland
Vladimir Kolev
Bulgaria
Welterweight Jochen Bachfeld
East Germany
Pedro Gamarro
Venezuela
Victor Zilberman
Romania
Reinhard Skricek
West Germany
Light middleweight Jerzy Rybicki
Poland
Tadija Kacar
Yugoslavia
Victor Savchenko
Soviet Union
Rolando Garbey
Cuba
Middleweight Michael Spinks
United States
Rufat Riskiev
Soviet Union
Alec Nastac
Romania
Luis Martinez
Cuba
Light heavyweight Leon Spinks
United States
Sixto Soria
Cuba
Janusz Gortat
Poland
Costica Dafinoiu
Romania
Heavyweight Teofilo Stevenson
Cuba
Mircea Simon
Romania
Johnny Tate
United States
Clarence Hill
Bermuda

Statistics[]

  • There were 266 total athletes from 54 countries.
  • Carlos Betancourt was the youngest participant with 17 years and 45 days.
  • Muhammad Sadiq was the oldest participant with 41 years and 334 days.
  • 7 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • Cuba won 8 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Bermuda and Thailand won their first-ever Olympic medal.
  • North Korea, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela won their only medals of Montreal 1976.
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