Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

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]

Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Boxing Hall, Munich
Dates	3 – 10 September 1972
Competitors	14 from 14 nations
Medalists
Teófilo Stevenson  Cuba Ion Alexe  Romania Peter Hussing  West Germany Hasse Thomsén  Sweden
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Medalists

Gold	Teófilo Stevenson  Cuba
Silver	Ion Alexe  Romania
Bronze	Peter Hussing  West Germany
Bronze	Hasse Thomsén  Sweden

Results

The following boxers took part in the event:^[1]

Rank	Name	Country
1	Teófilo Stevenson	Cuba
2	Ion Alexe	Romania
3T	Peter Hussing	West Germany
3T	Hasse Thomsén	Sweden
5T	Oscar Ludeña	Peru
5T	Duane Bobick	United States
5T	Jürgen Fanghänel	East Germany
5T	Carroll Morgan	Canada
9T	Ludwik Denderys	Poland
9T	Yury Nesterov	Soviet Union
9T	József Réder	Hungary
9T	Atanas Sapundzhiev	Bulgaria
9T	Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle	Nigeria
9T	Jean Bassomben	Cameroon

First round

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
• 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

Quarterfinals

• Peter Hussing (FRG) def. Oscar Ludeña (PER), KO-1
• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
• Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Jürgen Fanghänel (GDR), 5:0
• Hasse Thomsén (SWE) def. Carroll Morgan (CAN), KO-3

Semifinals

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
• Ion Alexe (ROU) def. Hasse Thomsén (SWE), 5:0

Final

• Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) def. Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over