Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight (original) (raw)
Boxing competitions
| Men's light heavyweightat the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |
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| Venue | Earl's CourtWembley Arena |
| Date | 9–13 August 1948 |
| Competitors | 24 from 24 nations |
| Medalists | |
 George Hunter  South Africa Don Scott  Great Britain Mauro Cía  Argentina |
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| Boxing at the1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
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The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.[1]
Competition format
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Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.
Results
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References
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- ^ "Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
External links
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- Official Olympic Report Archived 19 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine, la84foundation.org. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
| vteOlympic boxing champions – men's light heavyweight |
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| 1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg) · 1948: 73–80 kg · 1952–2012: 75–81 kg · 2016–2020: 76–81 kg |
1920:  Eddie Eagan (USA) 1924: Harry Mitchell (GBR) 1928: Víctor Avendaño (ARG) 1932: David Carstens (RSA) 1936:  Roger Michelot (FRA) 1948: George Hunter (RSA) 1952: Norvel Lee (USA) 1956: Jim Boyd (USA) 1960:  Cassius Clay (USA) 1964:  Cosimo Pinto (ITA) 1968:  Danas Pozniakas (URS) 1972:  Mate Parlov (YUG) 1976: Leon Spinks (USA) 1980: Slobodan Kačar (YUG) 1984: Anton Josipović (YUG) 1988: Andrew Maynard (USA) 1992:  Torsten May (GER) 1996:  Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) 2000:  Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS) 2004: Andre Ward (USA) 2008:  Zhang Xiaoping (CHN) 2012: Egor Mekhontsev (RUS) 2016:  Julio César La Cruz (CUB) 2020: Arlen López (CUB) |