Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight
| Men's light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the VII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Antwerp Zoo auditorium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | August 21–24, 1920 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 6 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 175 pounds (79.4 kilograms). The competition was held from August 21, 1920, to August 24, 1920. 11 boxers from six nations competed.[1]
Results
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||
 Eddie Eagan (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Thomas Holdstock (RSA)
| W | Thomas Holdstock (RSA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||
 Johan Clementz (NOR)
| L | Eddie Eagan (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
 Harold Franks (GBR)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Harold Franks (GBR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Louis Piochelle (FRA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Eagan (USA)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sverre Sørsdal (NOR)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Brown (GBR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Emil Andreasen (DEN)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Brown (GBR)
| L | Bronze medal bout | |||||||||||||||||
| Sverre Sørsdal (NOR)
| W | Sverre Sørsdal (NOR)
| W | ||||||||||||||||
| René Darbou (FRA)
| L | Sverre Sørsdal (NOR)
| W | Harold Franks (GBR)
| W | ||||||||||||||
| Edwin Schell (USA)
| W | Edwin Schell (USA)
| L | Hugh Brown (GBR)
| L | ||||||||||||||
| Jim MacGregor (RSA)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "Boxing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
Sources
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.
1920–1936: 160–175 lb (72.6–79.4 kg) · 1948: 73–80 kg · 1952–2012: 75–81 kg · 2016–2020: 76–81 kg | |
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