Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight

Boxing competitions

Men's heavyweight boxing

at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Venue| Antwerp Zoo auditorium
Dates| August 21–24, 1920
Competitors| 9 from 8 nations
Medalists
| |  |  Ronald Rawson|  Great Britain

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|  |  Søren Petersen|  Denmark
|  |  Xavier Eluère|  France

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Boxing at the
1920 Summer Olympics

Flyweight| men
Bantamweight| men
Featherweight| men
Lightweight| men
Welterweight| men
Middleweight| men
Light heavyweight| men
Heavyweight| men

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The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, allowing boxers weighing over 175 pounds (79.4 kilograms). The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. Nine boxers from eight nations competed.[1]

## Results

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| Round of 16 | | | Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Final |

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|  Xavier Eluère (FRA) | W | | | |
|  Mariano Barbaresi (ITA) | L | | |  Xavier Eluère (FRA) | W |
| | | |  Sigurd Hoel (NOR) | L |
| | | | | | |  Xavier Eluère (FRA) | L |
| | | | | |  Ronald Rawson (GBR) | W |
| | | |  Ronald Rawson (GBR) | W | | | |
| | | |  Samuel Stewart (USA) | L |
| | | | |  Ronald Rawson (GBR) | W |
| | | | | | |  Søren Petersen (DEN) | L |
| | | |  William Spengler (USA) | W |
| | | |  Jean Creusen (BEL) | L |
| | | | | | |  William Spengler (USA) | L | | | Bronze medal bout
| | | | | |  Søren Petersen (DEN) | W |
| | | |  Søren Petersen (DEN) | W | | | |  Xavier Eluère (FRA) | W
| | | |  Frank Dove (GBR) | L | | |  William Spengler (USA) | L

## References

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1. ^ "Boxing at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

## Sources

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* Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
* Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.

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Olympic boxing champions – men's heavyweight

1904–1908: +158 lb (71.7 kg) · 1920–1936: +175 lb (79.4 kg) · 1948: +80 kg · 1952–1980: +81 kg · 1984–2012: 81–91 kg · 2016–2020: 82–91 kg · 2024–: 81–92 kg

* 1904:  Samuel Berger (USA)
* 1908:  Albert Oldman (GBR)
* 1920:  Ronald Rawson (GBR)
* 1924:  Otto von Porat (NOR)
* 1928:  Arturo Rodríguez (ARG)
* 1932:  Santiago Lovell (ARG)
* 1936:  Herbert Runge (GER)
* 1948:  Rafael Iglesias (ARG)
* 1952:  Ed Sanders (USA)
* 1956:  Pete Rademacher (USA)
* 1960:  Franco De Piccoli (ITA)
* 1964:  Joe Frazier (USA)
* 1968:  George Foreman (USA)
* 1972:  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
* 1976:  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
* 1980:  Teófilo Stevenson (CUB)
* 1984:  Henry Tillman (USA)
* 1988:  Ray Mercer (USA)
* 1992:  Félix Savón (CUB)
* 1996:  Félix Savón (CUB)
* 2000:  Félix Savón (CUB)
* 2004:  Odlanier Solís (CUB)
* 2008:  Rakhim Chakhkiev (RUS)
* 2012:  Oleksandr Usyk (UKR)
* 2016:  Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS)
* 2020:  Julio César La Cruz (CUB)
* 2024:  Lazizbek Mullojonov (UZB)

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