Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight

Men's welterweight boxing
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Venue Antwerp Zoo auditorium
Dates August 21–24
Competitors 18 from 10 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Bert Schneider  Canada
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alexander Ireland  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Frederick Colberg  United States

The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the fourth-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 147 pounds (66.7 kilograms). The competition was held from August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920. 18 boxers from ten nations competed.

The gold medal bout between Bert Schneider and Alexander Ireland ended in a draw, but the referee ordered the exhausted boxers to fight an extra round.[1]

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 Trygve Stokstad (NOR) W
 Roy Ingram (RSA) L
 Trygve Stokstad (NOR) L
 William Clark (USA) W
 William Clark (USA) W
 Georges Werll (BEL) L
 William Clark (USA) L
 Alexander Ireland (GBR) W
 Alexander Ireland (GBR) W
 Willy Reichenbach (SUI) L
 Alexander Ireland (GBR) W
 August Suhr (DEN) L
 August Suhr (DEN) W
 René Smet (BEL) L
 Alexander Ireland (GBR) L
 Bert Schneider (CAN) W
 Bert Schneider (CAN) W
 Joseph Thomas (RSA) L
 Bert Schneider (CAN) W
 Aage Steen (NOR) W  Aage Steen (NOR) L
 Dario Della Valle (ITA) L  Aage Steen (NOR) W
 Henri Richards (FRA) L
 Bert Schneider (CAN) W Bronze medal bout
 Frederick Colberg (USA) L
 Léon Gillet (FRA) W  Frederick Colberg (USA) W
 Frederick Whitbread (GBR) L  William Clark (USA) L
 Léon Gillet (FRA) L
 Frederick Colberg (USA) W
 Frederick Colberg (USA) W
 Ivan Schannong (DEN) W  Ivan Schannong (DEN) L
 Johannes Heuckelbach (NED) L

References

  • Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.
  1. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 175. ISBN 0140066322.
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