Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Welterweight

The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 18 to 31 July 1976. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.

Medalists

Results The following boxers took part in the event: Rank Name Country 1 Jochen Bachfeld 2 Pedro Gamarro 3T Reinhard Skricek 3T Victor Zilberman 5T Mike McCallum 5T Carlos Santos 5T Clint Jackson 5T Carmen Rinke 9T Robert Dauer 9T Wesly Felix 9T Ib Bøtcher 9T Yoshifumi Seki 9T Luigi Minchillo 9T Emilio Correa 9T Colin Jones 9T Valery Rachkov 17T Frans van Bronckhorst 17T José Vallejo 17T Zbigniew Kicka 17T Marijan Beneš 17T Athanasios Iliadis 17T Damdinjavyn Bandi 17T Plamen Yankov 17T Carlos Mejia 17T Christy McLoughlin 17T Kim Ju-seok 17T David Jackson 28T Marcelino Garcia 28T Ali Bahri Khomani 28T Kalevi Marjamaa 28T Fredj Chtioui

First round Ju Seok-Kim (KOR) def. Marcelino García (ISV), walk-over Yoshioki Seki (JPN) def. Mathias Sabo (NGA), walk-over Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Ali Bahri Khomani (IRN), RSC-1 Athanasios Iliadis (GRE) def. Omar Shima (LIB), walk-over Valeri Rachkov (URS) def. Martti Marjamaa (FIN), RSC-3 David Jackson (NZL) def. Fredj Chtiqui (TUN), RSC-2

Second round Robert Dauer (AUS) def. Frans van Bronckhorst (INA), 5:0 Mike McCallum (JAM) def. Damdinjavyn Bandi (MGL), 5:0 Reinhard Skricek (FRG) def. José Vallejo (DOM), 5:0 Luigi Minchillo (ITA) def. Vitalis Bbegge (UGA), walk-over Clinton Jackson (USA) def. Zbigniew Kicka (POL), 5:0 Wesly Felix (HAI) def. Vincent Dabire (BUR), walk-over Pedro Gamarro (VEN) def. Marijan Beneš (YUG), 5:0 Emilio Correa (CUB) def. Plamen Yankov (BUL), RSC-2 Ib Boetcher (DEN) def. Charles Mutti (ZAM), walk-over Carlos Santos (PUR) def. Carlos Mejia (COL), 5:0 Victor Zilberman (ROM) def. Amon Kotey (GHA), walk-over Colin Jones (GBR) def. Christy McLoughlin (IRL), 5:0 Carmen Rinke (CAN) def. Kenneth Bristol (GUY), walk-over Yoshioki Seki (JPN) def. Ju Seok-Kim (KOR), DSQ-1 Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Athanasios Iliadis (GRE), 5:0 Valeri Rachkov (URS) def. David Jackson (NZL), 5:0

Third round Mike McCallum (JAM) def. Robert Dauer (AUS), 5:0 Reinhard Skricek (FRG) def. Luigi Minchillo (ITA), 5:0 Clinton Jackson (USA) def. Wesly Felix (HAI), KO-1 Pedro Gamarro (VEN) def. Emilio Correa (CUB), RSC-3 Carlos Santos (PUR) def. Ib Boetcher (DEN), 5:0 Victor Zilberman (ROM) def. Colin Jones (GBR), 5:0 Carmen Rinke (CAN) def. Yoshioki Seki (JPN), 4:1 Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Valeri Rachkov (URS), 4:1

Quarterfinals Reinhard Skricek (FRG) def. Mike McCallum (JAM), 3:2 Pedro Gamarro (VEN) def. Clinton Jackson (USA), 3:2 Victor Zilberman (ROM) def. Carlos Santos (PUR), 3:2 Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Carmen Rinke (CAN), 5:0

Semifinals Pedro Gamarro (VEN) def. Reinhard Skricek (FRG), RSC-3 Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Victor Zilberman (ROM), 3:2

Final Jochen Bachfeld (GDR) def. Pedro Gamarro (VEN), 3:2

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