Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight

Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Flyweight		men
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Middleweight		men
Light heavyweight		men
Heavyweight		men

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1932 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 Wednesday, August 10, 1932 to Saturday, August 13, 1932.

Eight boxers from eight nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Carstens  South Africa	Gino Rossi  Italy	Peter Jørgensen  Denmark

Results

	Quarterfinals August 10				Semifinals August 11				Final August 13
	Gino Rossi (ITA)	PTS
	Nikolaos Mastoridis (GRE)	L
					Rossi (ITA)	wo
					Murphy (IRL)	-
	William Murphy (IRL)	PTS
	Johnny Miler (USA)	L
									Rossi (ITA)	L
									Carstens (RSA)	PTS
	Peter Jørgensen (DEN)	PTS
	Rafael Lang (ARG)	L
					Jørgensen (DEN)	L			Third place
					Carstens (RSA)	PTS
	David Carstens (RSA)	PTS							Jørgensen (DEN)	wo
	Hans Berger (GER)	L							Murphy (IRL)	-

References

• Official Olympic Report
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 7 June 2008.