Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games

Boxing competitions at the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan were held from July 2 to 14 at the Trujillo Alto Coliseum and the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.[1]

Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games
Boxing pictogram for the games
VenueTrujillo Alto Coliseum, Roberto Clemente Coliseum
DatesJuly 2–14, 1979
Competitors114 from 19 nations
«1975
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Competition schedule

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The following was the schedule for the boxing competitions:[2]

P Preliminaries ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals F Final
Event↓/Date → Mon 2 Tue 3 Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Sat 7 Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14
Men's light flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's flyweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's bantamweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's featherweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's lightweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's light welterweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's welterweight P ¼ ½ F
Men's light middleweight ¼ ½ F
Men's middleweight ¼ ½ F
Men's light heavyweight ½ F
Men's heavyweight ½ F

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Puerto Rico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba5027
2  United States4228
3  Puerto Rico*2417
4  Dominican Republic0145
5  Argentina0123
  Venezuela0123
7  Brazil0112
8  Jamaica0101
9  Canada0022
  Mexico0022
11  Chile0011
  Colombia0011
  Ecuador0011
  Guyana0011
Totals (14 entries)11112244

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
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Héctor Ramírez
  Cuba
Richard Sandoval
  United States
Eduardo Burgos
  Chile
Gilberto Sosa
  Mexico
Flyweight
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Alberto Mercado
  Puerto Rico
Pedro Nolasco
  Dominican Republic
Ian Clyde
  Canada
Jerome Coffee
  United States
Bantamweight
details
Jackie Beard
  United States
Luis Pizarro
  Puerto Rico
Héctor Lazaro
  Cuba
Santiago Caballero
  Venezuela
Featherweight
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Bernard Taylor
  United States
Naudy Piñero
  Venezuela
Fernando Sosa
  Argentina
Felipe Orozco
  Colombia
Lightweight
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Adolfo Horta
  Cuba
Roberto Andino
  Puerto Rico
Rafael Rodriguez
  Dominican Republic
Guillermo Fernández
  Venezuela
Light welterweight
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Lemuel Steeples
  United States
Hugo Hernández
  Argentina
José Aguilar
  Cuba
Pedro Cruz
  Puerto Rico
Welterweight
details
Andrés Aldama
  Cuba
Mike McCallum
  Jamaica
José Baret
  Dominican Republic
Javier Colin
  Mexico
Light middleweight
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José Angel Molina
  Puerto Rico
James Shuler
  United States
Francisco de Jesus
  Brazil
Jorge Amparo
  Dominican Republic
Middleweight
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José Gómez Mustelier
  Cuba
Carlos Fonseca
  Brazil
Alfred Thomas
  Guyana
Oscar Florentín
  Argentina
Light heavyweight
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Tony Tucker
  United States
Dennis Jackson
  Puerto Rico
Patrick Fennel
  Canada
Clemente Ortiz
  Dominican Republic
Heavyweight
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Teófilo Stevenson
  Cuba
Narciso Maldonado
  Puerto Rico
Rufus Hadley
  United States
Luis Castillo
  Ecuador

Participating nations

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A total of 24 countries have qualified athletes.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. pp. 198, 204, 231. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  2. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. p. 293. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  3. ^ Memoria VIII Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos San Juan, Puerto Rico 1979 (PDF) (in Spanish). 1979 Pan American Games Organising Committee (COPAN 79). 1981. pp. 290–291. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-11. Retrieved 2019-08-20.