| Heavyweight boxing at the Games of the VIII Olympiad |
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| Venue | Vélodrome d'hiver | ||||||
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| Dates | July 16–20 | ||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 11 nations | ||||||
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| «1920 | 1928» | ||||||
The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the heaviest contested, allowing boxers weighting over 175 pounds (79.4 kilograms). The competition was held from Wednesday, July 16, 1924 to Sunday, July 20, 1924.
Fifteen boxers from eleven nations competed.
| Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics |
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| Flyweight | men | |
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Welterweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
| Round of 16 July 16 |
Quarterfinals July 18 |
Semifinals July 19 |
Final July 20 |
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| Otto von Porat (NOR) | RSC2 | ||||||||||||
| Charles Jardine (AUS) | L | von Porat (NOR) | KO3 | ||||||||||
| Riccardo Bertazzolo (ITA) | PTS | Bertazzolo (ITA) | L | ||||||||||
| Cornelis O'Kelly (GBR) | L | von Porat (NOR) | PTS | ||||||||||
| Alfredo Porzio (ARG) | PTS | Porzio (ARG) | L | ||||||||||
| Charles Peguilhan (FRA) | L | Porzio (ARG) | PTS | ||||||||||
| Ed Greathouse (USA) | PTS | Greathouse (USA) | L | ||||||||||
| Georges Galinat (FRA) | L | von Porat (NOR) | PTS | ||||||||||
| Henk de Best (NED) | - | Petersen (DEN) | L | ||||||||||
| Bye | - | de Best (NED) | PTS | ||||||||||
| Robert Larsen (DEN) | W | Larsen (DEN) | L | ||||||||||
| Tomasz Konarzewski (POL) | DIS2 | de Best (NED) | L | Bronze medal bout | |||||||||
| Søren Petersen (DEN) | PTS | Petersen (DEN) | PTS | ||||||||||
| Carlo Scotti (ITA) | L | Petersen (DEN) | W | Porzio (ARG) | PTS | ||||||||
| Arthur Clifton (GBR) | PTS | Clifton (GBR) | w/o | de Best (NED) | L | ||||||||
| Eddie Eagan (USA) | L | ||||||||||||
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