Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's middleweight

Boxing at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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The men's middleweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the third-heaviest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 160 pounds (72.6 kilograms). The competition was held from Tuesday, August 11, 1936 to Saturday, August 15, 1936.

Nineteen boxers from 19 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Jean Despeaux
France (FRA)		  Henry Tiller
Norway (NOR)		  Raúl Villareal
Argentina (ARG)

Results

Round of 32
August 11		   Round of 16
August 12		   Quarterfinals
August 13		   Semifinals
August 14		   Final
August 15
                                   
  Raúl Villareal (ARG) —  
 Bye —       Villareal (ARG) PTS  
  Hans Zehetmayer (AUT) —     Zehetmayer (AUT) L  
 Bye —         Villareal (ARG) PTS  
  Tin Dekkers (NED) —         Dekkers (NED) L  
 Bye —       Dekkers (NED) PTS
  Gunnar Andreasen (DEN) —     Andreasen (DEN) L  
 Bye —         Villareal (ARG) L  
  Josef Hrubeš (TCH) —         Despeaux (FRA) PTS  
 Bye —       Hrubeš (TCH) PTS  
  Lajos Szigeti (HUN) —     Szigeti (HUN) L  
 Bye —         Hrubeš (TCH) L
  Jean Despeaux (FRA) —         Despeaux (FRA) PTS  
 Bye —       Despeaux (FRA) PTS
  Juan Bregaliano (URU) —     Bregaliano (URU) L  
 Bye —         Despeaux (FRA) PTS
  Jimmy Clark (USA) —         Tiller (NOR) L
 Bye —       Clark (USA) PTS  
  Bruno Ahlberg (FIN) —     Ahlberg (FIN) L  
 Bye —         Clark (USA) L  
  Henryk Chmielewski (POL) —         Chmielewski (POL) PTS  
 Bye —       Chmielewski (POL) PTS
  Jean De Schryver (BEL) —     De Schryver (BEL) L  
 Bye —         Chmielewski (POL) L
  Benito Totti (ITA) —         Tiller (NOR) PTS  
 Bye —       Totti (ITA) L  
  Adolf Baumgarten (GER) PTS     Baumgarten (GER) PTS     Bronze medal bout
  Alfred Flury (SUI) L         Baumgarten (GER) L
  Henry Tiller (NOR) PTS         Tiller (NOR) PTS       Villareal (ARG) wo
  Edward Peltz (RSA) L       Tiller (NOR) PTS     Chmielewski (POL) -
  Richard Shrimpton (GBR) W     Shrimpton (GBR) L  
  Chin Kuai-Ti (ROC) KO1  

References

1904: 145-158 lb (65.8-71.7 kg), 1908: 140-158 lb (63.5-71.7 kg), 1920-1936: 147-160 lb (66.7-72.6 kg), 1948: 67-73 kg 1952-2000: 71-75 kg, 2004-2008: 69-75 kg

1904: Charles Mayer (USA) • 1908: Johnny Douglas (GBR) • 1920–1924: Harry Mallin (GBR) • 1928: Piero Toscani (ITA) • 1932: Carmen Barth (USA) • 1936: Jean Despeaux (FRA) • 1948: László Papp (HUN) • 1952: Floyd Patterson (USA) • 1956: Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) • 1960: Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA) • 1964: Valeri Popenchenko (URS) • 1968: Chris Finnegan (GBR) • 1972: Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS) • 1976: Michael Spinks (USA) • 1980: José Gómez (CUB) • 1984: Shin Joon-Sup (KOR) • 1988: Henry Maske (GDR) • 1992–1996: Ariel Hernández (CUB) • 2000: Jorge Gutiérrez (CUB) • 2004: Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (RUS) • 2008: James DeGale (GBR)