Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's light heavyweight
| Men's light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the VII Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Antwerp Zoo auditorium | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 21–24 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 6 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics  | ||
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| Flyweight | men | |
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Welterweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1920 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 August 21, 1920 to August 24, 1920.
11 boxers from six nations competed.
Results
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||
 Eddie Eagan (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Thomas Holdstock (RSA) |
W | Thomas Holdstock (RSA) |
L | |||||||||||||||
 Johan Clementz (NOR) |
L | Eddie Eagan (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||
 Harold Franks (GBR) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Harold Franks (GBR) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Louis Piochelle (FRA) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Eddie Eagan (USA) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
| Sverre Sørsdal (NOR) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Brown (GBR) |
W | |||||||||||||||||
 Emil Andreasen (DEN) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
| Hugh Brown (GBR) |
L | Bronze medal bout | ||||||||||||||||
| Sverre Sørsdal (NOR) |
W | Sverre Sørsdal (NOR) |
W | |||||||||||||||
| René Darbou (FRA) |
L | Sverre Sørsdal (NOR) |
W | Harold Franks (GBR) |
W | |||||||||||||
| Edwin Schell (USA) |
W | Edwin Schell (USA) |
L | Hugh Brown (GBR) |
L | |||||||||||||
| Jim MacGregor (RSA) |
L | |||||||||||||||||
References
- Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (in French).
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 26 August 2007.
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