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
Dates	August 21–24
Competitors	11 from 6 nations
Medalists
Eddie Eagan   United States   Sverre Sørsdal   Norway   Harold Franks   Great Britain

Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
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.