Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Davey Armstrong
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- First Round — Defeated Arif Dorgu (TUR), 4:1
- Second Round — Lost to Enrique Rodríguez (ESP), 0:5
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Reggie Jones
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- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Valeri Tregubov (URS), 2:3
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
- Duane Bobick
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- First Round — Defeated Yuri Nesterov (URS), 5:0
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Teófilo Stevenson (CUB), TKO-3
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