1972 African Boxing Championships

Host City Nairobi
Country KEN
Held 28 February – 4 March 1972
Competitors 22
Countries 7

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-48 kg Men Medal 2 2
-51 kg Men Medal 2 2
-54 kg Men Medal 2 2
-57 kg Men Medal 2 2
-60 kg Men Medal 2 2
-63.5 kg Men Medal 2 2
-67 kg Men Medal 2 2
-71 kg Men Medal 2 2
-75 kg Men Medal 2 2
-81 kg Men Medal 2 2
+81 kg Men Medal 2 2

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Uganda UGA 5 2 0 7
2 Kenya KEN 5 1 0 6
3 Egypt EGY 1 1 0 2
4 Nigeria NGR 0 4 0 4
5 Cameroon CMR 0 1 0 1
= Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 0 1 0 1
= Sudan SUD 0 1 0 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-48 kg, Men James Odwori UGA Saad SUD
-51 kg, Men Mohamed Selim EGY John Martins NGR
-54 kg, Men John Nderu KEN El-Fatah EGY
-57 kg, Men Samuel Mbugua KEN Mputu COD
-60 kg, Men Peter Odhiambo UGA Adeyemi Abayomi NGR
-63.5 kg, Men Mohamed Muruli UGA Obisia Nwankpa NGR
-67 kg, Men Dick Murunga KEN Mabengo CMR
-71 kg, Men David Attan KEN John Opio UGA
-75 kg, Men Martin Akuba UGA Peter Dula KEN
+81 kg, Men Benson Masanda UGA Fatai Ayinla-Adekunle NGR
-81 kg, Men Steven Thega KEN Matthias Ouma UGA