Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

Men's lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Earl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date 9–13 August
Competitors 28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gerald Dreyer  South Africa
2nd, silver medalist(s) Joseph Vissers  Belgium
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Svend Wad  Denmark

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
 Ernesto Porto (PHI)
 Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
 Øivind Breiby (NOR)
 Øivind Breiby (NOR) PTS
 Gang In-Seok (KOR)
 Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
 Tauno Rinkinen (FIN)  Svend Wad (DEN)
 Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS  Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS
 Jan Remie (NED)  Ron Cooper (GBR)
 Ron Cooper (GBR) PTS  Maxie McCullagh (IRL)
 Gene Raymond (IND)  Svend Wad (DEN) PTS
 Svend Wad (DEN) PTS  Svend Wad (DEN) PTS
 Alberto Boullossa (URU) PTS  Alberto Boullossa (URU)
 Agustín Argote (ESP)  Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
 Ralph Zumbano (BRA) KO-2  Joseph Vissers (BEL)
 Franz Ehringer (LUX)  Ralph Zumbano (BRA) PTS
 Auguste Caulet (FRA) PTS  Auguste Caulet (FRA)
 Mario Minatelli (ITA)  Ralph Zumbano (BRA)
 Eduardo Cornejo (CHI)  Wallace Smith (USA) KO-2
 Wallace Smith (USA) PTS  Wallace Smith (USA) PTS
 Masoud Rahimiha (IRI)  Manuel López (ARG)
 Manuel López (ARG) PTS  Wallace Smith (USA) Third place
 Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS  Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS
 Ezz El-Din Nasir (EGY)  Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS  Svend Wad (DEN) WO
 Edward Gray (CEY) DSQ-1  Edward Gray (CEY)  Wallace Smith (USA)
 Alois Petřina (TCH)  Eddie Haddad (CAN)
 Edy Schmidiger (SUI) WO  Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS
 L. Gutierrez Chacon (PER)  Edy Schmidiger (SUI)
 Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS  Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS
 Billy Barber (AUS)

References

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