Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli. from this edition of Olympic Games, Bronze Medal Match has been abolished.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)5005
2 Italy (ITA)1113
3 Poland (POL)1102
4 Finland (FIN)1045
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
7 Soviet Union (URS)0246
8 South Africa (RSA)0134
9 Argentina (ARG)0112
 Germany (GER)0112
 Romania (ROU)0112
 Sweden (SWE)0112
13 Ireland (IRL)0101
14 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (17 nations)10102040


Results

Flyweight (-51 kg)

GoldNate Brooks
 United States
SilverEdgar Basel
 Germany
BronzeAnatoli Bulakov
 Soviet Union
BronzeWillie Toweel
 South Africa
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28 & 29)
Mircea DobrescuRomania 2 - 1 Yoshitaro NagataJapan
Alfred ZimaAustria 2 - 1 Pablo LugoPuerto Rico
Nate BrooksUnited States 3 - 0 Risto Valter LuukkonenFinland
Thorbjørn ClausenNorway 2 - 1 Kjeld SteenDenmark
Willie ToweelSouth Africa 3 - 0 Kornél MolnárHungary
Leslie Donovan Perera HandungeCeylon 2 - 1 Jesús Tello VazquezMexico
Roland JohanssonSweden 2 - 1 Alberto BarenghiArgentina
Han Soo-AnSouth Korea TKO 1R. Helmut HofmanSaar
Edgar BaselGermany 3 - 0 Henryk KukierPoland
Aristide PozzaliItaly 3 - 0 Andrew ReddyIreland
Dai DowerGreat Britain 3 - 0 Abdelamid BoutefnouchetFrance
Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Hein van der ZeeNetherlands
Al AsuncionPhilippines TKO 2R. Basil ThompsonBurma
Sakti MazumdarIndia DNS Nguyen Van CuaVietnam
Second Round (July 30)
Thorbjørn ClausenNorway BYE
Edgar BaselGermany BYE
Dai DowerGreat Britain 3 - 0 Leslie Donovan Perera HandungeCeylon
Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Aristide PozzaliItaly
Mircea DobrescuRomania 3 - 0 Roland JohanssonSweden
Nate BrooksUnited States 3 - 0 Alfred ZimaAustria
Han Soo-AnSouth Korea 3 - 0 Sakti MazumdarIndia
Willie ToweelSouth Africa 2 - 1 Al AsuncionPhilippines
Third Round (July 31)
Willie ToweelSouth Africa 3 - 0 Han Soo-AnSouth Korea
Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union 2 - 1 Dai DowerGreat Britain
Edgar BaselGermany TKO 3R. Thorbjørn ClausenNorway
Nate BrooksUnited States 2 - 1 Mircea DobrescuRomania
Semi-final (August 1)
Edgar BaselGermany 2 - 1 Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union
Nate BrooksUnited States 3 - 0 Willie ToweelSouth Africa
Final (August 2)
Nate BrooksUnited States 3 - 0 Edgar BaselGermany

Bantamweight (-54kg)

GoldPentti Hämäläinen
 Finland
SilverJohn McNally
 Ireland
BronzeKang Joon-Ho
 South Korea
BronzeGennady Garbuzov
 Soviet Union
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28 & 29)
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea BYE
Fazlollah NickhahIran BYE
Davey MooreUnited States BYE
Egon SchidanGermany BYE
Vincenzo Dall'ossoItaly BYE
Ibrahim AbdrabbouEgypt BYE
John McNallyIreland BYE
Alejandro OrtuostePhilippines BYE
František MajdlochCzechoslovakia BYE
Angel Luis Figueroa OteroPuerto Rico 3 - 0 Tien VinhVietnam
Raul Macías GuevaraMexico 3 - 0 Angel AmayaVenezuela
Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union 2 - 1 Jean RenardBelgium
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 - 0 Thomas NichollsGreat Britain
Henryk NiedzwiedzkiPoland TKO 1R Ronald Charles GowerAustralia
Ion ZlataruRomania DSQ 3R Antoine MartinFrance
Helmuth von GravenitzSouth Africa 2 - 1 Romulo ParesArgentina
Second Round (July 30)
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea 3 - 0 Fazlollah NickhahIran
Davey MooreUnited States 3 - 0 Egon SchidanGermany
Vincenzo Dall'ossoItaly 3 - 0 Ibrahim AbdrabbouEgypt
John McNallyIreland 3 - 0 Alejandro OrtuostePhilippines
František MajdlochCzechoslovakia 3 - 0 Angel Luis Figueroa OteroPuerto Rico
Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Raul Macías GuevaraMexico
Pentti HamalainenFinland 3 - 0 Henryk NiedzwiedzkiPoland
Helmuth von GravenitzSouth Africa 2 - 1 Ion ZlataruRomania
Third Round (July 31)
Gennady GarbuzovU.S.S.R 3 - 0 František MajdlochCzechoslovakia
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea 2 - 1 Davey Moore U.S.A
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 - 0 Helmuth von GravenitzSouth Africa
John McNallyIreland 3 - 0 Vincenzo Dall'ossoItaly
Semi-final (August 1)
John McNallyIreland 3 - 0 Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 - 0 Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union
Final (August 2)
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 2 - 1 John McNallyIreland

Featherweight (-57kg)

GoldJán Zachara
 Czechoslovakia
SilverSergio Caprari
 Italy
BronzeJoseph Ventaja
 France
BronzeLeonard Leisching
 South Africa
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28)
Sergio CaprariItaly BYE
Pentti NiinivuoriFinland BYE
Lech DrogoszPoland 3 - 0 Kyar Ba NyeinBurma
Pedro GalassoBrazil 3 - 0 Toshihito IshimaruJapan
Edson BrownUnited States 3 - 0 Benoy BoseIndia
Georghe IlieRomania 3 - 0 Percival LewisGreat Britain
Joseph VentajaFrance 2 - 1 Yury SokolovSoviet Union
Sydney GreavePakistan KO 2R Angel LeyesArgentina
Leonard WaltersCanada 3 - 0 Salah El Din Ahmed FathiEgypt
Willi RothGermany 2 - 1 Donald McDonnellAustralia
Leonard LeischingSouth Africa 3 - 0 Emmanuel AgassiIran
Stevan RedliYugoslavia TKO 2R Thomas ReddyIreland
János ErdeiHungary 2 - 1 Georgi MalezanovBulgaria
Kurt SchirraSaar 2 - 1 Luis ArangurenVenezuela
Ján ZacharaCzechoslovakia 3 - 0 Åke WärnströmSweden
Su Bung-NanSouth Korea 3 - 0 Alfred WillommetSwitzerland
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Sergio CaprariItaly 2 - 1 Pentti NiinivuoriFinland
Lech DrogoszPoland 3 - 0 Pedro GalassoBrazil
Edson BrownUnited States 3 - 0 Georghe IlieRomania
Joseph VentajaFrance 3 - 0 Sydney GreavePakistan
Leonard WaltersCanada 2 - 1 Willi RothGermany
Leonard LeischingSouth Africa 3 - 0 Stevan RedliYugoslavia
János ErdeiHungary 3 - 0 Kurt SchirraSaar
Ján ZacharaCzechoslovakia 3 - 0 Su Bung-NanSouth Korea
Third Round (July 31)
Leonard LeischingSouth Africa 3 - 0 Leonard WaltersCanada
Sergio CaprariItaly 3 - 0 Lech DrogoszPoland
Ján ZacharaCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 János ErdeiHungary
Joseph VentajaFrance 3 - 0 Edson BrownUnited States
Semi-final (August 1)
Sergio CaprariItaly 2 - 1 Joseph VentajaFrance
Ján ZacharaCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 Leonard LeischingSouth Africa
Final (August 2)
Ján ZacharaCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 Sergio CaprariItaly

Lightweight (-60kg)

GoldAureliano Bolognesi
 Italy
SilverAleksy Antkiewicz
 Poland
BronzeGheorghe Fiat
 Romania
BronzeErkki Pakkanen
 Finland
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Erkki PakkanenFinland BYE
Petros NazarbegianIran BYE
Vicente MatuteVenezuela BYE
Mohammad AliPakistan BYE
Aureliano BolognesiItaly BYE
Robert BickleUnited States TKO 2R Basil HenricusCeylon
István JuhászHungary 3 - 0 Luis AlbinoUruguay
Clayton KennyCanada TKO 3R Niels BertelsenDenmark
Hans-Werner WohlersGermany 3 - 0 Lyubomir MarkovBulgaria
Aleksy AntkiewiczPoland 3 - 0 Benjamin EnriquezPhilippines
Frederick ReardonGreat Britain KO 3R Roger CucheSwitzerland
Aleksandr ZasuhinSoviet Union 2 - 1 Séraphin FerrerFrance
Leopold PotesilAustria 3 - 0 Ju Sang-JumSouth Korea
Americo BonettiArgentina 3 - 0 Johnny van RensburgSouth Africa
Gheorghe FiatRomania 3 - 0 Abdel Hamid El-HamakyEgypt
Kevin MartinIreland 2 - 1 Marcel Van de KeereBelgium
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Erkki PakkanenFinland 3 - 0 Petros NazarbegianIran
Vicente MatuteVenezuela KO 1R Mohammad AliPakistan
Aureliano BolognesiItaly 2 - 1 Robert BickleUnited States
István JuhászHungary 2 - 1 Clayton KennyCanada
Aleksy AntkiewiczPoland 3 - 0 Hans-Werner WohlersGermany
Frederick ReardonGreat Britain 3 - 0 Aleksandr ZasuhinSoviet Union
Americo BonettiArgentina 3 - 0 Leopold PotesilAustria
Gheorghe FiatRomania 3 - 0 Kevin MartinIreland
Third Round (July 31)
Aleksy AntkiewiczPoland 3 - 0 Frederick ReardonGreat Britain
Erkki PakkanenFinland 3 - 0 Vicente MatuteVenezuela
Gheorghe FiatRomania 2 - 1 Americo BonettiArgentina
Aureliano BolognesiItaly 2 - 1 István JuhászHungary
Semi-final (August 1)
Aureliano BolognesiItaly 3 - 0 Erkki PakkanenFinland
Aleksy AntkiewiczPoland Walk-over Gheorghe FiatRomania
Final (August 2)
Aureliano BolognesiItaly 2 - 1 Aleksy AntkiewiczPoland

Light-welterweight (-63.5kg)

GoldCharles Adkins
 United States
SilverViktor Mednov
 Soviet Union
BronzeBruno Visintin
 Italy
BronzeErkki Mallenius
 Finland
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28)
Erkki Aarno MalleniusFinland BYE
Stanley MajidBurma BYE
Jean Louis PaternotteBelgium BYE
Fernand BackesLuxemburg BYE
Rene WeismannFrance 2 - 1 Leszek KudlacikPoland
Pavle ŠovljanskiYugoslavia 3 - 0 Béla FarkasHungary
Francisc AmbrusRomania 3 - 0 Hans Valdemar PedersenDenmark
Viktor MednovSoviet Union TKO 2R Norman JonesAustralia
Peter WatermanGreat Britain 2 - 1 Oscar Juan GalardoArgentina
Alexander Grant WebsterSouth Africa 3 - 0 Herbert SchillingGermany
Charles AdkinsUnited States TKO 1R Leif HansenNorway
Salomon CarrizalesVenezuela 2 - 1 Celestino PintoBrazil
Piet van KlaverenNetherlands 2 - 1 Roy KeenanCanada
Terence MilliganIreland 3 - 0 Ebrahim AfsharpourIran
Juan Curet AlvarezPuerto Rico KO 2R Sarkis MoussaLebanon
Bruno VisintinItaly KO 2R Ernesto PortoPhilippines
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Erkki Aarno MalleniusFinland TKO 3R Stanley MajidBurma
Jean Louis PaternotteBelgium 3 - 0 Fernand BackesLuxembourg
Rene WeismannFrance DSQ 3R Pavle ŠovljanskiYugoslavia
Viktor MednovSoviet Union Injured Francisc AmbrusRomania
Alexander Grant WebsterSouth Africa 3 - 0 Peter WatermanGreat Britain
Charles AdkinsUnited States 3 - 0 Salomon CarrizalesVenezuela
Terence MilliganIreland 3 - 0 Piet van KlaverenNetherlands
Bruno VisintinItaly 3 - 0 Juan Curet AlvarezPuerto Rico
Third Round (July 31)
Charles AdkinsUnited States 3 - 0 Alexander Grant WebsterSouth Africa
Erkki Aarno MalleniusFinland 2 - 1 Jean Louis PaternotteBelgium
Bruno VisintinItaly 3 - 0 Terence MilliganIreland
Viktor MednovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Rene WeismannFrance
Semi-final (August 1)
Viktor MednovSoviet Union Walk-over Erkki Aarno MalleniusFinland
Charles AdkinsUnited States 3 - 0 Bruno VisintinItaly
Final (August 2)
Charles AdkinsUnited States 2 - 1 Viktor MednovSoviet Union

Welterweight (-67kg)

GoldZygmunt Chychla
 Poland
SilverSergei Scherbakov
 Soviet Union
BronzeGünther Heidemann
 Germany
BronzeVictor Jörgensen
 Denmark
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Ron NorrisIndia BYE
Jacob ButulaCanada BYE
Ivar Mikael MalmikoskiFinland BYE
Victor JörgensenDenmark TKO 2R Alexandre DibBrazil
Sergei ScherbakovSoviet Union DISG 3R Marcos SarfattiArgentina
Hendrik Dirk van der LindeSouth Africa TKO 1R Anwar PashaPakistan
Gunnar Harry Ingemar GunnarssonSweden TKO 2R Peter CrottyIreland
Franco VescoviItaly 2 - 0 Jean WelterLuxembourg
Július TormaCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 John Patrick MaloneyGreat Britain
Louis GageUnited States KO 1R Ali BelkacemFrance
Zygmunt ChychlaPoland 3 - 0 Pierre WoutersBelgium
José Luis Dávalos NoriegaMexico TKO 3R Vicente TuñacaoPhilippines
Günther HeidemannGermany 2 - 1 Pál BudaiHungary
Nicolae LincaRomania 3 - 0 Sergio GascueVenezuela
George IssabegIran DISG 3R Fathi Abdel RahmanEgypt
Moos LinnemanNetherlands Walk-over in 3R Peter MüllerSwitzerland
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Ron NorrisIndia TKO 3R Jacob ButulaCanada
Victor JörgensenDenmark 2 - 1 Ivar Mikael MalmikoskiFinland
Sergei ScherbakovSoviet Union KO 2R Hendrik Dirk van der LindeSouth Africa
Franco VescoviItaly Walk-over Gunnar Harry Ingemar GunnarssonSweden
Július TormaCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 Louis GageUnited States
Zygmunt ChychlaPoland 3 - 0 José Luis Dávalos NoriegaMexico
Günther HeidemannGermany TKO 1R Nicolae LincaRomania
Moos LinnemanNetherlands 2 - 1 George IssabegIran
Third Round (July 31)
Zygmunt ChychlaPoland 2 - 1 Július TormaCzechoslovakia
Victor JörgensenDenmark 3 - 0 Ron NorrisIndia
Günther HeidemannGermany 3 - 0 Moos LinnemanNetherlands
Sergei ScherbakovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Franco VescoviItaly
Semi-final (August 1)
Sergei ScherbakovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Victor JörgensenDenmark
Zygmunt ChychlaPoland 2 - 1 Günther HeidemannGermany
Final (August 2)
Zygmunt ChychlaPoland 3 - 0 Sergei ScherbakovSoviet Union

Light-middleweight (-71kg)

GoldLászló Papp
 Hungary
SilverTheunis van Schalkwyk
 South Africa
BronzeBoris Tishin
 Soviet Union
BronzeEladio Herrera
 Argentina
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Theunis Jacobus van SchalkwykSouth Africa BYE
Ebbe Knud KopsDenmark BYE
Erich SchöppnerGermany BYE
Hans BüchiSwitzerland BYE
Boris TishinSoviet Union BYE
Jerzy KrawczykPoland BYE
Paulo de Jesus CavalheiroBrazil BYE
Sören DanielssonSweden BYE
Guido MazzinghiItaly 3 - 0 Bruno MatiussiLuxembourg
Josef HambergerAustria 3 - 0 Willi RammoSaar
Eladio Oscar HerreraArgentina 3 - 0 Ardashes SaginianIran
Petar Stankoff SpassoffBulgaria 2 - 1 Bernard FosterGreat Britain
Pentti Olavi KontulaFinland 3 - 0 Neacsu SerbuRomania
Charles ChaseCanada 2 - 1 Andre OueilléFrance
László PappHungary KO 2R Ellsworth WebbUnited States
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Theunis Jacobus van SchalkwykSouth Africa 3 - 0 Ebbe Knud KopsDenmark
Erich SchöppnerGermany TKO 3R Hans BüchiSwitzerland
Boris TishinSoviet Union TKO 2R Jerzy KrawczykPoland
Paulo de Jesus CavalheiroBrazil KO 3R Sören DanielssonSweden
Guido MazzinghiItaly KO 1R John TandrevoldNorway
Eladio Oscar HerreraArgentina KO 3R Josef HambergerAustria
Petar Stankoff SpassoffBulgaria 3 - 0 Pentti Olavi KontulaFinland
László PappHungary KO 2R Charles ChaseCanada
Third Round (July 31)
Eladio Oscar HerreraArgentina DSQ 3R Guido MazzinghiItaly
Theunis Jacobus van SchalkwykSouth Africa 2 - 1 Erich SchöppnerGermany
László PappHungary 3 - 0 Petar Stankoff SpassoffBulgaria
Boris TishinSoviet Union 3 - 0 Paulo de Jesus CavalheiroBrazil
Semi-final (August 1)
Theunis Jacobus van SchalkwykSouth Africa 3 - 0 Boris TishinSoviet Union
László PappHungary 3 - 0 Eladio Oscar HerreraArgentina
Final (August 2)
László PappHungary 3 - 0 Theunis Jacobus van SchalkwykSouth Africa

Middleweight (-75kg)

GoldFloyd Patterson
 United States
SilverVasile Tiţă
 Romania
BronzeBoris Nikolov
 Bulgaria
BronzeStig Sjölin
 Sweden
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Floyd PattersonUnited States BYE
Omar TebbakaFrance BYE
Leen JansenNetherlands BYE
Robert MaloufCanada BYE
Anthony MadiganAustralia BYE
Boris SiljtshevSoviet Union BYE
Stig SjölinSweden BYE
Börje GrönroosFinland BYE
Dieter WemhönerGermany BYE
Bedrich KoutnýCzechoslovakia 2 - 1 Hector Julian MaturanoArgentina
Boris NikolovBulgaria 3 - 0 Alfred StuermerLuxembourg
Vonselle LongGreat Britain 2 - 1 Moustafa Mohamed FahimEgypt
Vasile TiţăRomania DSQ 3R William Bernard Tynan DugganIreland
Nelson de Paula AndradeBrazil 2 - 1 Mátyás PlachyHungary
Walter SentimentiItaly 3 - 0 Hans NiederhauserSwitzerland
Khan MohammadPakistan 2 - 1 Henryk NowaraPoland
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Floyd PattersonUnited States 3 - 0 Omar TebbakaFrance
Leen JansenNetherlands TKO 1R Robert MaloufCanada
Anthony MadiganAustralia 2 - 1 Boris SiljtshevSoviet Union
Stig SjölinSweden 3 - 0 Börje GrönroosFinland
Dieter WemhönerGermany 2 - 1 Bedrich KoutnýCzechoslovakia
Boris NikolovBulgaria 2 - 1 Terence GoodingGreat Britain
Vasile TiţăRomania DSQ 2R Nelson de Paula AndradeBrazil
Walter SentimentiItaly 3 - 0 Khan MohammadPakistan
Third Round (July 31)
Boris NikolovBulgaria 3 - 0 Dieter WemhönerGermany
Floyd PattersonUnited States KO 1R Leen JansenNetherlands
Vasile TiţăRomania TKO 3R Walter SentimentiItaly
Stig SjölinSweden 3 - 0 Anthony MadiganAustralia
Semi-final (August 1)
Floyd PattersonUnited States DSQ 3R Stig SjölinSweden
Vasile TiţăRomania 3 - 0 Boris NikolovBulgaria
Final (August 2)
Floyd PattersonUnited States KO 1R Vasile TiţăRomania

Light-heavyweight (-81kg)

GoldNorvel Lee
 United States
SilverAntonio Pacenza
 Argentina
BronzeAnatoly Perov
 Soviet Union
BronzeHarry Siljander
 Finland
Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Anatoly PerovSoviet Union BYE
Henry CooperGreat Britain BYE
Giovan-Battista AlfonsettiItaly BYE
Mohamed Mohamed ElminabaouiEgypt BYE
Antonio PacenzaArgentina BYE
Rolf Edvard StormSweden BYE
Lucio GrotoneBrazil BYE
Bjarne LingåsNorway BYE
Tadeusz GrzelakPoland BYE
Franz PfitscherAustria BYE
Norvel LeeUnited States BYE
Claude ArnaizFrance BYE
Harry SiljanderFinland BYE
Dumitru CiobotaruRomania BYE
Toon PastorNetherlands 3 - 0 István FazekasHungary
Karl KistnerGermany KO 7 Oscar Alfred WardIndia
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Anatoly PerovSoviet Union 2 - 1 Henry CooperGreat Britain
Giovan-Battista AlfonsettiItaly DSQ 3R Mohamed Mohamed ElminabaouiEgypt
Antonio PacenzaArgentina 2 - 1 Rolf Edvard StormSweden
Lucio GrotoneBrazil 2 - 1 Bjarne LingåsNorway
Tadeusz GrzelakPoland 3 - 0 Franz PfitscherAustria
Norvel LeeUnited States 3 - 0 Claude ArnaizFrance
Harri SiljanderFinland 2 - 1 Dumitru CiobotaruRomania
Karl KistnerGermany 2 - 1 Toon PastorNetherlands
Third Round (July 31)
Norvel LaFollette Ray LeeUnited States 3 - 0 Tadeusz GrzelakPoland
Anatoly PerovSoviet Union 3 - 0 Giovan-Battista AlfonsettiItaly
Harri SiljanderFinland 2 - 1 Karl KistnerGermany
Antonio PacenzaArgentina 3 - 0 Lucio GrotoneBrazil
Semi-final (August 1)
Antonio PacenzaArgentina 3 - 0 Anatoly PerovSoviet Union
Norvel LeeUnited States 3 - 0 Harri SiljanderFinland
Final (August 2)
Norvel LaFollette Ray LeeUnited States 3 - 0 Antonio PacenzaArgentina

Heavyweight (81kg and over)

GoldEd Sanders
 United States
SilverIngemar Johansson
 Sweden
BronzeIlkka Koski
 Finland
BronzeAndries Nieman
 South Africa


Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 29)
Tomislav KrizmanićYugoslavia 3 - 0 Gezo FuretzRomania
Algirdas ŠocikasSoviet Union TKO 2R Antoni GoscianskiPoland
Andries NiemanSouth Africa 3 - 0 Edgar GorgasGermany
Ed SandersUnited States KO 1R Hans JostSwitzerland
Jean LansiauxFrance 3 - 0 John LyttleIreland
Edgar William HearnGreat Britain 2 - 1 José Victorio SartorArgentina
Second Round (July 29)
Giacomo di SegniItaly 3 - 0 James SaundersCanada
Horymir NetukaCzechoslovakia 3 - 0 Carl FitzgeraldAustralia
Ilkka KoskiFinland KO 2R László BeneHungary
Max Maurice Oscar MarsilleBelgium 3 - 0 Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed ElminabaouiEgypt
Ingemar JohanssonSweden DNF 1 Luis Amadeo SosaUruguay
Jean LansiauxFrance Withdrawn 2
New Draw (July 30)
Ingemar JohanssonSweden 3 - 0 Horymir NetukaCzechoslovakia
Tomislav KrizmanićYugoslavia 3 - 0 Max Maurice Oscar MarsilleBelgium
Third Round (July 31)
Ed SandersUnited States KO 3R Giacomo Di SegniItaly
Andries NiemanSouth Africa KO 1R Algirdas ŠocikasSoviet Union
Ilkka KoskiFinland 3 - 0 Edgar William HearnGreat Britain
Ingemar JohanssonSweden 3 - 0 Tomislav KrizmanićYugoslavia
Semi-final (August 1)
Ed SandersUnited States KO 2R Andries NiemanSouth Africa
Ingemar JohanssonSweden 2 - 1 Ilkka KoskiFinland
Final (August 2)
Ed SandersUnited States DSQ 2R Ingemar JohanssonSweden

Johansson spent the entire bout backpedalling, without throwing a single punch. After receiving several warnings from the referee, he was finally disqualified for not 'giving his best', and was not awarded the silver medal.[1]


  • 1 Sosa did not enter the ring
  • 2 Lansiaux abandoned due to injury

References

  1. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 185. ISBN 0140066322.
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