Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on November 23 and ended on December 1. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3126
2 Great Britain (GBR)2125
3 United States (USA)2103
4 Romania (ROU)1214
5 United Team of Germany (EUA)1102
6 Hungary (HUN)1001
7 Ireland (IRL)0134
8 Chile (CHI)0123
9 Italy (ITA)0112
10 South Korea (KOR)0101
11 France (FRA)0022
 Poland (POL)0022
 South Africa (RSA)0022
14 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Australia (AUS)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
Totals (16 nations)10102040


Flyweight ( 51 kg)

  • 19 participants from 19 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Terence Spinks  Great Britain
Mircea Dobrescu  Romania
John Caldwell  Ireland
René Libeer  France

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • 18 participants from 18 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Wolfgang Behrendt  United Team of Germany
Song Soon-Chun  South Korea
Claudio Barrientos  Chile
Frederick Gilroy  Ireland

First round

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Featherweight (57 kg)

  • 18 participants from 18 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Vladimir Safronov  Soviet Union
Thomas Nicholls  Great Britain
Henryk Niedźwiedzki  Poland
Pentti Hämäläinen  Finland

First round

  • Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Martin Smyth (IRL), PTS
  • Bernard Schröter (GDR) def. Paulino Melendez (PHI), PTS

Second round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Lightweight (60 kg)

  • 18 participants from 18 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Richard McTaggart  Great Britain
Harry Kurschat  United Team of Germany
Anatoly Lagetko  Soviet Union
Anthony Byrne  Ireland

First round

Second round

  • Zygmunt Milewski (POL) def. Pentti Niinivuori (FIN), PTS
  • Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Celedonio Espinosa (PHI), PTS
  • Louis Molina (USA) def. William Griffiths (AUS), PTS
  • Anthony Byrne (IRL) def. Josef Chovanec (TCH), DSQ-3
  • Andre Vairolatto (FRA) def. Do Sun-Baik (KOR), KO-2
  • Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY), PTS
  • Edward Beattie (CAN) def. Sub Chundakovsolya (THA), PTS
  • Anatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN), PTS

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)

  • 22 participants from 22 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Vladimir Yengibaryan  Soviet Union
Franco Nenci  Italy
Constantin Dumitrescu  Romania
Henry Loubscher  South Africa

First round

  • Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Terrence Oung (BUR), PTS
  • Hans Pedersen (DEN) def. Carlos Rodríguez (VEN), PTS
  • Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Chune Pattapongse (THA), KO-1
  • Leopold Potesil (AUT) def. Celestino Pinto (BRA), PTS
  • Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Rehmat Gul (PAK), KO-3
  • Willi Roth (FRG) def. Thomas Schuster (FIJ), PTS

Second round

  • Claude Saluden (FRA) def. Henry Perry (IRL), PTS
  • Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Leszek Drogosz (POL), PTS
  • Henry Loubscher (RSA) def. Leslie Mason (CAN), PTS
  • Joseph Shaw (USA) def. Max Carlos (AUS), PTS
  • Hwang Ei-Kyung (KOR) def. Manuel de los Santos (PHI), DSQ-2
  • Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Hans Pedersen (DEN), PTS
  • Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Leopold Potesil (AUT), PTS
  • Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Willi Roth (FRG), PTS

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Welterweight (67 kg)

  • 16 participants from 16 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Nicolae Linca  Romania
Fred Tiedt  Ireland
Kevin Hogarth  Australia
Nicholas Gargano  Great Britain

First round

  • András Dori (HUN) def. Hussain Bait (PAK), PTS
  • Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. Graham Finlay (NZL), PTS
  • Pearce Allen Lane (USA) def. Enrique Tovar (VEN), PTS
  • Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Tadeusz Walasek (POL), PTS
  • Nicholas Andre (RSA) def. Shih Chuan Len (THA), PTS
  • Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Hector Hatch (FIJ), PTS
  • Francisco Gelabert (ARG) def. Walter Kozak (CAN), PTS
  • Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Eduard Borysov (URS), PTS

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Tiedt actually received more total points than Linca, but three of the five judges judged him the winner.[1]

Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • 14 participants from 14 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
László Papp  Hungary
José Torres  United States
John McCormack  Great Britain
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Poland

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Middleweight (75 kg)

  • 14 participants from 14 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Gennadi Schatkov  Soviet Union
Ramón Tapia  Chile
Gilbert Chapron  France
Victor Zalazar  Argentina

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • 11 participants from 11 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
James Boyd  United States
Gheorghe Negrea  Romania
Carlos Lucas  Chile
Romualdas Murauskas  Soviet Union

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Heavyweight (81+ kg)

  • 11 participants from 11 nations
Rank Name Athlete Country
Pete Rademacher  United States
Lev Mukhin  Soviet Union
Daniel Bekker  South Africa
Giacomo Bozzano  Italy

First round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

References

  1. Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 176. ISBN 0140066322.
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