Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Italy and the United States dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals for each country. Two of the gold medalists later became Hall of Fame world champions in professional boxing: Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) and Nino Benvenuti.^[1]

Competition format

Men competed in the following ten events:

• Flyweight (51kg)
• Bantamweight (54kg)
• Featherweight (57kg)
• Lightweight (60kg)
• Light welterweight (64kg)
• Welterweight (67kg)
• Light middleweight (71kg)
• Middleweight (75kg)
• Light heavyweight (81kg)
• Heavyweight (+81kg)

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Gyula Török  Hungary	Sergey Sivko  Soviet Union	Abdel Moneim El-Guindi  Egypt
			Kiyoshi Tanabe  Japan
Bantamweight	Oleg Grigoryev  Soviet Union	Primo Zamparini  Italy	Ollie Taylor  Australia
			Brunon Bendig  Poland
Featherweight	Francesco Musso  Italy	Jerzy Adamski  Poland	Jorma Limmonen  Finland
			William Meyers  South Africa
Lightweight	Kazimierz Paździor  Poland	Sandro Lopopolo  Italy	Richard McTaggart  Great Britain
			Abel Laudonio  Argentina
Light welterweight	Bohumil Němeček  Czechoslovakia	Clement Quartey  Ghana	Marian Kasprzyk  Poland
			Quincey Daniels  United States
Welterweight	Nino Benvenuti  Italy	Yuri Radonyak  Soviet Union	Jimmy Lloyd  Great Britain
			Leszek Drogosz  Poland
Light middleweight	Wilbert McClure  United States	Carmelo Bossi  Italy	William Fisher  Great Britain
			Boris Lagutin  Soviet Union
Middleweight	Eddie Crook, Jr.  United States	Tadeusz Walasek  Poland	Ion Monea  Romania
			Yevgeny Feofanov  Soviet Union
Light heavyweight	Cassius Clay  United States	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Poland	Giulio Saraudi  Italy
			Anthony Madigan  Australia
Heavyweight	Francesco de Piccoli  Italy	Daniel Bekker  South Africa	Günter Siegmund  Germany
			Josef Němec  Czechoslovakia

Medals

Pos	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1	Italy (ITA)	3	3	1	7
2	United States (USA)	3	0	1	4
3	Poland (POL)	1	3	3	7
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	2	5
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
7	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	3	3
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
11	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1

Results

Flyweight (-51 kg)

Left-right:Kiyoshi Tanabe, Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Gyula Török, Sergei Sivko

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Gyula Török, Hungary	Sergei Sivko, Soviet Union	Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Egypt Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan

Quarterfinals

• Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROU), 4:1
• Sergei Sivko (URS) def. Manfred Homberg (FRG), 5:0
• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Miguel Angel Botta (ARG), 5:0
• Abdel Moneim El-Guindi(EGY) def. Humberto Barrera (USA), 4:1

Semifinals

• Sergei Sivko (URS) def. Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN), 4:1
• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (EGY), 4:1

Final

• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Sergei Sivko (URS), 3:2

Bantamweight (-54kg)

Left-right: Oliver Taylor, Brunon Bendig, Oleg Grigoryev, Primo Zamparini

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Oleg Grigoryev, Soviet Union	Primo Zamparini, Italy	Brunon Bendig, Poland Oliver Taylor, Australia

Quarterfinals

• Brunon Bending (POL) def. Horst Rascher (GER)
• Ollie Taylor (AUS) def. Alfonso Carbajo (ESP)
• Primo Zamparini (ITA) def. Jerry Armstrong (USA)

Semifinals

• Oleg Grigoryev (URS) def. Brunon Bending (POL)
• Primo Zamparini (ITA) def. Ollie Taylor (AUS)

Final

• Oleg Grigoryev (URS) def. Primo Zamparini (ITA)

Featherweight (-57kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Francesco Musso, Italy	Jerzy Adamski, Poland	William Meyers, South Africa Jorma Limmonen, Finland

Quarterfinals

• William Meyers (RSA) def. Constantin Gheorghiu (ROM)
• Jerzy Adamski (POL) def. Ernst Chervet (SUI)
• Jorma Limmonen (FIN) def. Abe Bekker (RHO)
• Francesco Musso (ITA) def. Boris Nikonorov (URS)

Semifinals

• Jerzy Adamski (POL) def. William Meyers (RSA)
• Francesco Musso (ITA) def. Jorma Limmonen (FIN)

Final

• Francesco Musso (ITA) def. Jerzy Adamski (POL)

Lightweight (-60kg)

Left-right: Richard McTaggart, Abel Laudonio, Kazimierz Paździor, Sandro Lopopolo

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Kazimierz Paździor, Poland	Sandro Lopopolo, Italy	Richard McTaggart, Great Britain Abel Laudonio, Argentina

Quarterfinals

• Dick McTaggart (GBR) def. Ferenc Kellner (HUN)
• Kazimierz Paździor (POL) def. Salah Shokweir (EGY)
• Abel Laudonio (ARG) def. Vilikton Barannikov (URS)
• Sandro Lopopolo (ITA) def. Harry Campbell (USA)

Semifinals

• Kazimierz Paździor (POL) def. Dick McTaggart (GBR)
• Sandro Lopopolo (ITA) def. Abel Laudonio (ARG)

Final

• Kazimierz Paździor (POL) def. Sandro Lopopolo (ITA)

Light welterweight (-63.5kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Bohumil Němeček, Czechoslovakia	Clement Quartey, Ghana	Quincey Daniels, United States Marian Kasprzyk, Poland

Quarterfinals

• Quincey Daniels (USA) def. Sayed El-Nahas (EGY)
• Bohumil Němeček (CZE) def. Piero Brandi (ITA)
• Marian Kasprzyk (POL) def. Vladimir Engibaryan (URS)
• Clement Quartey (GHA) def. Kim Deuk-Bong (KOR)

Semifinals

• Bohumil Němeček (CZE) def. Quincey Daniels (USA)

Final

• Bohumil Němeček (CZE) def. Clement Quartey (GHA)

Welterweight (-67kg)

Left-right:Jimmy Lloyd, Leszek Drogosz, Giovanni Benvenuti, Yuri Radonyak

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Giovanni Benvenuti, Italy	Yuri Radonyak, Soviet Union	Leszek Drogosz, Poland Jimmy Lloyd, Great Britain

Quarterfinals

• Yuri Radonyak (URS) def. Andreu Navarro (ESP)
• Leszek Drogosz (POL) def. Henry Loubscher (RSA)
• Nino Benvenuti (ITA) def. Shishman Mitsev (BUL)
• Jimmy Lloyd (GBR) def. Phil Baldwin (USA)

Semifinals

• Yuri Radonyak (URS) def. Leszek Drogosz (POL)
• Nino Benvenuti (ITA) def. Jimmy Lloyd (GBR)

Final

• Nino Benvenuti (ITA) def. Yuri Radonyak (URS)

Light middleweight (-71kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Wilbert McClure, United States	Carmelo Bossi, Italy	William Fisher, Great Britain Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union

Quarterfinals

• Wilbert McClure (USA) def. Celedonio Lima (ARG)
• Boris Lagutin (URS) def. John Bukowski (AUS)
• Carmelo Bossi (ITA) def. Souleymane Diallo (FRA)
• William Fisher (GBR) def. Henryk Dampc (POL)

Semifinals

• Wilbert McClure (USA) def. Boris Lagutin (URS)
• Carmelo Bossi (ITA) def. William Fisher (GBR)

Final

• Wilbert McClure (USA) def. Carmelo Bossi (ITA)

Middleweight (-75kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Eddie Crook, Jr.	Tadeusz Walasek, Poland	Yevgeny Feofanov, Soviet Union Ion Monea, Romania

Quarterfinals

• Ion Monea (ROM) def. Hans Büchi (SUI)
• Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA) def. Chang Lo-Pu (ROC)
• Yevgeny Feofanov (URS) def. Luigi Napoleoni (ITA)
• Tadeusz Walasek (POL) def. Frik van Rooyen (RSA)

Semifinals

• Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA) def. Ion Monea (ROM)
• Tadeusz Walasek (POL) def. Yevgeny Feofanov (URS)

Final

• Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA) def. Tadeusz Walasek (POL)

Light heavyweight (-81kg)

Left-right: Giulio Saraudi, Anthony Madigan, Cassius Clay, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cassius Clay, United States	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland	Anthony Madigan, Australia Giulio Saraudi, Italy

First round

• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Carl Crawford (GUA), 5–0
• Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Johnny Ould (GBR), 4–1
• Matti Aho (FIN) def. Colm McCoy (IRL), 4–0

Second round

• Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) def. Ray Cillien (LUX), 5–0
• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Yvon Becaus (BEL), stoppage – 2nd round
• Anthony Madigan def. Lars-Olof Norling (SVE), 5–0
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. George Oywello (UGA), 5–0
• Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), 5–0
• Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) def. José Leite (BRA), stoppage – 1st round
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Emil Willer (GER), 5–0
• Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Matti Aho (FIN), 5–0

Quarterfinals

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Gennadiy Shatkov (URS), 5–0
• Anthony Madigan (AUS) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROM), ko – 2nd round
• Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Rafael Gargiulo (ARG), 5–0
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Petar Spassov (BUL), 5–0

Semifinals

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), 5–0
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Giulio Saraudi (ITA), 5–0

Final

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), 5–0

Heavyweight (81+ kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Francesco de Piccoli, Italy	Daniel Bekker, South Africa	Josef Němec, Czechoslovakia Günter Siegmund, Germany

First Round

• Obrad Sretenovic (YUG) def. Joe Casey (IRL), 5-0

Second Round

• Josef Nemec (CZE) def. Dave Thomas (GBR),5-0
• Percy Jr Price (USA) def Ron Taylor (AUS), ko 2 round
• Andrey Abramov (URS) def Manuel Garcia (ESP) stop 1 round
• Franco de Piccoli (ITA) def Willy Venneman (BEL), Abandon 1 round
• Günter Siegmund (GER) def. Max Bösiger (SUI)
• Vasile Mariuèan (ROM) def. Joseph Syoz (FRA)
• Daniel Bekker (RSA) def. Wladislaw Jedrzejewski (POL)
• Obrad Sretenovic (YUG) def. Eduardo Corletti (ARG)

Quarterfinals

• Josef Nemec (CZE) def. Percy Jr Price (USA)
• Franco de Piccolo (ITA) def. Andrey Abramov (URS)
• Günter Siegmund (GER) def. Vasile Mariuèan (ROM)
• Daniel Bekker (RSA) def. Obrad Sretenovic (YUG)

Semifinals

• Franco de Piccolo (ITA) def. Josef Nemec (CZE)
• Daniel Bekker (RSA) def. Günter Siegmund (GER)

Final

• Franco de Piccolo (ITA) def. Daniel Bekker (RSA)

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report