Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flyweight

The flyweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the lightest class. Flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 51 kilograms. The competition was held from October 12, 1964, to October 23, 1964. 28 boxers from 28 nations competed.

After one minute and six seconds of the first round of his quarterfinal bout against Stanislav Sorokin, Choh Dong-Kih was disqualified for holding his head too low. Unable to accept the verdict, Dong sat in the middle of the ring for 51 minutes, until officials persuaded him to leave.[1]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 Fernando Atzori (ITA)  Artur Olech (POL)  Robert Carmody (USA)
 Stanislav Sorokin (URS)

Results

Round of 32
October 12		 Round of 16
October 16		 Quarterfinals
October 19		 Semifinals
October 21		 Final
October 23
 Otto Babiasch (EUA) 3
 Shuta Yoshino (JPN) 2
 Otto Babiasch (EUA) 1
 Robert Carmody (USA) 4
 Robert Carmody (USA) W
 Thapa Namsing (NEP) RSC
 Robert Carmody (USA) 1
 Rafael Carbonell (CUB) 0  Fernando Atzori (ITA) 4
 John McCafferty (IRL) 5  John McCafferty (IRL) 3
 Jumaat Ibrahim (MAS) L  Sulley Shittu (GHA) 2
 Sulley Shittu (GHA) KO  John McCafferty (IRL) 0
 Fernando Atzori (ITA) 5  Fernando Atzori (ITA) 5
 Mahmoud Mersal (EGY) 0  Fernando Atzori (ITA) 5
 Luis Romo (ARG) L  Darryl Norwood (AUS) 0
 Darryl Norwood (AUS) KO  Fernando Atzori (ITA) 4
 Veerapan Komolsen (THA) 1  Artur Olech (POL) 1
 John McCluskey (GBR) 4  John McCluskey (GBR) RSC
 Maung Bawa (BIR) DQ  Stanislav Sorokin (URS) W
 Stanislav Sorokin (URS) W  Stanislav Sorokin (URS) W
 Nasser Aghaei (IRI) DQ  Choh Dong-Kih (KOR) DQ
 Choh Dong-Kih (KOR) W  Choh Dong-Kih (KOR) 5
 Dominador Calumarde (PHI) KO  Dominador Calumarde (PHI) 0
 Wang Chi-Ying (ROC) L  Stanislav Sorokin (URS) DNS
 John Henry (CAN) RSC  Artur Olech (POL) W
 Constantin Ciucă (ROU) W  Constantin Ciucă (ROU) 5
 Winston van Cuylenburg (CEY) W  Winston van Cuylenburg (CEY) 0
 Lee Kam-Wah (HKG) RSC  Constantin Ciucă (ROU) 0
 John Kamau (KEN) 3  Artur Olech (POL) 5
 Tibor Papp (HUN) 2  John Kamau (KEN) 0
 Artur Olech (POL) 3  Artur Olech (POL) 5
 Stefan Panayotov (BUL) 2

Sources

  • Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.

References

  1. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book of the Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 167. ISBN 0140066322.
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