Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics
	Flyweight
	Bantamweight
	Featherweight
	Lightweight
	Light welterweight
	Welterweight
	Light middleweight
	Middleweight
	Light heavyweight
	Heavyweight

The light heavyweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the second-heaviest class. Light heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 81 kilograms.

Medalists

Gold	Cosimo Pinto  Italy
Silver	Aleksei Kiselyov  Soviet Union
Bronze	Alexander Nikolov  Bulgaria
Bronze	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Poland

Results

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
14 October				17 October				19 October				21 October				23 October
Schlegel (EUA)	—
Bye	—
				Schlegel (EUA)	5
				Mugwanya (UGA)	0
Mugwanya (UGA)	—
Bye	—
								Schlegel (EUA)	1
								Pinto (ITA)	4
Lubbers (NED)	—
Bye	—
				Lubbers (NED)	0
				Pinto (ITA)	5
Pinto (ITA)	—
Bye	—
												Pinto (ITA)	W
												Nicolov (BUL)	RSC
Nicolov (BUL)	—
Bye	—
				Nicolov (BUL)	W
				Thebault (FRA)	RSC
Thebault (FRA)	—
Bye	—
								Nicolov (BUL)	5
								Mersal (EGY)	0
Mersal (EGY)	—
Bye	—
				Mersal (EGY)	5
				Arimi (GHA)	0
Arimi (GHA)	—
Bye	—
																Pinto (ITA)	3
																Kiselyov (URS)	2
Gargiulo (ARG)	—
Bye	—
				Gargiulo (ARG)	5
				Horvath (SUI)	0
Horvath (SUI)	—
Bye	—
								Gargiulo (ARG)	0
								Pietrzykowski (POL)	5
Pietrzykowski (POL)	—
Bye	—
				Pietrzykowski (POL)	W
				Holmes (JAM)	DQ
Holmes (JAM)	—
Bye	—
												Pietrzykowski (POL)	1
												Kiselyov (URS)	4
Polacek (TCH)	—
Bye	—
				Polacek (TCH)	W
				Nguia (CIV)	RSC
Nguia (CIV)	3
Casey (AUS)	2
								Polacek (TCH)	0
								Kiselyov (URS)	5
Christopherson (USA)	5
Ali (PAK)	0
				Christopherson (USA)	0
				Kiselyov (URS)	5
Negrea (ROU)	0
Kiselyov (URS)	5

Sources

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