1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, from May 25 to June 2. The 12th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 149 fighters from 21 countries participating.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Manfred Homberg
West Germany
Mircea Dobrescu
Romania
Peter Davies
Wales

René Libeer
France

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Oleg Grigoryev
Soviet Union
Gianfranco Piovesani
Italy
Peter Goschka
West Germany

Johnny Morrisey
Scotland

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Dimitar Velinov
Bulgaria
Mario Sitri
Italy
Kazimierz Boczarski
Poland

Vladimir Safronov
Soviet Union

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Kazimierz Paździor
Poland
Olli Mäki
Finland
John Kidd
Scotland

Horst Herper
West Germany

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Soviet Union
Walter Ivanus
Czechoslovakia
Zygmunt Milewski
Poland

Ilija Lukić
Yugoslavia

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Manfred Grauss
West Germany
Leopold Potesil
Austria
Yuri Gromov
Soviet Union

Fred Tiedt
Ireland

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Nino Benvenuti
Italy
Tadeusz Walasek
Poland
Rolf Caroli
East Germany

Ivan Sobolev
Soviet Union

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Poland
Dragoslav Jakovljević
Yugoslavia
Paul Nickel
East Germany

Karl Schoenberg
West Germany

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Gheorghe Negrea
Romania
Petar Stankov
Bulgaria
Zdenek Cipro
Czechoslovakia

Laszlo Csabajszky
Hungary

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Andrey Abramov
Soviet Union
Vasile Mariutan
Romania
Josef Němec
Czechoslovakia

Branislav Davidović
Yugoslavia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3036
2 Poland (POL)2125
3 West Germany (FRG)2035
4 Italy (ITA)1203
 Romania (ROU)1203
6 Bulgaria (BUL)1102
7 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0123
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0123
9 Austria (AUT)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
11 East Germany (GDR)0022
 Scotland (SCO)0022
13 France (FRA)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 Ireland (IRL)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (16 nations)10102040


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