Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medal table [ ] Flyweight (– 51 kg) [ ] 19 participants from 19 nations First Round [ ] Vladimir Stolnikov (URS) def. Edgar Basel (FRG), on pointsTerence Spinks (GBR) def. Samuel Harris (PAK), on pointsAbel Laudonio (ARG) def. Albert Ludick (RSA), on pointsSecond Round [ ] Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) def. Federico Bonus (PHI), on pointsRay Perez (USA) def. František Majdloch (CZE), on pointsJohn Caldwell (IRL) def. Yai Shwe (BUR), on knock-out (3rd round)Warner Batchelor (AUS) def. Henryk Kukier (POL), on pointsKenji Yonekura (JPN) def. Phachon Muangson (THA), on pointsRené Libeer (FRA) def. Pyo Hyun-Ki (KOR), on pointsVladimir Stolnikov (URS) def. Salvatore Burruni (ITA), on pointsTerence Spinks (GBR) def. Abel Laudonio (ARG), on pointsQuarterfinals [ ] Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) def. Ray Perez (USA), on pointsJohn Caldwell (IRL) def. Warner Batchelor (AUS), on pointsRené Libeer (FRA) def. Kenji Yonekura (JPN), on pointsTerence Spinks (GBR) def. Vladimir Stolnikov (URS), on pointsSemifinals [ ] Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) def. John Caldwell (IRL), on pointsTerence Spinks (GBR) def. René Libeer (FRA), on pointsFinal [ ] Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROU), on pointsBantamweight (54 kg) [ ] 18 participants from 18 nations First Round [ ] Song Soon-Chun (KOR) def. Alberto Adela (PHI), PTSRobert Bath (AUS) def. Hemapala Jayasuriya (CEY), PTSSecond Round [ ] Frederick Gilroy (IRL) def. Boris Stiepanov (URS), KO-3Mario Sitri (ITA) def. Ahmad Rashid (PAK), PTSOwen Reilly (GBR) def. Daniel Hellebuyck (BEL), PTSWolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Henrik Ottesen (DEN), KO-2Claudio Barrientos (CHI) def. Zenon Stefaniuk (POL), PTSEder Jofre (BRA) def. Thein Myint (BUR), PTSCarmelo Tomaselli (ARG) def. Vichai Limcharern (THA), PTSSong Soon-Chung (KOR) def. Robert Bath (AUS), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Frederick Gilroy (IRL) def. Mario Sitri (ITA), PTSWolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Owen Reilly (GBR), PTSClaudio Barrientos (CHI) def. Eder Jofre (BRA), PTSSong Soon-Chun (KOR) def. Carmelo Tomaselli (ARG), PTSSemifinals [ ] Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Frederick Gilroy (IRL), PTSSong Soon-Chun (KOR) def. Claudio Barrientos (CHI), PTSFinal [ ] Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Song Soon-Chun (KOR), PTSFeatherweight (57 kg) [ ] 18 participants from 18 nations First Round [ ] Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Martin Smyth (IRL), PTSBernard Schröter (GDR) def. Paulino Melendez (PHI), PTSSecond Round [ ] Henryk Niedźwiedzki (POL) def. Leonard Leisching (RSA), PTSTristan Falfán (ARG) def. Maurice White (PAK), KO-2Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Agostino Cossia (ITA), PTSAndre de Souza (FRA) def. Nontasilp Thayansilp (THA), PTSShinetsu Suzuki (JPN) def. Yai Chit (BUR), PTSThomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Noel Hazard (AUS), PTSJan Zachara (TCH) def. Dong Hun-Chung (KOR), PTSPentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Bernard Schröter (GDR), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Henryk Niedźwiedzki (POL) def. Tristan Falfán (ARG), KO-1Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Andre de Souza (FRA), PTSThomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN), PTSPentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Jan Zachara (TCH), PTSSemifinals [ ] Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Henryk Niedźwiedzki (POL), PTSThomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN), PTSFinal [ ] Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Thomas Nicholls (GBR), PTSLightweight (60 kg) [ ] 18 participants from 18 nations First Round [ ] Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN) def. Thomas Donovan (NZL), PTSAnatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Francisco Nuñez (ARG), PTSSecond Round [ ] Zygmunt Milewski (POL) def. Pentti Niinivuori (FIN), PTSHarry Kurschat (FRG) def. Celedonio Espinosa (PHI), PTSLouis Molina (USA) def. William Griffiths (AUS), PTSAnthony Byrne (IRL) def. Josef Chovanec (TCH), DSQ-3Andre Vairolatto (FRA) def. Do Sun-Baik (KOR), KO-2Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY), PTSEdward Beattie (CAN) def. Sub Chundakovsolya (THA), PTSAnatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Zygmunt Milewski (POL), KO-3Anthony Byrne (IRL) def. Louis Molina (USA), PTSRichard McTaggart (GBR) def. Andre Vairolatto (FRA), PTSAnatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Edward Beattie (CAN), PTSSemifinals [ ] Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Anthony Byrne (IRL), PTSRichard McTaggart (GBR) def. Anatoly Lagetko (URS), PTSFinal [ ] Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Harry Kurschat (FRG), PTSLight Welterweight (63.5 kg) [ ] 22 participants from 22 nations First Round [ ] Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Terrence Oung (BUR), PTSHans Pedersen (DEN) def. Carlos Rodríguez (VEN), PTSAntonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Chune Pattapongse (THA), KO-1Leopold Potesil (AUT) def. Celestino Pinto (BRA), PTSFranco Nenci (ITA) def. Rehmat Gul (PAK), KO-3Willi Roth (FRG) def. Thomas Schuster (FIJ), PTSSecond Round [ ] Claude Saluden (FRA) def. Henry Perry (IRL), PTSVladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Leszek Drogosz (POL), PTSHenry Loubscher (RSA) def. Leslie Mason (CAN), PTSJoseph Shaw (USA) def. Max Carlos (AUS), PTSHwang Ei-Kyung (KOR) def. Manuel de los Santos (PHI), DSQ-2Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Hans Pedersen (DEN), PTSAntonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Leopold Potesil (AUT), PTSFranco Nenci (ITA) def. Willi Roth (FRG), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Claude Saluden (FRA), PTSHenry Loubscher (RSA) def. Joseph Shaw (USA), PTSConstantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Hwang Ei-Kyung (KOR), PTSFranco Nenci (ITA) def. Antonio Marcilla (ARG), PTSSemifinals [ ] Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Henry Loubscher (RSA), PTSFranco Nenci (ITA) def. Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU), PTSFinal [ ] Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Franco Nenci (ITA), PTSWelterweight (67 kg) [ ] 16 participants from 16 nations First Round [ ] András Dori (HUN) def. Hussain Bait (PAK), PTSKevin Hogarth (AUS) def. Graham Finlay (NZL), PTSPearce Allen Lane (USA) def. Enrique Tovar (VEN), PTSFred Tiedt (IRL) def. Tadeusz Walasek (POL), PTSNicholas Andre (RSA) def. Shih Chuan Len (THA), PTSNicolae Linca (ROU) def. Hector Hatch (FIJ), PTSFrancisco Gelabert (ARG) def. Walter Kozak (CAN), PTSNicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Eduard Borysov (URS), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. András Dori (HUN), PTSFred Tiedt (IRL) def. Pearce Allen Lane (USA), PTSNicolae Linca (ROU) def. Nicholas Andre (RSA), PTSNicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Francisco Gelabert (ARG), PTSSemifinals [ ] Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Kevin Hogarth (AUS), PTSNicolae Linca (ROU) def. Nicholas Gargano (GBR), PTSFinal [ ] Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Fred Tiedt (IRL), PTSLight Middleweight (71 kg) [ ] 14 participants from 14 nations First Round [ ] Boris Nikolov (BUL) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), PTSZbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Richard Karpov (URS), PTSUlrich Kienast (FRG) def. James Montgomery (CAN), PTSJohn McCormack (GBR) def. Alexander Webster (RSA), PTSJosé Torres (USA) def. Peter Read (AUS), PTSFranco Scisciani (ITA) def. Eugene Legrand (FRA), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] László Papp (HUN) def. Alberto Saenz (ARG), KO-3Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Boris Nikolov (BUL), PTSJohn McCormack (GBR) def. Ulrich Kienast (FRG), KO-3José Torres (USA) def. Franco Scisciani (ITA), PTSSemifinals [ ] László Papp (HUN) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), PTSJosé Torres (USA) def. John McCormack (GBR), PTSFinal [ ] László Papp (HUN) def. José Torres (USA), PTSMiddleweight (75 kg) [ ] 14 participants from 14 nations First Round [ ] Giulio Rinaldi (ITA) def. Christian Andersen (DEN), PTSGennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Ralph Hosack (CAN), PTSDieter Wemhöner (FRG) def. Ronald Redrup (GBR), PTSVictor Zalazar (ARG) def. Stig Sjölin (SWE), PTSJúlius Torma (CZE) def. Howard Richter (AUS), PTSRamón Tapia (CHI) def. Zbigniew Piórkowski (POL), KO-1Quarterfinals [ ] Gilbert Chapron (FRA) def. Roger Rouse (USA), PTSGennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Giulio Rinaldi (ITA), walk-overVictor Zalazar (ARG) def. Dieter Wemhöner (FRG), PTSRamón Tapia (CHI) def. Július Torma (CZE), KO-2Semifinals [ ] Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Victor Zalazar (ARG), KO-2Ramón Tapia (CHI) def. Gilbert Chapron (FRA), PTSFinal [ ] Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Ramón Tapia (CHI), KO-1Light Heavyweight (81 kg) [ ] 11 participants from 11 nations First Round [ ] Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL) def. Lennart Risberg (SWE), KO-3Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Petrus van Vuuren (SAF), PTSOttavio Panunzi (ITA) def. Gerald Collins (CAN), PTSQuarterfinals [ ] Romualdas Marauskas (URS) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), PTSJames Boyd (USA) def. Rodolfo Díaz (ARG), PTSCarlos Lucas (CHI) def. Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL), PTSGheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Ottavio Panunzi (ITA), PTSSemifinals [ ] James Boyd (USA) def. Romualdas Murauskas (URS), PTSGheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Carlos Lucas (CHI), PTSFinal [ ] James Boyd (USA) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROU), PTSHeavyweight (91 kg) [ ] 11 participants from 11 nations First Round [ ] Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ilkka Koski (FIN), PTSTörner Åhsman (SWE) def. Patrick Sharkey (IRL), KO-3Lev Mukhin (URS) def. Bozhko Lozanov (BUL), KO-3Quarterfinals [ ] Daniel Bekker (RSA) def. José Giorgetti (ARG), KO-1Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Josef Němec (CZE), KO-2Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ulrich Nitzschke (GER), PTSLev Mukhin (URS) def. Törner Åhsman (SWE), KO-1Semifinals [ ] Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Daniel Bekker (RSA), KO-3Lev Mukhin (URS) def. Giacomo Bozzano (ITA), KO-3Final [ ] Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Lev Mukhin (URS), KO-1References [ ]
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