Boxing At The 1956 Summer Olympics

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FLYWEIGHT (&NDASH; 51 KG)

19 participants from 19 nations

First Round

Vladimir Stolnikov (URS) def. Edgar Basel (FRG), on points

Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Samuel Harris (PAK), on points

Abel Laudonio (ARG) def. Albert Ludick (RSA), on points

Second Round

Mircea Dobrescu (ROM) def. Federico Bonus (PHI), on points

Ray Perez (USA) def. Frantisek Majdloch (CZE), on points

John Caldwell (IRL) def. Yai Shwe (BUR), on knock-out (3rd round)

Warner Batchelor (AUS) def. Henryk Kukier (POL), on points

Kenji Yonekura (JPN) def. Phachon Muangson (THA), on points

René Libeer (FRA) def. Pyo Hyun-Ki (KOR), on points

Vladimir Stolnikov (URS) def. Salvatore Burruni (ITA), on points

Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Abel Laudonio (ARG), on points

Quarterfinals

Mircea Dobrescu (ROM) def. Ray Perez (USA), on points

John Caldwell (IRL) def. Warner Batchelor (AUS), on points

René Libeer (FRA) def. Kenji Yonekura (JPN), on points

Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Vladimir Stolnikov (URS), on points

Semifinals

Mircea Dobrescu (ROM) def. John Caldwell (IRL), on points

Terence Spinks (GBR) def. René Libeer (FRA), on points

Final

Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROM), on points

BANTAMWEIGHT (54 KG)

18 participants from 18 nations

First Round

Song Soon-Chung (KOR) def. Alberto Adela (PHI), PTS

Robert Bath (AUS) def. Hemapala Jayasuriya (CEY), PTS

Second Round

Frederick Gilroy (IRL) def. Boris Stiepanov (URS), KO-3

Mario Sitri (ITA) def. Ahmad Rashid (PAK), PTS

Owen Reilly (GBR) def. Daniel Hellebuyck (BEL), PTS

Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Henrik Ottesen (DEN), KO-2

Claudio Barrientos (CHI) def. Zenon Stefaniuk (POL), PTS

Eder Jofre (BRA) def. Thein Myint (BUR), PTS

Carmelo Tomaselli (ARG) def. Vichai Limcharern (THA), PTS

Song Soon-Chung (KOR) def. Robert Bath (AUS), PTS

Quarterfinals

Frederick Gilroy (IRL) def. Mario Sitri (ITA), PTS

Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Owen Reilly (GBR), PTS

Claudio Barrientos (CHI) def. Eder Jofre (BRA), PTS

Song Soon-Chung (KOR) def. Carmelo Tomaselli (ARG), PTS

Semifinals

Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Frederick Gilroy (IRL), PTS

Song Soon-Chung (KOR) def. Claudio Barrientos (CHI), PTS

Final

Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Song Soon-Chung (KOR), PTS

FEATHERWEIGHT (57 KG)

18 participants from 18 nations

First Round

Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Martin Smyth (IRL), PTS

Bernard Schröter (GDR) def. Paulino Melendez (PHI), PTS

Second Round

Henryk Niedzwiedzki (POL) def. Leonard Leisching (RSA), PTS

Tristan Falfán (ARG) def. Maurice White (PAK), KO-2

Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Agostino Cossia (ITA), PTS

Andre De Souza (FRA) def. Nontasilp Thayansilp (THA), PTS

Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) def. Yai Chit (BUR), PTS

Thomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Noel Hazard (AUS), PTS

Jan Zachara (TCH) def. Dong Hun-Chung (KOR), PTS

Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Bernard Schröter (GDR), PTS

Quarterfinals

Henryk Niedzwiedzki (POL) def. Tristan Falfán (ARG), KO-1

Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Andre De Souza (FRA), PTS

Thomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN), PTS

Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN) def. Jan Zachara (TCH), PTS

Semifinals

Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Henryk Niedzwiedzki (POL), PTS

Thomas Nicholls (GBR) def. Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN), PTS

Final

Vladimir Safronov (URS) def. Thomas Nicholls (GBR), PTS

LIGHTWEIGHT (60 KG)

18 participants from 18 nations

First Round

Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN) def. Thomas Donovan (NZL), PTS

Anatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Francisco Nuñez (ARG), PTS

Second Round

Zygmunt Milewski (POL) def. Pentti Niinivuori (FIN), PTS

Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Celedonio Espinosa (PHI), PTS

Louis Molina (USA) def. William Griffiths (AUS), PTS

Anthony Byrne (IRL) def. Josef Chovanec (TCH), DSQ-3

Andre Vairolatto (FRA) def. Do Sun-Baik (KOR), KO-2

Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY), PTS

Edward Beattie (CAN) def. Sub Chundakovsolya (THA), PTS

Anatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Toshihito Ishimaru (JPN), PTS

Quarterfinals

Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Zygmunt Milewski (POL), KO-3

Anthony Byrne (IRL) def. Louis Molina (USA), PTS

Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Andre Vairolatto (FRA), PTS

Anatoly Lagetko (URS) def. Edward Beattie (CAN), PTS

Semifinals

Harry Kurschat (FRG) def. Anthony Byrne (IRL), PTS

Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Anatoly Lagetko (URS), PTS

Final

Richard McTaggart (GBR) def. Harry Kurschat (FRG), PTS

LIGHT WELTERWEIGHT (63.5 KG)

22 participants from 22 nations

First Round

Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM) def. Terrence Oung (BUR), PTS

Hans Pedersen (DEN) def. Carlos Rodríguez (VEN), PTS

Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Chune Pattapongse (THA), KO-1

Leopold Potesil (AUT) def. Celestino Pinto (BRA), PTS

Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Rehmat Gul (PAK), KO-3

Willi Roth (FRG) def. Thomas Schuster (FIJ), PTS

Second Round

Claude Saluden (FRA) def. Henry Perry (IRL), PTS

Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Leszek Drogosz (POL), PTS

Henry Loubscher (RSA) def. Leslie Mason (CAN), PTS

Joseph Shaw (USA) def. Max Carlos (AUS), PTS

Hwang Ei-Kyung (KOR) def. Manuel De Los Santos (PHI), DSQ-2

Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM) def. Hans Pedersen (DEN), PTS

Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Leopold Potesil (AUT), PTS

Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Willi Roth (FRG), PTS

Quarterfinals

Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Claude Saluden (FRA), PTS

Henry Loubscher (RSA) def. Joseph Shaw (USA), PTS

Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM) def. Hwang Ei-Kyung (KOR), PTS

Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Antonio Marcilla (ARG), PTS

Semifinals

Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Henry Loubscher (RSA), PTS

Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM), PTS

Final

Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Franco Nenci (ITA), PTS

WELTERWEIGHT (67 KG)

16 participants from 16 nations

First Round

András Dori (HUN) def. Hussain Bait (PAK), PTS

Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. Graham Finlay (NZL), PTS

Pearce Allen Lane (USA) def. Enrique Tovar (VEN), PTS

Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Tadeusz Walasek (POL), PTS

Nicholas Andre (RSA) def. Shih Chuan Len (THA), PTS

Nicolae Linca (ROM) def. Hector Hatch (FIJ), PTS

Francisco Gelabert (ARG) def. Walter Kozak (CAN), PTS

Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Eduard Borysov (URS), PTS

Quarterfinals

Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. András Dori (HUN), PTS

Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Pearce Allen Lane (USA), PTS

Nicolae Linca (ROM) def. Nicholas Andre (RSA), PTS

Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Francisco Gelabert (ARG), PTS

Semifinals

Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Kevin Hogarth (AUS), PTS

Nicolae Linca (ROM) def. Nicholas Gargano (GBR), PTS

Final

Nicolae Linca (ROM) def. Fred Tiedt (IRL), PTS

LIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT (71 KG)

14 participants from 14 nations

First Round

Boris Nikolov (BUL) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), PTS

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Richard Karpov (URS), PTS

Ulrich Kienast (FRG) def. James Montgomery (CAN), PTS

John McCormack (GBR) def. Alexander Webster (RSA), PTS

José Torres (USA) def. Peter Read (AUS), PTS

Franco Scisciani (ITA) def. Eugene Legrand (FRA), PTS

Quarterfinals

László Papp (HUN) def. Alberto Saenz (ARG), KO-3

Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Boris Nikolov (BUL), PTS

John McCormack (GBR) def. Ulrich Kienast (FRG), KO-3

José Torres (USA) def. Franco Scisciani (ITA), PTS

Semifinals

László Papp (HUN) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), PTS

José Torres (USA) def. John McCormack (GBR), PTS

Final

László Papp (HUN) def. José Torres (USA), PTS

MIDDLEWEIGHT (75 KG)

14 participants from 14 nations

First Round

Giulio Rinaldi (ITA) def. Christian Andersen (DEN), PTS

Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Ralph Hosack (CAN), PTS

Dieter Wemhöner (FRG) def. Ronald Redrup (GBR), PTS

Victor Zalazar (ARG) def. Stig Sjölin (SWE), PTS

Július Torma (CZE) def. Howard Richter (AUS), PTS

Ramón Tapia (CHI) def. Zbigniew Piórkowski (POL), KO-1

Quarterfinals

Gilbert Chapron (FRA) def. Roger Rouse (USA), PTS

Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Giulio Rinaldi (ITA), walk-over

Victor Zalazar (ARG) def. Dieter Wemhöner (FRG), PTS

Ramón Tapia (CHI) def. Július Torma (CZE), KO-2

Semifinals

Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Victor Zalazar (ARG), KO-2

Ramón Tapia (CHI) def. Gilbert Chapron (FRA), PTS

Final

Gennadi Shatkov (URS) def. Ramón Tapia (CHI), KO-1

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (81 KG)

11 participants from 11 nations

First Round

Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL) def. Lennart Risberg (SWE), KO-3

Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. Petrus Van Vuuren (SAF), PTS

Ottavio Panunzi (ITA) def. Gerald Collins (CAN), PTS

Quarterfinals

Romualdas Marauskas (URS) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), PTS

James Boyd (USA) def. Rodolfo Díaz (ARG), PTS

Carlos Lucas (CHI) def. Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL), PTS

Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. Ottavio Panunzi (ITA), PTS

Semifinals

James Boyd (USA) def. Romualdas Marauskas (URS), PTS

Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. Carlos Lucas (CHI), PTS

Final

James Boyd (USA) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROM), PTS

HEAVYWEIGHT (91 KG)

11 participants from 11 nations

First Round

Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ilkka Koski (FIN), PTS

Thorner Ahsman (SWE) def. Patrick Sharkey (IRL), KO-3

Lev Mukhine (URS) def. Bozhko Lozanov (BUL), KO-3

Quarterfinals

Daniel Bekker (SAF) def. José Giorgetti (ARG), KO-1

Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Josef Nemec (CZE), KO-2

Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ulrich Nitzschke (GER), PTS

Lev Mukhine (URS) def. Thorner Ahsman (SWE), KO-1

Semifinals

Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Daniel Bekker (SAF), KO-3

Lev Mukhine (URS) def. Giacomo Bozzano (ITA), KO-3

Final

Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Lev Mukhine (URS), KO-1

REFERENCES

Official results

Amateur Boxing