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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on November 23 and ended on December 1. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.

Contents

Flyweight (– 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 (ROU) def. Federico Bonus (PHI), on points
  • Ray Perez (USA) def. František 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 (ROU) 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 (ROU) def. John Caldwell (IRL), on points
  • Terence Spinks (GBR) def. René Libeer (FRA), on points
  • Final

  • Terence Spinks (GBR) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROU), on points
  • Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • 18 participants from 18 nations
  • First round

  • Song Soon-Chun (KOR) def. Alberto Adela (PHI), PTS
  • Robert Bath (AUS) def. Hempala 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-Chun (KOR) def. Carmelo Tomaselli (ARG), PTS
  • Semifinals

  • Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Frederick Gilroy (IRL), PTS
  • Song Soon-Chun (KOR) def. Claudio Barrientos (CHI), PTS
  • Final

  • Wolfgang Behrendt (GER) def. Song Soon-Chun (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 Niedźwiedzki (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 Niedźwiedzki (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 Niedźwiedzki (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 (ROU) 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 (ROU) 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 (ROU) 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 (ROU), 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 (ROU) 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 (ROU) def. Nicholas Andre (RSA), PTS
  • Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Francisco Gelabert (ARG), PTS
  • Semifinals

  • Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Kevin Hogarth (AUS), PTS
  • Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Nicholas Gargano (GBR), PTS
  • Final

  • Nicolae Linca (ROU) 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 (ROU) def. Petrus van Vuuren (SAF), PTS
  • Ottavio Panunzi (ITA) def. Gerald Collins (CAN), PTS
  • Quarterfinals

  • Romualdas Murauskas (URS) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), PTS
  • James Boyd (USA) def. Rodolfo Díaz (ARG), PTS
  • Carlos Lucas (CHI) def. Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL), PTS
  • Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Ottavio Panunzi (ITA), PTS
  • Semifinals

  • James Boyd (USA) def. Romualdas Murauskas (URS), PTS
  • Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Carlos Lucas (CHI), PTS
  • Final

  • James Boyd (USA) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROU), PTS
  • Heavyweight (81+ kg)

  • 11 participants from 11 nations
  • First round

  • Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ilkka Koski (FIN), PTS
  • Törner Åhsman (SWE) def. Patrick Sharkey (IRL), KO-3
  • Lev Mukhin (URS) def. Bozhko Lozanov (BUL), KO-3
  • Quarterfinals

  • Daniel Bekker (RSA) def. José Giorgetti (ARG), KO-1
  • Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Josef Němec (CZE), KO-2
  • Giacomo Bozzano (ITA) def. Ulrich Nitzschke (GER), PTS
  • Lev Mukhin (URS) def. Törner Åhsman (SWE), KO-1
  • Semifinals

  • Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Daniel Bekker (RSA), KO-3
  • Lev Mukhin (URS) def. Giacomo Bozzano (ITA), KO-3
  • Final

  • Pete Rademacher (USA) def. Lev Mukhin (URS), KO-1
  • References

    Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics Wikipedia