OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY - OLYMPIC GAMES BOXING RESULTS - 1956 - MELBOURNE

OLYMPIC GAMES BOXING RESULTS




 1956, 	MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
	

	



			Flyweight (112 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Vladimir Stolnikov, USSR,			W PTS			Edgar Basel, Germany,FRG
Terence Spinks, Great Britain,			W PTS			Samuel Harris, Pakistan
Abel Ricardo Laudonio, Argentina,		W PTS			Albert E. R. Ludick, South Africa
	Second Preliminaries:
Mircea Dobrescu, Romania,			W PTS			Federico Bonus, Philippines
Ray Perez, USA,					W PTS			Frantisek Majdloch, Czechoslovakia
John Caldwell, Ireland,				W KO 3			Yai Shwe, Burma
Warner Stanton Batchelor, Australia,		W PTS			Henryk Kukier, Poland
Kenji Yonekura, Japan,				W PTS			Phachon Muangson, Thailand
Rene Libeer, France,				W PTS			Hyun Ki Pyo, Korea
Vladimir Stolnikov, USSR,			W PTS			Salvatore Burruni, Italy
Terence Spinks, Great Britain,			W PTS			Abel Ricardo Laudonio, Argentina
	Quarter-Final:
Mircea Dobrescu, Romania,			W PTS			Ray Perez, USA
John Caldwell, Ireland,				W PTS			Warner Stanton Batchelor, Australia
Rene Libeer, France,				W PTS			Kenji Yonekura, Japan
Terence Spinks, Great Britain,			W PTS			Vladimir Stolnikov, USSR
	Semi-Final:
Mircea Dobrescu, Romania,			W PTS			John Caldwell, Ireland
Terence Spinks, Great Britain,			W PTS			Rene Libeer, France
	Final:
Terence Spinks, Great Britain,			W PTS			Mircea Dobrescu, Romania

			Bantamweight (119 lbs)	
Note: Choken Maekawa, USA, failed to make the weight limit and was disqualified without competing	
	First Preliminaries:
Soon Chun Song, Korea,				W PTS			Alberto Adela, Philippines
Robert Bath, Australia,				W PTS			Hemapala P. Jayasuriya, Ceylon
	Second Preliminaries:
Frederick Gilroy, Ireland,			W KO 3			Boris Stiepanov, USSR
Mario Sitri, Italy,				W PTS			Ahmad Rashid, Pakistan
Owen Reilly, Great Britain,			W PTS			Daniel Hellebuyck, Beligum
Wolfgang Behrendt, Germany,GDR,			W KO 2			Henrik Iversen Ottesen, Denmark
Claudio Barrientos, Chile,			W PTS			Zenon Stefaniuk, Poland
Eder Jofre, Brazil,				W PTS			Thein Myint, Burma
Carmelo Adolfo Tomaselli, Argentina,		W PTS			Vichai Limcharern, Thailand
Soon Chun Song, Korea,				W PTS			Robert Bath, Australia
	Quarter-Final:
Frederick Gilroy, Ireland,			W PTS			Mario Sitri, Italy
Wolfgang Behrendt, Germany,GDR,			W PTS			Owen Reilly, Great Britain
Claudio Barrientos, Chile,			W PTS			Eder Jofre, Brazil
Soon Chun Song, Korea,				W PTS			Carmelo Adolfo Tomaselli, Argentina
	Semi-Final:
Wolfgang Behrendt, Germany,GDR,			W PTS			Frederick Gilroy, Ireland
Soon Chun Song, Korea,				W PTS			Claudio Barrientos, Chile
	Final:
Wolfgang Behrendt, Germany,GDR,			W PTS			Soon Chun Song, Korea

			Featherweight (125 lbs)	
Note: Harry Smith, USA, failed to make the weight limit and was disqualified without competing
	First Preliminaries:
Pentti Olavi Hamalainen, Finland,		W KO 2			Martin Smyth, Ireland
Bernard Schroter, Germany,GDR,			W PTS			Paulino Melendez, Philippines
	Second Preliminaries:
Henryk Niedzwiedzki, Poland,			W PTS			Leonard John Leisching, South Africa
Tristan Octavio Falfan, Argentina,		W KO 2			Maurice White, Pakistan
Vladimir Safronov, USSR,			W PTS			Agostino Cossia, Italy
Andre De Souza, France,				W PTS			Nontasilp Thayansilp, Thailand
Shinetsu Suzuki, Japan,				W PTS			Yai Chit, Burma
Thomas Nicholls, Great Britain,			W PTS			Noel Edward Hazard, Australia
Jan Zachara, Czechoslovakia,			W PTS			Dong Hun Chung, Korea
Pentti Olavi Hamalainen, Finland,		W PTS			Bernard Schroter, Germany,GDR
	Quarter-Final:
Henryk Niedzwiedzki, Poland,			W KO 1			Tristan Octavio Falfan, Argentina
Vladimir Safronov, USSR,			W PTS			Andre De Souza, France
Thomas Nicholls, Great Britain,			W PTS			Shinetsu Suzuki, Japan
Pentti Olavi Hamalainen, Finland,		W PTS			Jan Zachara, Czechoslovakia
	Semi-Final:
Vladimir Safronov, USSR,			W PTS			Henryk Niedzwiedzki, Poland
Thomas Nicholls, Great Britain,			W PTS			Pentti Olavi Hamalainen, Finland
	Final:
Vladimir Safronov, USSR,			W PTS			Thomas Nicholls, Great Britain

			Lightweight (132 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Toshihito Ishimaru, Japan,			W PTS			Thomas Patrick Donovan, New Zealand
Anatolii Laguetko, USSR,			W PTS			Francisco Núñez, Argentina		
	Second Preliminaries:
Zygmunt Milewski, Poland,			W PTS			Pentti V. Niinivuori, Finland
Harry Kurschat, Germany,FRG,			W PTS			Celedonio Espinosa, Philippines
Louis Molina, USA,				W PTS			William Edward Griffiths, Australia
Anthony Byrne, Ireland,				W DQ 3			Josef Chovanec, Czechoslovakia
Andre Vairolatto, France,			W KO 2			Do Sun Baik, Korea
Richard McTaggart, Great Britain,		W PTS			Chandrasena P. Jayasuriya, Ceylon
Edward Beattie, Canada,				W PTS			Sub Chundakovsolya, Thailand
Anatolii Laguetko, USSR,			W PTS			Toshihito Ishimaru, Japan
	Quarter-Final:
Harry Kurschat, Germany,FRG,			W KO 3			Zygmunt Milewski, Poland
Anthony Byrne, Ireland,				W PTS			Louis Molina, USA
Richard McTaggart, Great Britain,		W PTS			Andre Vairolatto, France
Anatolii Laguetko, USSR,			W PTS			Edward Beattie, Canada
	Semi-Final:
Harry Kurschat, Germany,FRG,			W PTS			Anthony Byrne, Ireland
Richard McTaggart, Great Britain,		W PTS			Anatolii Laguetko, USSR
	Final:
Richard McTaggart, Great Britain,		W PTS			Harry Kurschat, Germany,FRG

			Super-Lightweight (139 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Constantin Dumitrescu, Romania,			W PTS			Terrence Oung, Burma
Hans Valdemar Pedersen, Denmark,		W PTS			Carlos Rodriguez, Venezuela
Antonio Salvador Marcilla, Argentina,		W KO 1			Chune Pattapongse, Thailand
Leopold Potesil, Austria,			W PTS			Celestino Pinto, Brazil
Franco Nenci, Italy,				W KO 3			Gul Rehmat, Pakistan
Willi Roth, Germany,FRG,			W PTS			Thomas Schuster, Fiji
	Second Preliminaries:
Claude Saluden, France,				W PTS			Henry Perry, Ireland
Vladimir Yengibaryan, USSR,			W PTS			Leszek Drogosz, Poland
Henry James Loubscher, South Africa,		W PTS			Leslie Thomas Mason, Canad
Joseph Shaw, USA,				W PTS			Max Carlos, Australia
Ei Kyung Hwang, Korea,				W DQ 2			Manuel De Los Santos, Philippines
Constantin Dumitrescu, Romania,			W PTS			Hans Valdemar Pedersen, Denmark
Antonio Salvador Marcilla, Argentina,		W PTS			Leopold Potesil, Austria
Franco Nenci, Italy,				W PTS			Willi Roth, Germany,FRG
	Quarter-Final:
Vladimir Yengibaryan, USSR,			W PTS			Claude Saluden, France
Henry James Loubscher, South Africa,		W PTS			Joseph Shaw, USA
Constantin Dumitrescu, Romania,			W PTS			Ei Kyung Hwang, Korea
Franco Nenci, Italy,				W PTS			Antonio Salvador Marcilla, Argentina
	Semi-Final:
Vladimir Yengibaryan, USSR,			W PTS			Henry James Loubscher, South Africa
Franco Nenci, Italy,				W PTS			Constantin Dumitrescu, Romania
	Final:
Vladimir Yengibaryan, USSR,			W PTS			Franco Nenci, Italy

			Welterweight (147 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Andras Dori, Hungary,				W PTS			Hussain Bait, Pakistan
Kevin John Hogarth, Australia,			W PTS			Graham Paul Finlay, New Zealand
Pearce Allen Lane, USA,				W PTS			Enrique Tovar, Venezuela
Frederick Tiedt, Ireland,			W PTS			Tadeusz Walasek, Poland
Nicholas Andre, South Africa,			W PTS			Shih Chuan Len, Taiwan
Nicolae Linca, Romania,				W PTS			Hector Rex Hatch, Fiji
Francisco Gelabert, Argentina,			W PTS			Walter Kozak, Canada
Nicholas Gargano, Great Britain,		W PTS			Edouard Borissov, USSR
	Quarter-Final:
Kevin John Hogarth, Australia,			W PTS			Andras Dori, Hungary
Frederick Tiedt, Ireland,			W PTS			Pearce Allen Lane, USA
Nicolae Linca, Romania,				W PTS			Nicholas Andre, South Africa
Nicholas Gargano, Great Britain,		W PTS			Francisco Gelabert, Argentina
	Semi-Final:
Frederick Tiedt, Ireland,			W PTS			Kevin John Hogarth, Australia
Nicolae Linca, Romania,				W PTS			Nicholas Gargano, Great Britain
	Final:
Nicolae Linca, Romania,				W PTS			Frederick Tiedt, Ireland

			Super-Welterweight (156 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Boris Nikolov, Bulgaria,			W PTS			Muhammad Safdar, Pakisran
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland,			W PTS			Richard Karpov, USSR
Ulrich Kienast, Germany,FRG,			W PTS			James Montgomery
John McCormack, Great Britain,			W PTS			Alexander Grant Webster, South Africa
Jose L. Torres, USA,				W PTS			Peter Read, Australia
Franco Scisciani, Italy,			W PTS			Eugene Legrand, France
	Quarter-Final:
Laszlo Papp, Hungary,				W KO 3			Alberto Manuel Saenz, Argentina
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland,			W PTS			Boris Nikolov, Bulgaria
John McCormack, Great Britain,			W PTS			Ulrich Kienast, Germany,FRG
Jose L. Torres, USA,				W PTS			Franco Scisciani, Italy
	Semi-Final:
Laszlo Papp, Hungary,				W PTS			Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland
Jose L. Torres, USA,				W PTS			John McCormack, Great Britain
	Final:
Laszlo Papp, Hungary,				W PTS			Jose L. Torres, USA

			Middleweight (165 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Giulio Rinaldi, Italy,				W PTS			Christian Jens Andersen, Denmark
Gennadiy Chatkov, USSR,				W PTS			Ralph Hosack, Canada
Dieter Wemhoener, Germany,FRG,			W PTS			Ronald Redrup, Great Britain
Victor Zalazar, Argentina,			W PTS			Stig Karl Olaf Sjolin, Sweden
Julius Torma, Czechoslovakia,			W PTS			Howard James Richter, Sustralia
Ramon Tapia, Chile,				W KO 1			Zbigniew Piorkowski, Poland
	Quarter-Final:
Gilbert Chapron, France,			W PTS			Roger Rouse, USA
Gennadiy Chatkov, USSR,				W W.O.			Giulio Rinaldi, Italy
Victor Zalazar, Argentina,			W PTS			Dieter Wemhoener, Germany,FRG
Ramon Tapia, Chile,				W KO 2			Julius Torma, Czechoslovakia
	Semi-Final:
Gennadiy Chatkov, USSR,				W KO 2			Victor Zalazar, Argentina
Ramon Tapia, Chile,				W withdrew		Gilbert Chapron, France
	Final:
Gennadiy Chatkov, USSR,				W KO 1			Ramon Tapia, Chile

			Light-Heavyweight (178 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Andrzej Wojciechowski, Poland,			W KO 3			Lennart Risberg, Sweden
Gheorghe Negrea, Romania,			W PTS			Petrus Hendrik van Vuuren, South Africa
Ottavio Panunzi, Italy,				W PTS			Gerald Joseph M. Collins, Canada
	Quarter-Final:
Romualdas Marauskas, USSR,			W PTS			Anthony Madigan, Australia
James Felton Boyd, USA,				W PTS			Rodolfo Luciano Diaz, Argentina
Carlos Lucas, Chile,				W PTS			Andrzej Wojciechowski, Poland
Gheorghe Negrea, Romania,			W PTS			Ottavio Panunzi, Italy
	Semi-Final:
James Felton Boyd, USA,				W PTS			Romualdas Marauskas, USSR
Gheorghe Negrea, Romania,			W PTS			Carlos Lucas, Chile
	Final:
James Felton Boyd, USA,				W PTS			Gheorghe Negrea, Romania

			Heavyweight (over 178 lbs)
	First Preliminaries:
Giacomo Bozzano, Italy,				W PTS			Ilkka Koski, Finland
Thorner G. E. Ahsman, Sweden,			W KO 3			Patrick Sharkey, Ireland
Lev Mukhine, USSR,				W KO 3			Bozhko Lozanov, Bulgaria
	Quarter-Final:
Daniel Wepener Bekker, South Africa,		W KO 1			Jose Saro Giorgetti, Argentina
Peter Rademacher, USA,				W KO 2			Josef Nemec, Czechoslovakia
Giacomo Bozzano, Italy,				W PTS			Ulrich Nitzschke, Germany,GDR
Lev Mukhine, USSR,				W KO 1			Thorner G. E. Ahsman, Sweden
	Semi-Final:
Peter Rademacher, USA,				W KO 3			Daniel Wepener Bekker, South Africa
Lev Mukhine, USSR,				W KO 3			Giacomo Bozzano, Italy
	Final:
Peter Rademacher, USA,				W KO 1			Lev Mukhine, USSR