Jump to content

Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
← 1948
1956 →

Final results for the boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli. From this edition of the Olympic Games, the bronze medal match was abolished. No bronze medals were awarded, but their flags were on the podium. In 1970, the AIBA and IOC agreed to retroactively award bronze medals to losing semifinalists.[1]

Medal summary

[edit]
Games Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(−51 kg)
details
Nate Brooks
 United States
Edgar Basel
 Germany
Anatoli Bulakov
 Soviet Union
Willie Toweel
 South Africa
Bantamweight
(−54 kg)
details
Pentti Hämäläinen
 Finland
John McNally
 Ireland
Kang Joon-Ho
 South Korea
Gennady Garbuzov
 Soviet Union
Featherweight
(−57 kg)
details
Ján Zachara
 Czechoslovakia
Sergio Caprari
 Italy
Joseph Ventaja
 France
Leonard Leisching
 South Africa
Lightweight
(−60 kg)
details
Aureliano Bolognesi
 Italy
Aleksy Antkiewicz
 Poland
Gheorghe Fiat
 Romania
Erkki Pakkanen
 Finland
Light welterweight
(−63.5 kg)
details
Charles Adkins
 United States
Viktor Mednov
 Soviet Union
Bruno Visintin
 Italy
Erkki Mallenius
 Finland
Welterweight
(−67 kg)
details
Zygmunt Chychla
 Poland
Sergei Scherbakov
 Soviet Union
Günther Heidemann
 Germany
Victor Jörgensen
 Denmark
Light middleweight
(−71 kg)
details
László Papp
 Hungary
Theunis van Schalkwyk
 South Africa
Boris Tishin
 Soviet Union
Eladio Herrera
 Argentina
Middleweight
(−75 kg)
details
Floyd Patterson
 United States
Vasile Tiță
 Romania
Boris Nikolov
 Bulgaria
Stig Sjölin
 Sweden
Light heavyweight
(−81 kg)
details
Norvel Lee
 United States
Antonio Pacenza
 Argentina
Anatoly Perov
 Soviet Union
Harry Siljander
 Finland
Heavyweight
(+81 kg)
details
Ed Sanders
 United States
Ingemar Johansson
 Sweden
Ilkka Koski
 Finland
Andries Nieman
 South Africa

Medal table

[edit]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)5005
2 Italy (ITA)1113
3 Poland (POL)1102
4 Finland (FIN)1045
5 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
7 Soviet Union (URS)0246
8 South Africa (RSA)0134
9 Argentina (ARG)0112
 Germany (GER)0112
 Romania (ROU)0112
 Sweden (SWE)0112
13 Ireland (IRL)0101
14 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (17 entries)10102040

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
[edit]