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Boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
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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

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

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

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

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