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Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Medal summary

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