European Boxing Championships 1957

The 12th men's European boxing championships for amateurs were held from May 25 to June 2, 1957 in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague . 149 fighters from 21 nations took part.

Medals were awarded in ten weight classes. The Soviet Union won three medals, making it the best team.

Results

CLASS	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Flyweight	Manfred Homberg Germany	Mircea Dobrescu Romania	Peter Davies Wales René Libeer France
Bantamweight	Oleg Grigoryev Soviet Union	Gianfranco Piovesani Italy	Peter Goschka Germany Johnny Morrisey Scotland
Featherweight	Dimitar Velinov Bulgaria	Mario Sitri Italy	Kazimierz Boczarski Poland Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union
lightweight	Kazimierz Paździor Poland	Olli Mäki Finland	John Kidd Scotland Horst Herper Germany
Light welterweight	Vladimir Jengibarjan Soviet Union	Walter Ivanus Czechoslovakia	Zygmunt Milewski Poland Ilija Lukić Yugoslavia
Welterweight	Manfred Graus Germany	Leopold Potesil Austria	Yuri Gromow Soviet Union Frederick Tiedt Ireland
Light middleweight	Nino Benvenuti Italy	Tadeusz Walasek Poland	Rolf Caroli GDR Ivan Sobolev Soviet Union
medium weight	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland	Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia	Paul Nickel GDR Karl Schoenberg Germany
Light heavyweight	Gheorghe Negrea Romania	Petar Stankov Bulgaria	Zdenek Cipro Czechoslovakia Laszlo Csabajszky Hungary
Heavyweight	Andrei Abramov Soviet Union	Vasile Mariutan Romania	Josef Němec Czechoslovakia Branislav Davidović Yugoslavia

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Soviet Union	3	0	3	6th
02	Poland	2	1	2	5
03	Germany	2	0	3	5
04th	Italy	1	2	0	3
	Romania	1	2	0	3
06th	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
07th	Czechoslovakia	0	1	2	3
	Yugoslavia	0	1	2	3
09	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Austria	0	1	0	1
011	GDR	0	0	2	2
	Scotland	0	0	2	2
013	France	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	20th	40

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