European Boxing Championships 1961

The 14th men's European boxing championships for amateurs were held from June 3 to June 10, 1961 in the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade . 146 fighters from 21 nations took part.

Medals were awarded in ten weight classes. The Soviet Union won five titles, Italy two, and Poland, England and Scotland one each.

Results

CLASS	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE
Flyweight	Paolo Vacca Italy	Vladimir Stolnikov Soviet Union	Otto Babiasch GDR Fritz Chervet Switzerland
Bantamweight	Sergei Sivko Soviet Union	Piotr Gutman Poland	Nicolae Puiu Romania Primo Zamparini Italy
Featherweight	Francis Taylor England	Alexander Sassuchin Soviet Union	Constantin Georghiu Romania Karl-Heinz Schulz GDR
lightweight	Richard McTaggart Scotland	Petar Benedek Yugoslavia	János Kajdi Hungary Paul Warwick England
Light welterweight	Aloizs Tumiņš Soviet Union	Ljubiša Mehović Yugoslavia	Pierre Cosentino Italy Marian Kasprzyk Poland
Welterweight	Ričardas Tamulis Soviet Union	Max Meier Switzerland	Jean Josselin France Ian McKenzie Scotland
Light middleweight	Boris Lagutin Soviet Union	Hans-Dieter Neidel GDR	Viriu Badea Romania Erich Schichta Germany
medium weight	Tadeusz Walasek Poland	Yevgeny Feofanov Soviet Union	Franz Frauenlob Austria Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia
Light heavyweight	Giulio Saraudi Italy	Gheorghe Negrea Romania	Jack Bodell England Zdzisław Józefowicz Poland
Heavyweight	Andrei Abramov Soviet Union	Benito Penna Italy	Zbigniew Gugniewicz Poland Günter Siegmund GDR

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
01	Soviet Union	5	3	0	8th
02	Italy	2	1	2	5
03	Poland	1	1	3	5
04th	England	1	0	2	3
05	Scotland	1	0	1	2
06th	Yugoslavia	0	2	1	3
07th	Romania	0	1	3	4th
	German Democratic Republic	0	1	3	4th
09	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
010	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Total	10	10	20th	40

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