1948 Summer Olympics / Boxing

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Boxing at the
XIV Summer Olympics
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venue United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Competition venue Wembley Empire Pool
Nations 39
Athletes 205 (205 men)
date 7-13 August 1948
decisions 8th
← Berlin 1936

At the XIV Summer Olympics in London in 1948 , eight boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Wembley Empire Pool (today's Wembley Arena ) in the Wembley district .

Balance sheet

Empire Pool (Wembley Arena)

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 2 1 1 4th
2 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2 - 1 3
3 Hungary 1946Hungary Hungary 2 - - 2
4th ItalyItaly Italy 1 2 2 5
5 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 1 - - 1
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain - 2 - 2
7th BelgiumBelgium Belgium - 1 - 1
SwedenSweden Sweden - 1 - 1
United States 48United States United States - 1 - 1
10 DenmarkDenmark Denmark - - 1 1
Poland 1944Poland Poland - - 1 1
Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Puerto Rico - - 1 1
Korea Sud 1948South Korea South Korea - - 1 1

Medalist

competitor gold silver bronze
Flyweight ArgentinaArgentina Pascual Pérez ItalyItaly Spartaco Bandinelli Korea Sud 1948South Korea Han Soo-an
Bantamweight Hungary 1946Hungary Tibor Csík ItalyItaly Giovanni Zuddas Puerto RicoPuerto Rico Juan Venegas
Featherweight ItalyItaly Ernesto Formenti South Africa 1928South African Union Dennis Shepherd Poland 1944Poland Aleksy Antkiewicz
lightweight South Africa 1928South African Union Gerald Dreyer BelgiumBelgium Joseph Vissers DenmarkDenmark Svend Wad
Welterweight CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Július Torma United States 48United States Horace Herring ItalyItaly Alessandro D'Ottavio
medium weight Hungary 1946Hungary László cardboard United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Wright ItalyItaly Ivano Fontana
Light heavyweight South Africa 1928South African Union George Hunter United KingdomUnited Kingdom Don Scott ArgentinaArgentina Mauro Cia
Heavyweight ArgentinaArgentina Rafael Iglesias SwedenSweden Gunnar Nilsson South Africa 1928South African Union John Arthur

Results

Fly weight (up to 50.8 kg)

space country athlete
1 ArgentinaArgentina ARG Pascual Pérez
2 ItalyItaly ITA Spartaco Bandinelli
3 Korea Sud 1948South Korea COR Han Soo-an
4th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TCH František Majdloch
5 BelgiumBelgium BEL Alex Bollaert
NetherlandsNetherlands NED Appie Corman
Spain 1945Spain ESP Luis Martínez
United States 48United States United States Frankie Sodano
17th AustriaAustria AUT Robert Gausterer
Final Pérez versus Bandinelli

Date: 7th to 13th August 1948
26 participants from 26 countries

Bantam weight (up to 53.5 kg)

space country athlete
1 Hungary 1946Hungary HUN Tibor Csík
2 ItalyItaly ITA Giovanni Zuddas
3 Puerto RicoPuerto Rico PURE Juan Venegas
4th Spain 1945Spain ESP Álvaro Vicente
5 AustraliaAustralia OUT Jimmy Carruthers
ChileChile CHI Celestino González
IrelandIreland IRL William Lenihan
CeylonCeylon CEY Albert Perera
17th LuxembourgLuxembourg LUX Roger Behm
AustriaAustria AUT Hermann Mazurkiewitsch

Date: 7th to 13th August 1948
30 participants from 30 countries

Feather weight (up to 57.2 kg)

space country athlete
1 ItalyItaly ITA Ernesto Formenti
2 South Africa 1928South African Union RSA Dennis Shepherd
3 Poland 1944Poland POLE Aleksy Antkiewicz
4th ArgentinaArgentina ARG Francisco Nuñez
5 United States 48United States United States Eddie Johnson
AustriaAustria AUT Eduard Kerschbaumer
Canada 1921Canada CAN Armand Savoie
Korea Sud 1948South Korea COR Seo Byeong-Ran

Date: 7th to 13th August 1948
30 participants from 30 countries

Lightweight (up to 61.2 kg)

space country athlete
1 South Africa 1928South African Union RSA Gerald Dreyer
2 BelgiumBelgium BEL Joseph Vissers
3 DenmarkDenmark THE Svend Wad
4th United States 48United States United States Wallace Smith
5 NorwayNorway NOR Øivind Breiby
Canada 1921Canada CAN Eddie Haddad
IrelandIreland IRL Maxie McCullagh
Brazil 1889Brazil BRA Ralph Zumbano
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Ernst Schmidiger
17th LuxembourgLuxembourg LUX Franz Ehringer

Date: August 9th to 13th, 1948
28 participants from 28 countries

Welter weight (up to 66.7 kg)

space country athlete
1 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia TCH Július Torma
2 United States 48United States United States Horace Herring
3 ItalyItaly ITA Alessandro D'Ottavio
4th South Africa 1928South African Union RSA Douglas du Preez
5 AustraliaAustralia OUT Billy Boyce
Poland 1944Poland POLE Zygmunt Chychła
Spain 1945Spain ESP Aurelio Díaz
ArgentinaArgentina ARG Eladio Herrera
9 LuxembourgLuxembourg LUX Léon scooter

Date: 7th to 13th August 1948
26 participants from 26 countries

Middle weight (up to 72.6 kg)

space country athlete
1 Hungary 1946Hungary HUN László cardboard
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR John Wright
3 ItalyItaly ITA Ivano Fontana
4th IrelandIreland IRL Michael McKeon
5 BelgiumBelgium BEL Auguste Cavignac
FranceFrance FRA Aimé-Joseph Escudie
UruguayUruguay URU Dogomar Martínez
NetherlandsNetherlands NED Jan Schubart
9 LuxembourgLuxembourg LUX Jean Welter
17th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Hermann Schneider

Date: 7th to 13th August 1948
25 participants from 25 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 79.4 kg)

space country athlete
1 South Africa 1928South African Union RSA George Hunter
2 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Don Scott
3 ArgentinaArgentina ARG Mauro Cia
4th AustraliaAustralia OUT Adrian Holmes
5 ItalyItaly ITA Giacomo di Segni
IrelandIreland IRL Hugh O'Hagan
FinlandFinland FIN Harry Siljander
Poland 1944Poland POLE Franciszek Szymura
9 SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Hans Schwerzmann
17th AustriaAustria AUT Otto Michtits
The Australian Adrian Holmes (left) during a fight

Date: August 9th to 13th, 1948
24 participants from 24 countries

Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg)

space country athlete
1 ArgentinaArgentina ARG Rafael Iglesias
2 SwedenSweden SWE Gunnar Nilsson
3 South Africa 1928South African Union RSA John Arthur
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland SUI Hans Müller
5 ItalyItaly ITA About baccilieri
Canada 1921Canada CAN Adam Lazy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR Jack Gardner
United States 48United States United States Jay Lambert
9 AustriaAustria AUT Karl Ameisbichler

Date: August 9th to 13th, 1948
17 participants from 17 countries

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