1952 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
information
venue	Helsinki
Competition venue	Messuhalli
Nations	43
Athletes	249 (249 )
date	July 28 - August 2, 1952
decisions	10
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At the XV. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki , ten boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Messuhalli (exhibition hall) in the Töölö district . The program included two weight classes more than before. In addition, there were no more decisive battles for third place, so that two boxers each received a bronze medal.

Balance sheet

Messuhalli

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	5	-	-	5
2	Italy	1	1	1	3
3	Poland	1	1	-	2
4th	Finland	1	-	4th	5
5	Czechoslovakia	1	-	-	1
	Hungary	1	-	-	1
7th	Soviet Union	-	2	4th	6th
8th	South African Union	-	1	3	4th
9	Argentina	-	1	1	2
	Germany	-	1	1	2
	Romania	-	1	1	2
	Sweden	-	1	1	2
13	Ireland	-	1	-	1
14th	Bulgaria	-	-	1	1
	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Flyweight	Nathan Brooks	Edgar Basel	Anatoly Bulakov Willie Toweel
Bantamweight	Pentti Hämäläinen	John McNally	Gennady Garbusow Kang Joon-ho
Featherweight	Ján Zachara	Sergio Caprari	Leonard Leisching Joseph Ventaja
lightweight	Aureliano Bolognesi	Aleksy Antkiewicz	Gheorghe Fiat Erkki Pakkanen
Light welterweight	Charles Adkins	Viktor Mednow	Erkki Mallenius Bruno Visintin
Welterweight	Zygmunt Chychła	Sergei Stscherbakov	Günther Heidemann Victor Jørgensen
Light middleweight	László cardboard	Theunis van Schalkwyk	Eladio Herrera Boris Tischin
medium weight	Floyd Patterson	Vasile Tiță	Boris Nikolow Stig Sjölin
Light heavyweight	Norvel Lee	Antonio Pacenza	Anatoli Perow Harry Siljander
Heavyweight	Ed Sanders	Ingemar Johansson	Ilkka Koski Andries Nieman

Results

Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Nathan Brooks
2	GER	Edgar Basel
3	URS	Anatoly Bulakov
	RSA	Willie Toweel
5	NOR	Thorbjørn Clausen
	ROME	Mircea Dobrescu
	GBR	Dai Dower
	COR	Han Su-An
9	AUT	Alfred Zima
17th	SAA	Helmut Hofmann

Date: July 28th to August 2nd, 1952
27 participants from 27 countries

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	FIN	Pentti Hämäläinen
2	IRL	John McNally
3	URS	Gennady Garbusov
	COR	Kang Joon-ho
5	ITA	Vincenzo Dall'Osso
	TCH	František Majdloch
	United States	Davey Moore
	United States	Helmuth von Gravenitz
9	GER	Egon Schidan

Date: July 28th to August 2nd, 1952
23 participants from 23 countries

Feather weight (up to 57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	TCH	Ján Zachara
2	ITA	Sergio Caprari
3	RSA	Leonard Leisching
	FRA	Joseph Ventaja
5	United States	Edson Brown
	POLE	Lech Drogosz
	HUN	János Erdei
	CAN	Leonard Walters
9	GER	Willi Roth
	SAA	Kurt Schirra
17th	SUI	Alfred Willommet

Date: July 28 to August 2, 1952
30 participants from 30 countries

Lightweight (up to 60 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Aureliano Bolognesi
2	POLE	Aleksy Antkiewicz
3	ROME	Gheorghe Fiat
	FIN	Erkki Pakkanen
5	ARG	Américo Bonetti
	HUN	István Juhász
	VEN	Vicente Matute
	GBR	Frederick Reardon
9	AUT	Leopold Potesil
	GER	Hans-Werner Wohlers
17th	SUI	Roger Cuche

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
27 participants from 27 countries

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Charles Adkins
2	URS	Viktor Mednow
3	FIN	Erkki Mallenius
	ITA	Bruno Visintin
5	IRL	Terence Milligan
	BEL	Jean Paternotte
	RSA	Alexander Webster
	FRA	René Weissmann
9	LUX	Fernand Backes
17th	GER	Herbert Schilling

Date: July 28th to August 2nd, 1952
28 participants from 28 countries

Welter weight (up to 67 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	POLE	Zygmunt Chychła
2	URS	Sergei Stscherbakov
3	GER	Günther Heidemann
	THE	Victor Jørgensen
5	NED	Moss Linneman
	IND	Ronald Norris
	TCH	Július Torma
	ITA	Franco Vescovi
17th	SUI	Peter Müller
	LUX	Jean Welter

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
29 participants from 29 countries

Medium weight (up to 71 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	László cardboard
2	RSA	Theunis van Schalkwyk
3	ARG	Eladio Herrera
	URS	Boris Tischin
5	BRA	Paulo Cavalheiro
	ITA	Guido Mazzinghi
	GER	Erich Schöppner
	BUL	Petar Spasov
9	SUI	Hans Büchi
	AUT	Josef Hamberger
17th	LUX	Bruno Matiussi
	SAA	Willi Rammo

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
23 participants from 23 countries

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

Floyd Patterson on Ajman Emirate postage stamp (1971)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Floyd Patterson
2	ROME	Vasile Tiță
3	BUL	Boris Nikolov
	SWE	Stig Sjölin
5	NED	Leen Jansen
	OUT	Anthony Madigan
	ITA	Walter Sentimenti
	GER	Dieter Wemhöner
17th	SUI	Hans Niederhauser
	LUX	Alfred Stuermer

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
23 participants from 23 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Norvel Lee
2	ARG	Antonio Pacenza
3	URS	Anatoly Perov
	FIN	Harry Siljander
5	ITA	Gianbattista Alfonsetti
	BRA	Lucio Grotone
	POLE	Tadeusz Grzelak
	GER	Karl Kistner
9	AUT	Franz Pfitscher

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
18 participants from 18 countries

Heavy weight (over 81 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	United States	Ed Sanders
2	SWE	Ingemar Johansson
3	FIN	Ilkka Koski
	RSA	Andries Nieman
5	ITA	Giacomo di Segni
	GBR	Edgar Hearn
	YUG	Tomislav Krizmanić
	URS	Algirdas Šocikas
16	GER	Edgar Gorgas
	SUI	Hans Jost

Date: July 29th to August 2nd, 1952
21 participants from 21 countries

Ingemar Johansson had been disqualified by the referee for "inactivity" in the final match. In 1982 he was awarded the silver medal again .

Web links

• Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1952 Summer Games (PDF, 29.7 MB)