1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Heavyweight (over 81 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Heavy weight (over 81 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	11 athletes from 11 nations
date	November 24th to December 1st, 1956
Medals	Pete Rademacher ( USA ) Lew Muchin ( URS ) Daan Bekker ( ZAF ) Giacomo Bozzano ( ITA )

In the 1956 Olympic Games in the Australian city of Melbourne , the tournament was from November 24 to December 1 Boxing - Heavyweight held for men.

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every heavyweight boxer must be greater than 81 kg.

Eleven athletes from eleven nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : The American Pete Rademacher won ahead of the Soviet Russian Lew Muchin as well as the South African Daan Bekker and the Italian Giacomo Bozzano .

Preliminary round

The fights in the preliminary round took place on November 24th.
The winners of the three preliminary fights qualified among the five seeded participants for the quarter-finals (q VF).
Note: P = victory on points; KO3 = knockout victory in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Lew Muchin	KO3	q VF
Bozhko Lozanov		9
Törner Åhsman	KO3	q VF
Patrick Sharkey		9
Giacomo Bozzano	P	q VF
Ilkka Koski		9

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played on November 29th.
The winners of the quarter-finals qualified for the semi-finals (q HF).
Note: P = victory on points; KO1 = knockout win in the first round; KO2 = knockout victory in the second round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Pete Rademacher	KO2	q HF
Josef Němec		5
Daan Bekker	KO1	q HF
José Giorgetti		5
Lew Muchin	KO1	q HF
Törner Åhsman		5
Giacomo Bozzano	P	q HF
Ulrich Nitzschke		5

Semifinals

The semi-finals were held on November 30th.
The winners of the two semi-finals qualified for the final (q F), both losers automatically won a bronze medal.
Note: KO3 = knockout win in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Pete Rademacher	KO3	q F
Daan Bekker
Lew Muchin	KO3	q F
Giacomo Bozzano

final

The final was held on December 1st.
Note: KO1 = knockout win in the first round

Nation / name	Result	rank
Pete Rademacher	KO1
Lew Muchin

Web links

• Results at www.olympic.org ( English )
• Report and results at www.sports-reference.com (English)