1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Flyweight (up to 51 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	19 athletes from 19 nations
date	November 23 to December 1, 1956
Medals	Terry Spinks ( GBR ) Mircea Dobrescu ( ROU ) Johnny Caldwell ( IRL ) Rene Libeer ( FRA )

In the 1956 Olympic Games in the Australian city of Melbourne , the tournament was from November 23 to December 1, boxing - flyweight held for men.

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every flyweight boxer may not exceed 51 kg.

19 athletes from 19 nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : British Terry Spinks won ahead of Romanian Mircea Dobrescu , Irishman Johnny Caldwell and Frenchman Rene Libeer .

Preliminary round 1

The fights of preliminary round 1 took place on November 23rd.
The winners of the three preliminary fights qualified among the 13 seeded participants for the fights of preliminary round 2 (q V2).
Note: P = victory on points; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Terence Spinks	P	q V2
Samuel Harris		17th
Abel Laudonio	P	q V2
Eddie Ludick		17th
Vladimir Stolnikov	P	q V2
Edgar Basel		17th

Preliminary round 2

The fights of the preliminary round 2 took place on November 26th.
The winners of the eight preliminary fights qualified 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
Terence Spinks	P	q VF
Abel Laudonio		9
Vladimir Stolnikov	P	q VF
Salvatore Burruni		9
Johnny Caldwell	KO3	q VF
Yai Shwe		9
Warner Batchelor	P	q VF
Henryk Kukier		9
Mircea Dobrescu	P	q VF
Federico bonus		9
Ray Perez	P	q VF
Frantisek Majdloch		9
Rene Libeer	P	q VF
Hyun-Ki Pyo		9
Kenji Yonekura	P	q VF
Phachon Muangson		9

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals were played on November 28th.
The winners of the quarter-finals qualified for the semi-finals (q HF).
Note: P = victory on points; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Terence Spinks	P	q HF
Vladimir Stolnikov		5
Johnny Caldwell	P	q HF
Warner Batchelor		5
Mircea Dobrescu	P	q HF
Ray Perez		5
Rene Libeer	P	q HF
Kenji Yonekura		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: P = victory on points; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Terence Spinks	P	q F
Johnny Caldwell
Mircea Dobrescu	P	q F
Rene Libeer

final

The final was held on December 1st.
Note: P = victory on points

Nation / name	Result	rank
Terence Spinks	P
Mircea Dobrescu

Web links

• Results at www.olympic.org ( English )