1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Light Middleweight (up to 71 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Medium weight (up to 71 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	14 athletes from 14 nations
date	November 24th to December 1st, 1956
Medals	László Papp ( HUN ) José Torres ( USA ) Zbigniew Pietrzykowski ( POL ) John McCormack ( GBR )

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

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every light-middleweight boxer must be greater than 67 kg and a maximum of 71 kg.

14 athletes from 14 nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : The Hungarian László Papp won ahead of the American José Torres , the Polish Zbigniew Pietrzykowski and the British John McCormack .

Preliminary round

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

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	P	q VF
Richard Karpov		9
Boris Nikolov	P	q VF
Muhammad Safdar		9
José Torres	P	q VF
Peter Read		9
Franco Scisciani	P	q VF
Eugène Legrand		9
John McCormack	P	q VF
Alexander Webster		9
Ulrich Kienast	P	q VF
James Montgomery		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; KO3 = knockout victory in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
László cardboard	KO3	q HF
Alberto Sáenz		5
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski	P	q HF
Boris Nikolov		5
José Torres	P	q HF
Franco Scisciani		5
John McCormack	KO3	q HF
Ulrich Kienast		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
László cardboard	P	q F
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
José Torres	P	q F
John McCormack

final

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

Nation / name	Result	rank
László cardboard	P
José Torres

Web links

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