1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	11 athletes from 11 nations
date	November 23 to December 1, 1956
Medals	James Boyd ( USA ) Gheorghe Negrea ( ROU ) Romualdas Murauskas ( URS ) Carlos Lucas ( CHI )

In the 1956 Olympic Games in the Australian city of Melbourne , the tournament was from November 23 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 light heavyweight boxer must be greater than 75 kg and a maximum of 81 kg.

Eleven athletes from eleven nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : The American James Boyd won ahead of the Romanian Gheorghe Negrea as well as the Soviet Russian Romualdas Murauskas and the Chilean Carlos Lucas .

Preliminary round

The fights of the preliminary round took place on November 23rd.
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
Gheorghe Negrea	P	q VF
Petrus van Vuuren		9
Ottavio Panunzi	P	q VF
Gerald Collins		9
Andrzej Wojciechowski	KO3	q VF
Lennart Risberg		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; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
James Boyd	P	q HF
Rodolfo Díaz		5
Romualdas Murauskas	P	q HF
Anthony Madigan		5
Gheorghe Negrea	P	q HF
Ottavio Panunzi		5
Carlos Lucas	P	q HF
Andrzej Wojciechowski		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
James Boyd	P	q F
Romualdas Murauskas
Gheorghe Negrea	P	q F
Carlos Lucas

final

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

Nation / name	Result	rank
James Boyd	P
Gheorghe Negrea

Web links

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