1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - light welterweight (up to 63.5 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	22 athletes from 22 nations
date	November 24th to December 1st, 1956
Medals	Wladimir Jengibarjan ( URS ) Franco Nenci ( ITA ) Henry Loubscher ( ZAF ) Constantin Dumitrescu ( ROU )

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

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every light welterweight boxer must be greater than 60 kg and a maximum of 63.5 kg.

22 athletes from 22 nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : It was won by the Soviet Russian Vladimir Jengibarjan ahead of the Italian Franco Nenci , the South African Henry Loubscher and the Romanian Constantin Dumitrescu .

Preliminary round 1

The fights of preliminary round 1 took place on November 24th.
The winners of the six preliminary fights qualified among the ten seeded participants for the fights of preliminary round 2 (q V2).
Note: P = victory on points; KO1 = knockout win in the first round; KO3 = knockout victory in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Franco Nenci	KO3	q V2
Gul Rehmat		17th
Willi Roth	P	q V2
Thomas Schuster		17th
Antonio Marcilla	KO1	q V2
Chune Pattapong		17th
Leopold Potesil	P	q V2
Celestino Pinto		17th
Constantin Dumitrescu	P	q V2
Terrence Oung		17th
Hans Petersen	P	q V2
Carlos Rodríguez		17th

Preliminary round 2

The fights of preliminary round 2 took place on November 27th.
The winners of the eight preliminary fights qualified for the quarter-finals (q VF).
Note: P = victory on points; KO2 = knockout victory in the second round; D = victory by disqualifying the opponent; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Vladimir Jengibarjan	P	q VF
Leszek Drogosz		9
Claude Saluden	P	q VF
Henry Perry		9
Henry Loubscher	P	q VF
Leslie Mason		9
Joe Shaw	P	q VF
Max Carlos		9
Franco Nenci	P	q VF
Willi Roth		9
Antonio Marcilla	P	q VF
Leopold Potesil		9
Constantin Dumitrescu	P	q VF
Hans Petersen		9
Ei-Kyung Hwang	D.	q VF
Manuel de los Santos		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
Vladimir Jengibarjan	P	q HF
Claude Saluden		5
Henry Loubscher	P	q HF
Joe Shaw		5
Franco Nenci	P	q HF
Antonio Marcilla		5
Constantin Dumitrescu	P	q HF
Ei-Kyung Hwang		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
Vladimir Jengibarjan	P	q F
Henry Loubscher
Franco Nenci	P	q F
Constantin Dumitrescu

final

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

Nation / name	Result	rank
Vladimir Jengibarjan	P
Franco Nenci

Web links

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