1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - lightweight (up to 60 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Lightweight (up to 60 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	18 athletes from 18 nations
date	November 23 to December 1, 1956
Medals	Richard McTaggart ( GBR ) Harry Kurschat ( EUA ) Tony Byrne ( IRL ) Anatoli Lagetko ( URS )

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

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every lightweight boxer had to be greater than 57 kg and a maximum of 60 kg.

18 athletes from 18 nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : The British Richard McTaggart won ahead of the German Harry Kurschat as well as the Irish Tony Byrne and the Soviet Russian Anatoli Lagetko .

Preliminary round 1

The fights of preliminary round 1 took place on November 23rd.
The winners of the two preliminary fights qualified among the 14 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
Anatoly Lagetko	P	q V2
Francisco Nuñez		17th
Toshihito Ishimaru	P	q V2
Thomas Donovan		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; D3 = victory by disqualifying the opponent in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Richard McTaggart	P	q VF
Chandrasena Jayasuriya		9
André Vairolatto	KO2	q VF
Baek Do-seon		9
Tony Byrne	D3	q VF
Josef Chovanec		9
Louis Molina	P	q VF
William Griffiths		9
Harry Kurschat	P	q VF
Celedonio Espinosa		9
Zygmunt Milewski	P	q VF
Pentti Niinivuori		9
Anatoly Lagetko	P	q VF
Toshihito Ishimaru		9
Edward Beattie	P	q VF
Sub Chundakowsolya		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; KO3 = knockout victory in the third round; R = rank; Q = qualification

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Richard McTaggart	P	q HF
André Vairolatto		5
Tony Byrne	P	q HF
Louis Molina		5
Harry Kurschat	KO3	q HF
Zygmunt Milewski		5
Anatoly Lagetko	P	q HF
Edward Beattie		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
Richard McTaggart	P	q F
Tony Byrne
Harry Kurschat	P	q F
Anatoly Lagetko

final

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

Nation / name	Result	rank
Richard McTaggart	P
Harry Kurschat

Web links

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