1956 Summer Olympics / Boxing - Welterweight (up to 67 kg)

sport	Boxing
competition	Welter weight (up to 67 kg)
gender	Men
place	West Melbourne Stadium , Melbourne
Attendees	16 athletes from 16 nations
date	November 24th to December 1st, 1956
Medals	Nicolae Linca ( ROU ) Frederick Tiedt ( IRL ) Kevin Hogarth ( AUS ) Nicholas Gargano ( GBR )

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

According to the competition regulations of the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateure (AIBA), the body weight of every welterweight boxer must be greater than 63.5 kg and a maximum of 67.0 kg.

16 athletes from 16 nations determined the Olympic champion in Melbourne's West Melbourne Stadium : Romanian Nicolae Linca won ahead of Irishman Frederick Tiedt as well as Australian Kevin Hogarth and British Nicholas Gargano .

Preliminary round

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

Nation / name	Result	R / Q
Nicolae Linca	P	q VF
Hector Hatch		9
Nicholas André	P	q VF
Lee Shih-Chuan		9
Nicky Gargano	P	q VF
Eduard Borisov		9
Francisco Gelaberti	P	q VF
Walter Kozak		9
Frederick Tiedt	P	q VF
Tadeusz Walasek		9
Pearce Lane	P	q VF
Enrique Tovar		9
Kevin Hogarth	P	q VF
Graham Finlay		9
András Dőri	P	q VF
Bait Husain		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
Nicolae Linca	P	q HF
Nicholas André		5
Nicky Gargano	'	q HF
Francisco Gelaberti		5
Frederick Tiedt	P	q HF
Pearce Lane		5
Kevin Hogarth	'	q HF
András Dőri		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
Nicolae Linca	P	q F
Nicky Gargano
Frederick Tiedt	P	q F
Kevin Hogarth

final

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

Nation / name	Result	rank
Nicolae Linca	P
Frederick Tiedt

Web links

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