1955 Pan American Games / Boxing
The 2nd men's boxing competitions at the Pan American Games were held from March 12 to March 26, 1955 in the Mexican capital, Mexico City . Two new weight classes were introduced (the half-world and the half- middle weight ). A total of 30 medals were awarded in 10 weight classes.
Medalist
class | gold | silver | bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Flyweight (up to 51 kg) |
Hilario Correa Mexico |
Manuel Lugo Vega Chile |
Ramon Arias Venezuela |
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg) |
Salvador Enríquez Venezuela |
Wardy Yee USA |
Roberto Lobos Chile |
Feather weight (up to 57 kg) |
Oswaldo Canete Argentina |
Claudio Barrientos Chile |
Marcial Galicia Mexico |
Lightweight (up to 60 kg) |
Miguel Angel Pendola Argentina |
Gerardo Clemente Puerto Rico |
Ricardo Orta Venezuela |
Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg) |
Juan Carlos Rivero Argentina |
William Morton USA |
Celestino Pinto Brazil |
Welter weight (up to 67 kg) |
James Dorando USA |
Antonio Nigri Argentina |
- |
Medium weight (up to 71 kg) |
Paul Wright USA |
Raul Tovar Venezuela |
Alberto Saenz Argentina |
Middle weight (up to 75 kg) |
Orville Pitts USA |
Miguel Safatle Chile |
Arnaldo Serra Argentina |
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg) |
Luis Ingnacio Brazil |
Antonio Escalante Argentina |
John Stewart USA |
Heavy weight (over 81 kg) |
Pablo Alexis Miteff Argentina |
Adao Waldemar Brazil |
Norvel Lee USA |
Medal table
rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Argentina | 4th | 2 | 2 | 8th |
2 | United States | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7th |
3 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
4th | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Mexico | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
6th | Chile | - | 3 | 1 | 4th |
7th | Puerto Rico | - | 1 | - | 1 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |