Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight

Men's welterweight at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue	Earl's Court Wembley Arena
Date	7–13 August
Competitors	26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Július Torma   Czechoslovakia   Hank Herring   United States   Alessandro D'Ottavio   Italy

Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Flyweight		men
Bantamweight		men
Featherweight		men
Lightweight		men
Welterweight		men
Middleweight		men
Light heavyweight		men
Heavyweight		men

The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Billy Boyce (AUS)

PTS

Léon Roller (LUX)

Billy Boyce (AUS)

Duggie Du Preez (RSA)

PTS

Duggie Du Preez (RSA)

PTS

Feliciano Rossano (URU)

Duggie Du Preez (RSA)

Hank Herring (USA)

PTS

Eladio Herrera (ARG)

PTS

Humberto Loayza (CHI)

Eladio Herrera (ARG)

Gharib Afifi (EGY)

Hank Herring (USA)

PTS

Peter Foran (IRL)

PTS

Peter Foran (IRL)

Édouard Bombart (BEL)

Hank Herring (USA)

PTS

Hank Herring (USA)

PTS

Hank Herring (USA)

Alex Obeysekere (CEY)

PTS

Július Torma (TCH)

PTS

Anwar Pasha Turki (PAK)

Alex Obeysekere (CEY)

Zygmunt Chychła (POL)

PTS

Zygmunt Chychła (POL)

KO-2

Frits Wijngaard (NED)

Zygmunt Chychła (POL)

Gunnar Hansen (NOR)

Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)

PTS

Pierre Hernandez (FRA)

PTS

Pierre Hernandez (FRA)

Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)

PTS

Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)

PTS

George Issabeg (IRI)

Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)

Third place

Max Shacklady (GBR)

KO-3

Július Torma (TCH)

PTS

Christian Kristensen (DEN)

Max Shacklady (GBR)

Duggie Du Preez (RSA)

Robert Cranston (IND)

Aurelio Díaz (ESP)

PTS

Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)

PTS

Aurelio Díaz (ESP)

PTS

Aurelio Díaz (ESP)

Gusztáv Bene (HUN)

Július Torma (TCH)

DSQ-2

Július Torma (TCH)

PTS

Július Torma (TCH)

RSC-2

Cliff Blackburn (CAN)

PTS

Cliff Blackburn (CAN)

Mariano Vélez (PHI)

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 19, 2012.