Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Italy and the United States dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals for each country. Two of the gold medalists later became world champions in professional boxing: Cassius Clay[1] and Nino Benvenuti.[2]
Competition format
Men competed in the following ten events:
- Flyweight (51kg)
- Bantamweight (54kg)
- Featherweight (57kg)
- Lightweight (60kg)
- Light welterweight (64kg)
- Welterweight (67kg)
- Light middleweight (71kg)
- Middleweight (75kg)
- Light heavyweight (81kg)
- Heavyweight (+81kg)
Medalists
Medals
| Pos | Country: | Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: | Total: |
| 1 |  Italy (ITA) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 |  United States (USA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland (POL) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
.svg.png){kind=small} South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 |  Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 United Arab Republic (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} United Team of Germany (EUA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Results
Flyweight (-51 kg)
Left-right:Kiyoshi Tanabe, Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Gyula Török, Sergei Sivko
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Gyula Török, Hungary |
 Sergei Sivko, Soviet Union |
 Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Egypt Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan |
Round 1
- Paolo Curcetti (ITA) def.
Frank Kisekka (UGA), 5-0
Quarterfinals
- Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) def.
Mircea Dobrescu (ROU), 4:1 - Sergei Sivko (URS) def.
Manfred Homberg (FRG), 5:0 - Gyula Török (HUN) def. Miguel Angel Botta (ARG), 5:0
- Abdel Moneim El-Guindi(EGY) def. Humberto Barrera (USA), 4:1
Semifinals
- Sergei Sivko (URS) def. Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN), 4:1
- Gyula Török (HUN) def. Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (EGY), 4:1
Final
- Gyula Török (HUN) def. Sergei Sivko (URS), 3:2
Bantamweight (-54kg)
Left-right: Oliver Taylor, Brunon Bendig, Oleg Grigoryev, Primo Zamparini
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Oleg Grigoryev, Soviet Union |
Primo Zamparini, Italy |
 Brunon Bendig, Poland Oliver Taylor, Australia |
Featherweight (-57kg)
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Francesco Musso, Italy |
Jerzy Adamski, Poland |
William Meyers, South Africa Jorma Limmonen, Finland |
Lightweight (-60kg)
Left-right: Richard McTaggart, Abel Laudonio, Kazimierz Paździor, Sandro Lopopolo
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Kazimierz Paździor, Poland |
Sandro Lopopolo, Italy |
Richard McTaggart, Great Britain Abel Laudonio, Argentina |
Light welterweight (-63.5kg)
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Bohumil Němeček, Czechoslovakia |
Clement Quartey, Ghana |
Quincey Daniels, United States Marian Kasprzyk, Poland |
Welterweight (-67kg)
Left-right:Jimmy Lloyd, Leszek Drogosz, Giovanni Benvenuti, Yuri Radonyak
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Giovanni Benvenuti, Italy |
Yuri Radonyak, Soviet Union |
Leszek Drogosz, Poland Jimmy Lloyd, Great Britain |
Light middleweight (-71kg)
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Wilbert McClure, United States |
Carmelo Bossi, Italy |
William Fisher, Great Britain Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union |
Middleweight (-75kg)
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Eddie Crook, Jr. |
Tadeusz Walasek, Poland |
Yevgeny Feofanov, Soviet Union Ion Monea, Romania |
Light heavyweight (-81kg)
Left-right: Giulio Saraudi, Anthony Madigan, Cassius Clay, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Cassius Clay,[1] United States |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland |
Anthony Madigan, Australia Giulio Saraudi, Italy |
First round
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def.
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Carl Crawford (GUA), 5–0 
Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Johnny Ould (GBR), 4–1- Matti Aho (FIN) def.
Colm McCoy (IRL), 4–0
Second round
- Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) def.
Ray Cillien (LUX), 5–0 - Cassius Clay[1] (USA) def.
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Yvon Becaus (BEL), stoppage – 2nd round - Anthony Madigan def.
Lars-Olof Norling (SVE), 5–0 - Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. George Oywello (UGA), 5–0
- Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def.
Muhammad Safdar (PAK), 5–0 - Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) def.
José Leite (BRA), stoppage – 1st round - Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Emil Willer (GER), 5–0
- Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Matti Aho (FIN), 5–0
Quarterfinals
- Cassius Clay[1] (USA) def. Gennadiy Shatkov (URS), 5–0
- Anthony Madigan (AUS) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROM), ko – 2nd round
- Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Rafael Gargiulo (ARG), 5–0
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Petar Spassov (BUL), 5–0
Semifinals
- Cassius Clay[1] (USA) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), 5–0
- Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Giulio Saraudi (ITA), 5–0
Final
- Cassius Clay[1] (USA) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), 5–0
Heavyweight (81+ kg)
| Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
| Francesco de Piccoli, Italy |
Daniel Bekker, South Africa |
Josef Němec, Czechoslovakia Günter Siegmund, Germany |
Round 1
Obrad.Sretenovic (YUG) def. Joe.Casey (IRL), 5-0
Round 2
- Josef Němec (USA) def. Thomas Dave (GBR),5-0
- Percy Jr Price (USA) def Ron Taylor (AUS),ko 2 round
- Andrey Abramov (URS) def
Manuel Garcia (ESP) stop 1 round - Franco de Piccoli (ITA) def Willy Venneman (BEL),Abandon 1 round
References
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