Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Featherweight
Featherweight boxing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Palazzo dello Sport | ||||||||||||||||
Dates | 26 August – 5 September | ||||||||||||||||
Competitors | 31from 31 nations | ||||||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||||||
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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics | |
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Flyweight | men |
Bantamweight | men |
Featherweight | men |
Lightweight | men |
Light welterweight | men |
Welterweight | men |
Light middleweight | men |
Middleweight | men |
Light heavyweight | men |
Heavyweight | men |
The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Francesco Musso Italy |
Silver | Jerzy Adamski Poland |
Bronze | William Meyers South Africa |
Bronze | Jorma Limmonen Finland |
Results
The following boxers took part in the event:[1]
Rank | Name | Country |
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1 | Francesco Musso | Italy |
2 | Jerzy Adamski | Poland |
3T | William Meyers | South Africa |
3T | Jorma Limmonen | Finland |
5T | Constantin Gheorghiu | Romania |
5T | Ernst Chervet | Switzerland |
5T | Abe Bekker | Rhodesia |
5T | Boris Nikonorov | Soviet Union |
9T | Hsu Teng-yun | Chinese Taipei |
9T | Werner Kirsch | United Team of Germany |
9T | Juan Díaz | Chile |
9T | Shinetsu Suzuki | Japan |
9T | Ando Reddy | Ireland |
9T | Phil Lundgren | Great Britain |
9T | Song Sun-cheon | South Korea |
9T | Carlos Aro | Argentina |
17T | Than Tun | Myanmar |
17T | Mohamed Hassan | Morocco |
17T | Joshua Williams | Ghana |
17T | Vicente Saldívar | Mexico |
17T | Danny Males | Australia |
17T | Mohandas Liyanage Sumith | Sri Lanka |
17T | Gaby Mancini | Canada |
17T | José Luis Biescas | Spain |
17T | André Juncker | France |
17T | Børge Krogh | Denmark |
17T | Sayed Abdel Gadir | Sudan |
17T | Miloslav Paunović | Yugoslavia |
17T | Nick Spanakos | United States |
17T | Lajos Baranyai | Hungary |
17T | Joe Okezie | Nigeria |
Quarterfinals
- William Meyers (RSA) def. Constantin Gheorghiu (ROM)
- Jerzy Adamski (POL) def. Ernst Chervet (SUI)
- Jorma Limmonen (FIN) def. Abe Bekker (RHO)
- Francesco Musso (ITA) def. Boris Nikonorov (URS)
Semifinals
Final
References
- ^ a b "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Retrieved 26 November 2018.