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<h1>Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics</h1>
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<strong><a href="/term/Boxing">Boxing</a> at the <a href="/term/1956_Summer_Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a></strong> took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on <a href="/term/November_23">November 23</a> and ended on <a href="/term/December_1">December 1</a>. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.<p>

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<li><a href="#Events">1&nbsp;Events</a></li><ul class="tabcontlist t2"><li><a href="#Flyweight_(51_kg)">1.1&nbsp;Flyweight (51 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Bantamweight_(54_kg)">1.2&nbsp;Bantamweight (54 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Featherweight_(57_kg)">1.3&nbsp;Featherweight (57 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Lightweight_(60_kg)">1.4&nbsp;Lightweight (60 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Light_Welterweight_(63.5_kg)">1.5&nbsp;Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Welterweight_(67_kg)">1.6&nbsp;Welterweight (67 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Light_Middleweight_(71_kg)">1.7&nbsp;Light Middleweight (71 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Middleweight_(75_kg)">1.8&nbsp;Middleweight (75 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Light_Heavyweight_(81_kg)">1.9&nbsp;Light Heavyweight (81 kg)</a></li><li><a href="#Heavyweight_(91_kg)">1.10&nbsp;Heavyweight (91 kg)</a></li></ul><li><a href="#Reference">2&nbsp;Reference</a></li></ul>
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<a name="Events" id="Events"></a><h2>Events</h2>
<a name="Flyweight_(51_kg)" id="Flyweight_(51_kg)"></a><h3>Flyweight (51 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>19 participants from 19 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Terence Spinks (GBR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-Romania_flag_1947-1989.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" />  Mircea Dobrescu (ROM)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>John Caldwell (IRL)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>René Libeer (FRA)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Bantamweight_(54_kg)" id="Bantamweight_(54_kg)"></a><h3>Bantamweight (54 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>18 participants from 18 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Wolfgang Behrendt (GER)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Song Soon-Chung (KOR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/Claudio_Barrientos">Claudio Barrientos</a> (CHI)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Frederick Gilroy (IRL)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Featherweight_(57_kg)" id="Featherweight_(57_kg)"></a><h3>Featherweight (57 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>18 participants from 18 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Vladimir Safronov (URS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Thomas Nicholls (GBR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Henryk Niedzwiecki (POL)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Pentti Olavi Hämäläinen (FIN)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Lightweight_(60_kg)" id="Lightweight_(60_kg)"></a><h3>Lightweight (60 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>18 participants from 18 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Richard McTaggart (GBR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Harry Kurschat (GER)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Anatoli Lagetko (URS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Anthony Byrne (IRL)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Light_Welterweight_(63.5_kg)" id="Light_Welterweight_(63.5_kg)"></a><h3>Light Welterweight (63.5 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>22 participants from 22 nations</li></ul><br>
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<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Franco Nenci (ITA)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-Romania_flag_1947-1989.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" />  Constantin Dumitrescu (ROM)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:South_Africa_flag_1927.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-South_Africa_flag_1927.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" /></a>  Henry Loubscher (SAF)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Welterweight_(67_kg)" id="Welterweight_(67_kg)"></a><h3>Welterweight (67 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>16 participants from 16 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-Romania_flag_1947-1989.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" />  Nicolae Linca (ROM)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Frederick Tiedt (IRL)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Kevin John Hogarth (AUS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Nicholas Gargano (GBR)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Light_Middleweight_(71_kg)" id="Light_Middleweight_(71_kg)"></a><h3>Light Middleweight (71 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>14 participants from 14 nations</li></ul><br>
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<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/László_Papp">László Papp</a> (HUN)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/José_Torres">José Torres</a> (PUR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/John_McCormack_(boxer)">John McCormack</a> (GBR)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Middleweight_(75_kg)" id="Middleweight_(75_kg)"></a><h3>Middleweight (75 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>14 participants from 14 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Gennadi Schatkov (URS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Ramón Tapia (CHI)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Gilbert Chabron (FRA)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Victor Zalazar (ARG)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Light_Heavyweight_(81_kg)" id="Light_Heavyweight_(81_kg)"></a><h3>Light Heavyweight (81 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>11 participants from 11 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/James_Boyd">James Boyd</a> (USA)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-Romania_flag_1947-1989.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" />  Gheorghe Negrea (ROM)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre><a href="/term/Carlos_Lucas">Carlos Lucas</a> (CHI)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Romualdas Murauskas (URS)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Heavyweight_(91_kg)" id="Heavyweight_(91_kg)"></a><h3>Heavyweight (91 kg)</h3>
<ul><li>11 participants from 11 nations</li></ul><br>
<TABLE border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<TR bgcolor="#efefef"><TD><strong>Medal</strong></TD><TD><strong>Athlete</strong></TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Gold</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Peter Rademacher (USA)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Silver</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Lev Muchin (URS)</TD></TR>
</pre><TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:South_Africa_flag_1927.png" target="_blank"><img src="http://encycl.opentopia.com/enimages/thumb/3656/3655518/20px-South_Africa_flag_1927.png" class="image" width="20" height="13" /></a>  <a href="/term/Daniel_Bekker">Daniel Bekker</a> (SAF)</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Bronze</TD><TD><!-- couldn't be displayed-->
<pre>Giacomo Bozzano (ITA)</TD></TR>
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<a name="Reference" id="Reference"></a><h2>Reference</h2>
<ul><li>&#091;<a href="http://www.aafla.com/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf" target="_blank">Official results</a>&#093;</li></ul>
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<td  align=center bgcolor=#BFD7FF><strong><a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_Summer_Olympics">Boxing at the Summer Olympics</a></strong>
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<td  align=center bgcolor=#EEEEFF > <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1904_Summer_Olympics">1904</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics">1908</a> |<font color="#A0A0A0">1916</font>| <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics">1920</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1924_Summer_Olympics">1924</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1928_Summer_Olympics">1928</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1932_Summer_Olympics">1932</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics">1936</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics">1948</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics">1952</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">1956</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics">1960</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics">1964</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics">1968</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics">1972</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1976_Summer_Olympics">1976</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics">1980</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics">1984</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics">1988</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics">1992</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics">1996</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics">2000</a> | <a href="/term/Boxing_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics">2004</a>
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<td  align=center bgcolor=#BFD7FF> <strong> at the <a href="/term/1956_Summer_Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a> (<a href="/term/Melbourne">Melbourne</a> and <a href="/term/Stockholm">Stockholm</a>)</strong>
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Athletics | 
Australian Football (demonstration sport) | 
<a href="/term/Baseball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Baseball (demonstration sport)</a> |
<a href="/term/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Basketball</a> | 
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Canoeing | 
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<a href="/term/Equestrian_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Equestrian</a> | 
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Football | 
<a href="/term/Gymnastics_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Gymnastics</a> | 
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Modern Pentathlon | 
Rowing | 
Shooting | 
<a href="/term/Swimming_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Swimming</a> | 
<a href="/term/Water_Polo_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics">Water Polo</a> | 
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Wrestling | 
Yachting | 
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