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Boxing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Flyweight ...
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms. The competition was held from Saturday, 7 August 1948 to Friday, 13 August 1948. Twenty-six boxers from 26 nations competed. Prior to the competition beginning, eventual gold medallist Pascual Perez was disqualified for being overweight. It was quickly discovered that officials had confused Perez with his bantamweight teammate Arnoldo Pares, and he was reinstated back into the competition. Medalists Results References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boxing At The 1948 Summer Olympics - Men's Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascual Pérez (boxer)
Pascual Nicolás Pérez (May 4, 1926 – January 22, 1977) was an Argentine flyweight boxer. Pérez was born in Tupungato in the Mendoza Province of Argentina, he went on to make history by becoming Argentina's first world boxing champion. Pérez usually did poor at the ticket gates in Argentina after he became world champion, forcing him to defend his world title on the road many times and to become known as a world-traveling champion. His first international success was a gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics in United Kingdom. He and Delfo Cabrera were the only two Argentinians to be an Olympic gold medalists in the London Olympics of 1948. Perez reigned as World Champion from 1954 to 1960. As an amateur he fought 125 bouts. Turning professional in 1952, he fought 92 fights (84 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw), in which he won 57 fights by knockout, a record that places him in an elite group of boxers who have won more than 50 fights by knockouts. He defended his title against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Martínez (Spanish Boxer)
Luis Martínez (27 July 1925 – 25 November 2008) was a Spanish boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References 1925 births 2008 deaths Spanish male boxers Olympic boxers for Spain Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers from Barcelona Flyweight boxers {{Spain-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han Soo-An
Han Soo-ann (18 June 1926 – 4 January 1998) was a South Korean boxer. Biography Han graduated from Sungkyunkwan University and served the military as an officer,making one of the first korean boxing teams in the navy. Han competed for South Korea at the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the flyweight event where he finished in third place. Han also competed for at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ... in the flyweight event where he was a quarterfinalist. 1948 Olympic results Below is the record of Han Soo-An, a South Korean flyweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: defeated Robert Gausterer (Austria) on points * Round of 16: defeated Maxim Cochin (France) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Carpenter (boxer)
Henry Francis Carpenter (28 December 1925 – 20 March 2001) was a British boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Carpenter won the 1948 Amateur Boxing Association England Boxing, known until 2013 as the Amateur Boxing Association of England, is the Sports governing body, governing body of amateur boxing clubs in England. There are separate organisations for Scotland and Wales with boxing in Northern Irela ... British flyweight title, when boxing out of the Bradfield ABC. References External links * 1925 births 2001 deaths British male boxers Olympic boxers of Great Britain Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers from Greater London Flyweight boxers {{UK-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Bollaert
Alex Bollaert (11 January 1930 – before 2016) was a Belgian boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1930 births Year of death missing Belgian male boxers Olympic boxers for Belgium Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Antwerp Flyweight boxers {{Belgium-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
František Majdloch
František Majdloch (14 October 1929 – 30 November 2001) was a Czechoslovak boxer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi .... He died on 30 November 2001, at the age of 72.František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 212 References External links * 1929 births 2001 deaths Czech male boxers Czechoslovak male boxers Olympic boxers for Czechoslovakia Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Hranice (Přerov District) Bantamweight boxers Sportspeople from the Olomouc Region {{CzechRepublic-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Barnes (boxer)
William Edward Barnes (1924 – 31 August 2006) was an Irish boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1924 births 2006 deaths Date of birth missing Irish male boxers Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Flyweight boxers Boxers from Belfast {{Ireland-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankie Sodano
Frankie Sodano (March 10, 1931 – May 11, 2015) was an American boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he defeated Rabin Bhatta of India, before losing to František Majdloch František Majdloch (14 October 1929 – 30 November 2001) was a Czechoslovak boxer. He competed at the 1948, 1952 and the 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an internatio ... of Czechoslovakia. References 1931 births 2015 deaths American male boxers Olympic boxers for the United States Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers from Philadelphia Flyweight boxers {{US-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabin Bhatta
Rabindranath "Rabin" Bhatta (1924 – 6 July 2004) was an Indian boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1924 births 2004 deaths Indian male boxers Olympic boxers for India Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kolkata Boxers from West Bengal Flyweight boxers {{India-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Porteiro
Guillermo Porteiro (born 7 April 1921) was a Uruguayan boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1921 births Possibly living people Uruguayan male boxers Olympic boxers for Uruguay Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Montevideo Flyweight boxers {{Uruguay-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Handunge
Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge (born 18 June 1921, date of death unknown) was a Sri Lankan boxer. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References External links * 1921 births Year of death missing Sri Lankan male boxers Olympic boxers for Sri Lanka Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Flyweight boxers {{SriLanka-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olli Lehtinen
Olli Lehtinen (27 May 1915 – 28 September 1992) was a Finnish boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1915 births 1992 deaths Finnish male boxers Olympic boxers for Finland Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers from Helsinki Flyweight boxers {{Finland-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |