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Boxing At The 1948 Summer Olympics – Light Heavyweight
The men's light heavyweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England, used for music, comedy, family entertainment and sport. The 12,500-sea .... 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 en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Earls Court Exhibition Centre was a major international exhibition and events venue just west of central London. At its peak it is said to have generated a £2 billion turnover for the economy. It replaced exhibition and entertainment grounds, originally opened in 1887, with an art moderne structure built between 1935 and 1937 by specialist American architect C. Howard Crane. With the active support of London mayor Boris Johnson, in an attempt to create Europe's "largest regeneration scheme", its proposed heritage listing was refused after it was acquired by developers, who promptly in 2008 applied for and were granted a Certificate of Immunity from Listing by English Heritage, and its demolition was completed in 2017. Located in Earl's Court but straddling the boundary between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, it was the largest such venue within the capital served by two London Underground stations—one of them, Earl's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Siljander
Harry Valfrid Siljander (10 December 1922 – 5 May 2010) was a Finnish light-heavyweight boxer who competed in the 1948 and 1952 Olympics. In 1948 he lost in a quarterfinal to the eventual champion George Hunter, and placed fifth. Four years later he reached a semifinal, where he again lost to the eventual winner, Norvel Lee; yet he earned a bronze medal. Siljander first trained in speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ... and swimming; he changed to boxing in 1940 while serving in the Finnish Army. In 1943 he won the Army Championships and in 1946 placed second at the national championships. In 1947 he moved from middleweight to light-heavyweight and won five Finnish titles in 1947–50 and 1952. He retired in 1952 and later worked as a butcher in He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eskandar Shora
Eskandar (Alexander) Shura Ossipoff is a former Assyrian boxer who represented Iran at the 1948 Summer Olympics. He participated in the light heavyweight division where he was defeated in the second round by the Italy's Di Segni. at sports-reference.com See also *Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
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Hugh O'Hagan
Hugh Patrick O'Hagan (1920 – 10 April 1984) was an Irish boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight 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 * 1920 births Date of birth missing 1984 deaths Irish male boxers Olympic boxers for Ireland Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers Boxers from County Dublin {{Ireland-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Schwarzmann
Hans Schwerzmann (born 30 January 1925) was a Swiss boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight 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 .... At the 1948 Summer Olympics, after receiving a bye in the Round of 32, he lost in the Round of 16 to Hugh O'Hagan of Ireland. References External links * 1925 births Possibly living people Swiss male boxers Olympic boxers for Switzerland Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Light-heavyweight boxers Sportspeople from Biel/Bienne {{Switzerland-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Holmes (boxer)
Adrian Holmes (30 May 1925 – 8 January 2014) was an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight 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 .... 1948 Olympic results Below is the record of Adrian Holmes an Australian light heavyweight boxer who competed at the 1948 London Olympics: * Round of 32: bye * Round of 16: defeated Mohamed El-Minabawi (Egypt) by second-round knockout * Quarterfinal: defeated Hugh O'Hagan (Ireland) on points * Semifinal: lost to Don Scott (Great Britain) on points * Bronze Medal Bout: lost to Mario Cia (Argentina) referee stopped contest in third round References External links * 1925 births 2014 deaths Australian male boxers Olympic boxers for Australia Boxers at the 1948 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed El-Minabawi
Mohamed El-Minabawi (4 May 1927 – September 2004) was an Egyptian 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 1927 births 2004 deaths Egyptian male boxers Olympic boxers for Egypt Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing Light-heavyweight boxers Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Egypt Boxers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games 20th-century Egyptian people {{Egypt-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Joachim
Mackertich "Mac" Joachim (1925–2013) was an Indian boxer who competed in 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 .... Joachim was born as Mackertich Hovakimian in 1925 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India to an Armenian father who had settled there. He later settled in England where he pursued a professional boxing career. Joachim died in 2013 in Kingston upon Thames, London. References External links * 1925 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Kolkata Indian people of Armenian descent Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Indian male boxers Light-heavyweight boxers Olympic boxers of India Indian emigrants to England British people of Armenian descent {{India-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franciszek Szymura
Franciszek Szymura (7 December 1912 – 18 May 1985) was a Polish boxer who competed four times in the European Amateur Boxing Championships (1937, 1939, 1947, and 1949) and in the 1948 Summer Olympics. He won twice the silver medal in the 1937 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan and the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Dublin, lost twice by Luigi Musina, the upcoming professional European champion (1942–1947).List of European Boxing Union light heavyweight champions At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, he was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Light heavyweight class after losing his fight to the upcoming bronze medalist Mauro Cia. He was also a basketball player and represented Poland at the EuroBasket 1946 The 1946 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1946, was the fourth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Quitcón
Israel Quitcón (8 September 1928 – April 1977) was a Puerto Rican boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight 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 1928 births 1977 deaths Puerto Rican male boxers Olympic boxers for Puerto Rico Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Santurce, Puerto Rico Boxers from San Juan, Puerto Rico Light-heavyweight boxers 20th-century Puerto Rican people {{PuertoRico-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Roude
Joseph Emile Roude (18 December 1926 – 5 December 1998) was a French boxing, boxer. He competed in the Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight, men's light heavyweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he lost to Israel Quitcón of Puerto Rico. References External links * 1926 births 1998 deaths French male boxers Olympic boxers for France Boxers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Light-heavyweight boxers Sportspeople from Savoie {{France-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
