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Boxing At The 1956 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at the West Melbourne Stadium. 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 23 November and ended on 1 December. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links United States 1956 Olympic Book, Quadrenniel Report United States Olympic CommitteeOfficial results {{Val Barker Trophy winners 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ... Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics 1956 in boxing Internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boxing At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Final results for the boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The events were held at Messuhalli. From this edition of the Olympic Games, the bronze medal match was abolished. No bronze medals were awarded, but their flags were on the podium. In 1970, the AIBA and IOC agreed to retroactively award bronze medals to losing semifinalists. Medal summary Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * References External links Official Olympic Report {{Val Barker Trophy winners Events at the 1952 Summer Olympics 1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ... 1952 in boxing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nicholls (boxer)
Thomas G. Nicholls (12 October 1931 – 31 July 2021Report by Toby Neal.) was an English boxer, who won the silver medal representing Great Britain in the featherweight division (– 57 kg) at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Biography Nicholls was born at South Elmsall, Yorkshire, in 1931, son of Jack, a miner, who moved with his family to Wellington, Shropshire when Thomas was aged seven or eight. He won the 1951 and 1952 Amateur Boxing Association British bantamweight titles and the 1955 and 1956 featherweight titles, when boxing out of the Slough Centre ABC, when boxing out of the Royal Air Force BC and the Sankeys ABC respectively. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games, reaching the final in 1956, where he was defeated by Vladimir Safronov of the Soviet Union. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he was beaten in the second round by eventual gold medalist Pentti Hämäläinen from Finland. It was at Wellington he began tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welterweight
Welterweight is a weight class in combat sports. Originally the term ''welterweight'' was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like muay Thai, taekwondo, and mixed martial arts also use it for their own weight division system to classify the opponents. If used, welterweight is typically between lightweight and middleweight. Etymology The first known instance of the term is from 1831, meaning 'heavyweight horseman', later 'boxer or wrestler of a certain weight' by 1896. This sense comes from earlier ''welter'', 'heavyweight horseman or boxer' from 1804, possibly from 15th century , meaning 'to beat severely'. Boxing Professional boxing A professional welterweight boxer's weight is greater than 140 pounds, and no more than 147 pounds (about 63.5–66.7 kg). Current world champions Current champions Current world rankings =''The Ring''= As of April 21, 2025. Keys: : Current ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'' world champion =''BoxRec''= . Longest-reigning worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Loubscher
Henry Loubscher (born 9 August 1936 in Germiston) is a former boxer from South Africa, bronze medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ....Profile: Henry Loubscher ''sports.reference.com'' (Retrieved on 13 December 2008) References 1936 births Sportspeople from Germiston[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantin Dumitrescu (boxer)
Constantin "Titi" Dumitrescu (born 14 March 1931) is a retired light-welterweight boxing, boxer from Romania. He won five consecutive national titles in 1955–1959 and a bronze medal at the 1956 Olympics. Dumitrescu took up boxing in 1946 under the guidance of his father George Dumitrescu. He announced his retirement right after winning his last national title in 1959. On the next day he was hired as a boxing coach and kept that job until 1985, raising 80 national champions.Ultimul mușchetar blogspot.com (27 June 2013) References External links * * * * 1931 births Olympic boxers for Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in boxing Romanian male boxers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Ligh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Nenci
Franco Nenci (27 January 1935 – 15 May 2020) was an Italian welterweight boxer. Nenci represented Italy at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, winning a silver medal as a . Olympic results *Round of 32: Defeated Rehmat Gul (Pakistan) KO 3 *Round of 16: Defeated (United Team of Germany) points *Quarterfinal: ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Vladimir Yengibaryan (, 24 April 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet and Armenian light-welterweight boxer. He was an Olympic champion, three-time European champion and three-time Soviet champion. In 1956, he was named the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR and awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. During his career he won 255 out of 267 bouts. Boxing career Yengibaryan was born as a fourth child. He took up boxing in 1946, training in Yerevan first with Artyom Arutyunov and then with Edward Aristakesyan. Yengibaryan won a bronze medal in the bantamweight division at the 1951 Soviet Championships, and next year was included in the Soviet national team. He did not compete at the 1952 Summer Olympics due to an injury. The Soviet Union debuted at the European Boxing Championships in 1953, where Yengibaryan won a gold medal in the lightweight division, becoming the first Soviet European champion in boxing. In 1954, Yengibaryan moved up to the light-welterweight divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Welterweight
Light welterweight, also known as junior welterweight or super lightweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional boxing In professional boxing, light welterweight is contested between the lightweight and welterweight divisions, in which boxers weigh above 61.2kg or 135 pounds and up to 63.5 kg or 140 Ibs. The first champion of this weight class was Pinky Mitchell in 1922, though he was only awarded his championship by a vote of the readers of the ''Doxing Dlade'' magazine. There was not widespread acceptance of this new weight division in its early years, and the New York State Athletic Commission withdrew recognition of it in 1930. The National Boxing Association continued to recognize it until its champion, Barney Ross relinquished the title in 1935 to concentrate on regaining the welterweight championship. A few commissions recognized bouts in the 1940s as being for the light welterweight title, but the modern beginnings of this championship date from 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Byrne (boxer)
Anthony Byrne (6 July 1930 – 27 April 2013), commonly known as Tony Byrne or Socks Byrne, was an amateur boxer. Byrne won a bronze medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, in the lightweight division. Early life and career Byrne was born in Drogheda, Ireland. Doubt had been cast over whether Byrne would have the funds to travel to Melbourne to participate in the 1956 Olympics. However, a fundraising campaign under the banner of "Send Byrne to Melbourne" was created, and it raised £653 for the purpose from local businesses in Drogheda. Melbourne Olympics Byrne carried the flag for Ireland at the opening ceremony and was the captain of the Irish boxing team. He beat opponents from Czechoslovakia and United States before losing in the semifinal on a split decision to Harry Kurschat of Germany. A few months later, he showed what might have been when he beat the eventual Gold Medallist, Dick McTaggart, in an Ireland-England International at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anatoly Lagetko
Anatoly Lagetko (6 November 1936 – 13 August 2006) was a boxer from the Soviet Union. He was born in Tokmak, Ukrainian SSR. He competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... in the lightweight event, where he finished in third place. ReferencesAnatoly Lagetko's profile at Sports Reference.com 1936 births 2006 deaths People from Tokmak Soviet male boxers Olympic boxers for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Boxers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in boxing Ukrainian male boxers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Lightweight boxers 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-boxing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Kurschat
Harry Kurschat (3 November 1930 – 21 January 2022) was a German boxer who competed in the lightweight division during his career as an amateur for West Germany. He was born and died in Berlin. Amateur career Kurschat was the German amateur lightweight champion 1953, 1954, and 1956, as well as the European amateur champion in 1955. He was the Olympic silver medalist at 1956 Melbourne Olympic games in the lightweight class for United Team of Germany. Olympic results * 1st round bye * Defeated Celedonio Espinosa (Philippines) points * Defeated Zygmunt Milewski (Poland) KO 3 * Defeated Tony Byrne (Ireland) points * Lost to Richard McTaggart Richard McTaggart, MBE (15 October 1935 – 9 March 2025) was a Scottish amateur boxer who was Olympic lightweight champion in 1956. In 1960, he won bronze in the same category. In 1956, he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style ... (Great Britain) points References * External links * 1930 births 2022 deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard McTaggart
Richard McTaggart, MBE (15 October 1935 – 9 March 2025) was a Scottish amateur boxer who was Olympic lightweight champion in 1956. In 1960, he won bronze in the same category. In 1956, he received the Val Barker Trophy for best boxing style at the Olympics. At the 1964 Olympics, McTaggart moved to the light-welterweight category but lost in the third bout to the eventual winner Jerzy Kulej. McTaggart won the British ABA title in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965, and retired with a record of 610 wins out of 634 bouts.Dick McTaggart sshf.co.uk He was appointed (MBE) in the |
