Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flyweight

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Flyweight boxing
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenuePalazzo dello Sport
Dates25 August – 5 September
Competitors33 from 33 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gyula Török  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sergey Sivko
  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abdel Moneim El-Guindi  
Egypt
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kiyoshi Tanabe  Japan
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The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 33 boxers from 33 nations competed.[1]

Competition format

The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser). With 33 boxers competing, there was only one bout in the round of 64.

Results

Left-right:Kiyoshi Tanabe, Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Gyula Török, Sergei Sivko

Results of the flyweight boxing competition.[2]

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
 Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) 5
 José Martins (BRA) 0  Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) KO-1
 Paul Chervet (SUI) 5  Paul Chervet (SUI) L
 Kicha Poonphol (THA) 0  Mircea Dobrescu (ROU) 1
 Karimu Young (NGR) 3  Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 4
 Adam McLean (IRL) 1  Karimu Young (NGR) 1
 Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 5  Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 4
 Isaac Aryee (GHA) 0  Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) 1
 Henryk Kukier (POL) 0  
Sergey Sivko (URS
) 		4
 Manfred Homberg (EUA) 5  Manfred Homberg (EUA) 4
 Danny Lee (GBR) 5  Danny Lee (GBR) 1
 Salek Mahju (INA) 0  Manfred Homberg (EUA) 0
 
Jeong Sin-jo (KOR
) 		0  
Sergey Sivko (URS
) 		4
 
Sergey Sivko (URS
) 		5  
Sergey Sivko (URS
) 		W
 Antoine Porcel (FRA) 5  Antoine Porcel (FRA) DQ-3
 Ralph Knoesen (RSA) 0

Bottom half

Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
 
Ezrael Illkhanouf (IRI
) 		4
 
RHO
) 		1
 
Ezrael Illkhanouf (IRI
) 		L
 Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG) WO
 Segundo Macalalad (PHI) 2
 Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG) 3
 Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG) 0
 Gyula Török (HUN) 5
 Abdel Kader Belghiti (MAR) 0
 Rocky Gattellari (AUS) 5
 Rocky Gattellari (AUS) 0
 Gyula Török (HUN) 3
 Eusebio Mesa (ESP) L
 Gyula Török (HUN) KO-1
 Gyula Török (HUN) 4
 
EGY
) 		0
 Humberto Barrera (USA) 4
 Villy Bækgaard Andersen (DEN) 0
 Humberto Barrera (USA) 3
 
MYA
) 		2
 
MYA
) 		4
 Börje Karvonen (FIN) 1
 Humberto Barrera (USA) 1
 
EGY
) 		4
 
EGY
) 		5
 Roby Rausch (LUX) 0
 
EGY
) 		4
 Paolo Curcetti (ITA) 1
 Jo Horny (BEL) 0
 Paolo Curcetti (ITA) 5  Paolo Curcetti (ITA) 5
 Frank Kisekka (UGA) 0

Finals

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
Sergey Sivko (URS
)		4
 
 
EGY
)		0
 

References

  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. ^ Official Report, pp. 682–86.
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