1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Host City:West Berlin
Country:Germany
Nations:24
Athletes:153
Dates:27 May–5 June
Previous:1953 Warsaw

The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).

Medal winners

Flyweight
( - 51 kilograms)
Edgar Basel
Mircea Dobrescu
Henryk Kukier
Wolfgang Behrendt
Bantamweight
( - 54 kilograms)
Zenon Stefaniuk
Boris Stiepanov
Daniel Hellebuyck
Wolfgang Schwarz
Featherweight
( - 57 kilograms)
Tommy Nicholls
Alexander Zasukhin
Pentti Hamalainen
Hans-Peter Mehling
Lightweight
( - 60 kilograms)
Harry Kurschat
Darweesh Mustafa
Ilija Lukić
Pentti Rautiainen
Light Welterweight
( - 63.5 kilograms)
Leszek Drogosz
Pal Budai
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Hans Petersen
Welterweight
( - 67 kilograms)
Nicky Gargano
Hippolyte Annex
Pavle Sovljanski
Nicolae Linca
Light Middleweight
( - 71 kilograms)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Karlos Dzhaneryan
Marcel Pigou
Rolf Caroli
Middleweight
( - 75 kilograms)
Gennadi Shatkov
Stig Sjölin
Dieter Wemhöner
Bedrich Koutny
Light Heavyweight
( - 81 kilograms)
Erich Schöppner
Ulrich Nitzschke
Július Torma
Ottavio Panunzi
Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Algirdas Šocikas
Horst Witterstein
Horymír Netuka
Francis Magnetto

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