1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Host City:Lucerne
Country:Switzerland
Nations:25
Athletes:180
Dates:24–31 May
Previous:1957 Prague

The 1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 24 to May 31. The 13th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 180 fighters from 25 countries participating.

Medal winners

Flyweight
( - 51 kilograms)
Manfred Homberg
Gyula Török
Adam McClean
Vladimir Stolnikov
Bantamweight
( - 54 kilograms)
Horst Rascher
Oleg Grigoryev
Zygmunt Zawadzki
Miodrag Mitrović
Featherweight
( - 57 kilograms)
Jerzy Adamski
Peter Goschka
André Iuncker
Orhan Tuş
Lightweight
( - 60 kilograms)
Olli Mäki
Demitar Velinov
Ferenc Kellner
Iosif Mihalic
Light Welterweight
( - 63.5 kilograms)
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Piero Brandi
Rupert König
István Juhász
Welterweight
( - 67 kilograms)
Leszek Drogosz
Carmelo Bossi
Bruno Guse
Harry Perry
Light Middleweight
( - 71 kilograms)
Nino Benvenuti
Henryk Dampc
Dragoslav Jakovljević
Rolf Caroli
Middleweight
( - 75 kilograms)
Gennadi Shatkov
Tadeusz Walasek
Colm McCoy
Harry Scott
Light Heavyweight
( - 81 kilograms)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Gheorghe Negrea
Leonid Senkin
Giulio Saraudi
Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Andrey Abramov
Dave Thomas
Wladysław Jędrzejewski
Josef Němec

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