| Event: | Flyweight boxing |
| Games: | 1952 Summer |
| Venue: | Messuhalli |
| Dates: | 28 July – 2 August |
| Competitors: | 27 |
| Nations: | 27 |
| Gold: | Nate Brooks |
| Goldnoc: | USA |
| Silver: | Edgar Basel |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Anatoli Bulakov |
| Bronzenoc: | URS |
| Bronze2: | Willie Toweel |
| Bronzenoc2: | RSA |
| Prev: | 1948 |
| Next: | 1956 |
The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 27 boxers from 27 nations competed.[1]
| Winner | NOC | Result | Loser | NOC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round (28 & 29 July) | |||||
| 2 – 1 | Japan | ||||
| Austria | 2 – 1 | Puerto Rico | |||
| United States | 3 – 0 | Finland | |||
| 2 – 1 | Denmark | ||||
| 3 – 0 | Hungary | ||||
| 2 – 1 | Mexico | ||||
| Sweden | 2 – 1 | Argentina | |||
| TKO 1R. | Saar | ||||
| 3 – 0 | Poland | ||||
| 3 – 0 | Ireland | ||||
| 3 – 0 | France | ||||
| 3 – 0 | Netherlands | ||||
| TKO 2R. | Burma | ||||
| DNS | Vietnam | ||||
| Second Round (30 July) | |||||
| Thorbjørn Clausen | Norway | BYE | |||
| Edgar Basel | Germany | BYE | |||
| Dai Dower | Great Britain | 3 – 0 | Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge | Ceylon | |
| Anatoli Bulakov | Soviet Union | 3 – 0 | Aristide Pozzali | Italy | |
| Mircea Dobrescu | Romania | 3 – 0 | Roland Johansson | Sweden | |
| Nate Brooks | United States | 3 – 0 | Alfred Zima | Austria | |
| Han Soo-An | South Korea | 3 – 0 | Sakti Mazumdar | India | |
| Willie Toweel | South Africa | 2 – 1 | Al Asuncion | Philippines | |
| Third Round (31 July) | |||||
| Willie Toweel | South Africa | 3 – 0 | Han Soo-An | South Korea | |
| Anatoli Bulakov | Soviet Union | 2 – 1 | Dai Dower | Great Britain | |
| Edgar Basel | Germany | TKO 3R. | Thorbjørn Clausen | Norway | |
| Nate Brooks | United States | 2 – 1 | Mircea Dobrescu | Romania | |
| Semi-final (1 August) | |||||
| Edgar Basel | Germany | 2 – 1 | Anatoli Bulakov | Soviet Union | |
| Nate Brooks | United States | 3 – 0 | Willie Toweel | South Africa | |
| Final (2 August) | |||||
| Nate Brooks | United States | 3 – 0 | Edgar Basel | Germany | |