Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flyweight explained

Event:Flyweight boxing
Games:1960 Summer
Venue:Palazzo dello Sport
Dates:25 August – 5 September
Competitors:33
Nations:33
Gold:Gyula Török
Goldnoc:HUN
Silver:Sergey Sivko
Silvernoc:URS
Bronze:Abdel Moneim El-Guindi
Bronzenoc:EGY
Bronze2:Kiyoshi Tanabe
Bronzenoc2:JPN
Prev:1956
Next:1964

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

Results of the flyweight boxing competition.[2]

Finals

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Flyweight . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418130438/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1960/BOX/mens-flyweight.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 25 November 2018.
  2. Official Report, pp. 682–86.