Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

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Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue Palazzo dello Sport
Dates 26 August – 5 September
Competitors 31 from 31 nations
Medalists
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1st Francesco Musso  Italy
2nd Jerzy Adamski  Poland
3rd William Meyers 23x15px South Africa
3rd Jorma Limmonen  Finland
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Boxing at the
1960 Summer Olympics
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The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. 31 boxers from 31 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).

Results

Results of the featherweight boxing competition.[1][2]

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
      
           Hsu Teng-yun (ROC) L  
 22x20px Than Tun (BIR) 0      22x20px William Meyers (RSA) KO-3  
 22x20px William Meyers (RSA) 5        22x20px William Meyers (RSA) 5  
  Mohamed Hassan (MAR) 1         Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) 0  
  Werner Kirsch (EUA) 4       Werner Kirsch (EUA) L  
 22x20px Joshua Williams (GHA) 1       Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) WO  
  Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) 4        22x20px William Meyers (RSA) 1
  Ernst Chervet (SUI) 3         Jerzy Adamski (POL) 4
  Vicente Saldívar (MEX) 2       Ernst Chervet (SUI) 4  
  Danny Males (AUS) 0       Juan Díaz (CHI) 1  
  Juan Díaz (CHI) 5         Ernst Chervet (SUI) 0  
  Mohandas Liyanage Sumith (CEY) 0         Jerzy Adamski (POL) 5  
  Jerzy Adamski (POL) 5       Jerzy Adamski (POL) 5       
  Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) 5       Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) 0       
 22x20px Gaby Mancini (CAN) 0  

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
 22x20px José Luis Biescas (ESP) 0  
  Abe Bekker (RHO) 5       Abe Bekker (RHO) 5  
  André Iuncker (FRA) 2       Ando Reddy (IRL) 0  
  Ando Reddy (IRL) 3         Abe Bekker (RHO) 2  
  Børge Krogh (DEN) 0         Jorma Limmonen (FIN) 3  
  Jorma Limmonen (FIN) 5       Jorma Limmonen (FIN) 3  
  Phil Lundgren (GBR) 5       Phil Lundgren (GBR) 2  
  Sayed Abdel Gadir (SUD) 0         Jorma Limmonen (FIN) 0
  Francesco Musso (ITA) 4         Francesco Musso (ITA) 5
  Miloslav Paunović (YUG) 1       Francesco Musso (ITA) 5  
 22x20px Song Sun-cheon (KOR) 3      22x20px Song Sun-cheon (KOR) 0  
 22x20px Joe Okezie (NGR) 2         Francesco Musso (ITA) 3  
  Nick Spanakos (USA) 0         Boris Nikonorov (URS) 2  
  Boris Nikonorov (URS) 5       Boris Nikonorov (URS) 5       
  Carlos Aro (ARG) 5       Carlos Aro (ARG) 0       
  Lajos Baranyai (HUN) 0  

Finals

Semifinals Final
 22x20px William Meyers (RSA) 1  
  Jerzy Adamski (POL) 4  
 
      Jerzy Adamski (POL) 1
    Francesco Musso (ITA) 4
  Jorma Limmonen (FIN) 0
  Francesco Musso (ITA) 5  

References

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  2. ↑ Official Report, pp. 699–707.
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