Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Middleweight

The men's middleweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.[1]

Men's middleweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEarl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date7–13 August
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) László Papp  Hungary
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johnny Wright  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ivano Fontana  Italy
← 1936
1952 →

Competition format

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Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 7 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were fewer than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10, then the bout is over and the opponent wins by knockout.

Results

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Dogomar Martínez (URU) PTS
  Antoni Kolczyński (POL)
  Dogomar Martínez (URU)
  Ivano Fontana (ITA) PTS
  John Nuttall (IND)
  Ivano Fontana (ITA) PTS
  Ivano Fontana (ITA)
  László Papp (HUN) PTS
  Washington Jones (USA)
  Auguste Cavignac (BEL) DSQ-2
  Auguste Cavignac (BEL)
  László Papp (HUN) KO-1
  Jeannot Welter (LUX)
  Valle Resko (FIN)   László Papp (HUN) RSC-1
  László Papp (HUN) KO-2   László Papp (HUN) PTS
  Tore Karlsson (SWE)   Johnny Wright (GBR)
  Hossein Tousi (IRN) PTS   Hossein Tousi (IRN)
  Jack Keenan (CAN)   Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS
  Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS   Mick McKeon (IRL) PTS
  Martin Hansen (DEN) KO-1   Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA)
  Evert Johanson (NOR)   Martin Hansen (DEN)
  Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) PTS   Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) PTS
  Ken La Grange (RSA)   Mick McKeon (IRL)
  Moustafa Fahim (EGY) RSC-2   Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS
  Jaime Oliver (ESP)   Moustafa Fahim (EGY) Third place
  Miloslav Příhoda (TCH)   Jan Schubart (NED) PTS
  Jan Schubart (NED) PTS   Jan Schubart (NED)   Ivano Fontana (ITA) WO
  Hermann Schneider (SUI)   Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS   Mick McKeon (IRL)
  Johnny Wright (GBR) PTS   Johnny Wright (GBR)
  Graham Higham (AUS)   Héctor García (ARG) RSC-2
  Héctor García (ARG) PTS

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Middleweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
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