Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Lightweight

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.[1]

Men's lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEarl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date9–13 August
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerald Dreyer  South Africa
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Vissers  Belgium
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Svend Wad  Denmark
← 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 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less 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.

Results

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Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
  Ernesto Porto (PHI)
  Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
  Øivind Breiby (NOR)
  Øivind Breiby (NOR) PTS
  Gang In-seok (KOR)
  Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
  Tauno Rinkinen (FIN)   Svend Wad (DEN)
  Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS   Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS
  Jan Remie (NED)   Ron Cooper (GBR)
  Ron Cooper (GBR) PTS   Maxie McCullagh (IRL)
  Gene Raymond (IND)   Svend Wad (DEN) PTS
  Svend Wad (DEN) PTS   Svend Wad (DEN) PTS
  Alberto Boullosa (URU) PTS   Alberto Boullosa (URU)
  Agustín Argote (ESP)   Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
  Raúl Zumbano (BRA) KO-2   Joseph Vissers (BEL)
  Fränz Ehringer (LUX)   Ralph Zumbano (BRA) PTS
  Auguste Caulet (FRA) PTS   Auguste Caulet (FRA)
  Mario Minatelli (ITA)   Ralph Zumbano (BRA)
  Eduardo Cornejo (CHI)   Wallace Smith (USA) KO-2
  Wallace Smith (USA) PTS   Wallace Smith (USA) PTS
  Masoud Rahimiha (IRI)   Manuel López (ARG)
  Manuel López (ARG) PTS   Wallace Smith (USA)
  Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS   Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS
  Ezz El-Din Nasir (EGY)   Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS Third place
  Edward Gray (CEY) DSQ-1   Edward Gray (CEY)
  Alois Petřina (TCH)   Eddie Haddad (CAN)   Svend Wad (DEN) WO
  Edy Schmidiger (SUI) WO   Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS   Wallace Smith (USA)
  L. Gutierrez Chacon (PER)   Edy Schmidiger (SUI)
  Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS   Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS
  Billy Barber (AUS)

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1948 London Summer Games: Men's Lightweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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