Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games – Men's 57 kg

The men's featherweight (57 kilograms) event at the 1954 Asian Games took place from 5 to 8 May 1954 at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila, Philippines.[1]

Men's 57 kg
at the 1954 Asian Games
VenueRizal Memorial Sports Complex
Date5–8 May 1954
Competitors6 from 6 nations
Medalists
gold medal    South Korea
silver medal    Philippines
bronze medal    Ceylon
1958 →

Like all Asian Games boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament with a third place match to determine the bronze medalist. The competition began with a preliminary round on 5 May 1954, where the number of competitors was reduced to 4, and concluded with the final on 8 May 1954.[2]

Park Kum-hyun from South Korea won the gold medal.

Results edit

Legend
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Mauro Dizon (PHI) 3
  Teng Pao-cha (ROC) 0
  Mauro Dizon (PHI) 0
  Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY) KO   Park Kum-hyun (KOR) 3
  Hidemi Wada (JPN)     Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY) 1
  Park Kum-hyun (KOR) KO   Park Kum-hyun (KOR) 2
  Chune Pattapong (THA)   Bronze medal bout
  Teng Pao-cha (ROC) 0
  Chandrasena Jayasuriya (CEY) 3

References edit

  1. ^ "2.Asian Games". amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Boxing Report" (PDF). amateur-boxing.strefa.pl. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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