Boksen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956

Boksen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.
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Uitslagen per gewichtsklasse:
vlieggewicht (tot 51 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Terence Spinks | ||
| Mircea Dobrescu | ||
| John Caldwell | ||
| René Libeer | ||
| 5 | Warner Batchelor | |
| Ray Perez | ||
| Vladimir Stolnikov | ||
| Kenji Yonekura |
bantamgewicht (tot 54 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Wolfgang Behrendt | ||
| Song Soon-chung | ||
| Claudio Barrientos | ||
| Freddie Gilroy | ||
| 5 | Eder Jofre | |
| Owen Reilly | ||
| Mario Sitri | ||
| Carmelo Tomaselli |
vedergewicht (tot 57 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Safronov | ||
| Thomas Nicholls | ||
| Pentti Hämäläinen | ||
| Henryk Niedźwiecki | ||
| 5 | Andre De Sousa | |
| Tristan Falfán | ||
| Shinetsu Suzuki | ||
| Ján Zachara |
lichtgewicht (tot 60 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Richard McTaggart | ||
| Harry Kurschat | ||
| Tony Byrne | ||
| Anatoly Lagetko | ||
| 5 | Edward Beattie | |
| Zygmunt Milewski | ||
| Louis Molina | ||
| André Vairolatto |
halfweltergewicht (tot 63.5 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Vladimir Jengibarjan | ||
| Franco Nenci | ||
| Constantin Dumitrescu | ||
| Henry Loubscher | ||
| 5 | Hwang Ei-kyung | |
| Antonio Marcilla | ||
| Claude Saluden | ||
| Joseph Shaw |
weltergewicht (tot 67 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolae Linca | ||
| Fred Tiedt | ||
| Nicholas Gargano | ||
| Kevin Hogarth | ||
| 5 | Nicholas André | |
| András Dori | ||
| Francisco Gelabert | ||
| Pearce Allen Lane |
halfmiddengewicht (tot 71 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| László Papp | ||
| José Torres | ||
| John McCormack | ||
| Zbigniew Pietrzykowski | ||
| 5 | Ulrich Kienast | |
| Boris Nikolov | ||
| Franco Scisciani | ||
| Alberto Saenz |
middengewicht (tot 75 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Gennadi Sjatkov | ||
| Rámon Tapia | ||
| Gilbert Chapron | ||
| Victor Zalazar | ||
| 5 | Giulio Rinaldi | |
| Július Torma | ||
| Dieter Wemhöner | ||
| Roger Rouse |
halfzwaargewicht (tot 81 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| James Boyd | ||
| Gheorghe Negrea | ||
| Carlos Lucas | ||
| Romualdas Murauskas | ||
| 5 | Rodolfo Díaz | |
| Anthony Madigan | ||
| Ottavio Panunzi | ||
| Andrzej Wojciechowski |
zwaargewicht (boven 81 kg)
| rang | sporter | land |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Rademacher | ||
| Lev Moechin | ||
| Daniel Bekker | ||
| Giacomo Bozzano | ||
| 5 | Thorner Ahsman | |
| Ulrich Nitzschke | ||
| Josef Němec | ||
| José Giorgetti |
Medaillespiegel
| rang | land | totaal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| totaal | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |