Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Cassius Clay won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States.

Medals

Pos	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1	Italy (ITA)	3	3	1	7
2	United States (USA)	3	0	1	4
3	Poland (POL)	1	3	3	7
4	Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	2	5
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
7	Ghana Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	3	3
10	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
11	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Egypt Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Romania (ROU)	0	0	1	1
	United Team of Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1

Results

Flyweight (-51 kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Gyula Török, Hungary	Sergei Sivko, Soviet Union	Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Egypt Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan

Round 1

• Paolo Curcetti(ITA) def. Frank Kisekka (UGA),5-0

Quarterfinals

• Kiyoshi Tanabe(JPN) def. Mircea Dobrescu(ROU), 4:1

• Sergei Sivko(URS) def. Manfred Homberg(FRG), 5:0

• Gyula Török(HUN) def. Miguel Angel Botta(ARG), 5:0

• Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (EGY) def. Humberto Barrera ( USA), 4:1

Semifinals

• Sergei Sivko(URS) def. Kiyoshi Tanabe(JPN), 4:1

• Gyula Török(HUN) def. Abdel Moneim El-Guindi(EGY), 4:1

Final

• Gyula Török(HUN) def. Sergei Sivko(URS), 3:2

Bantamweight (-54kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Oleg Grigoryev, Soviet Union	Primo Zamparini, Italy	Brunon Bendig, Poland Oliver Taylor, Australia

Featherweight (-57kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Francesco Musso, Italy	Jerzy Adamski, Poland	William Meyers, South Africa Jorma Limmonen, Finland

Lightweight (-60kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Kazimierz Paździor, Poland	Sandro Lopopolo, Italy	Richard McTaggart, Great Britain Abel Laudonio, Argentina

Light welterweight (-63.5kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Bohumil Němeček, Czechoslovakia	Clement Quartey, Ghana	Quincey Daniels, United States Marian Kasprzyk, Poland

Welterweight (-67kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Giovanni Benvenuti, Italy	Yuri Radonyak, Soviet Union	Leszek Drogosz, Poland Jimmy Lloyd, Great Britain

Light middleweight (-71kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Wilbert McClure, United States	Carmelo Bossi, Italy	William Fisher, Great Britain Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union

Middleweight (-75kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Eddie Crook, Jr.	Tadeusz Walasek, Poland	Yevgeny Feofanov, Soviet Union Ion Monea, Romania

Light heavyweight (-81kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Cassius Clay, United States	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland	Anthony Madigan, Australia Giulio Saraudi, Italy

First round

• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Carl Crawford (GUA), 5–0
• Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Johnny Ould (GRB), 4–1
• Matti Aho (FIN) def. Colm McCoy (IRL), 4–0

Second round

• Gennadiy Shatkov (URS) def. Ray Cillien (LUX), 5–0
• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Yvon Becot (BEL), stoppage – 2nd round
• Anthony Madigan def. Lars-Olof Norling (SVE), 5–0
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROM) def. George Oywello (UGA), 5–0
• Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Muhammad Safdar (PAK), 5–0
• Rafael Gargiulo (ARG) def. José Leite (BRA), stoppage – 1st round
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Emil Willer (GER), 5–0
• Petar Spassov (BUL) def. Matti Aho (FIN), 5–0

Quarterfinals

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Gennadiy Shatkov (URS), 5–0
• Anthony Madigan (AUS) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROM), ko – 2nd round
• Giulio Saraudi (ITA) def. Rafael Gargiulo (ARG), 5–0
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Petar Spassov (BUL), 5–0

Semifinals

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), 5–0
• Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL) def. Giulio Saraudi (ITA), 5–0

Final

• Cassius Clay (USA) def. Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL), 5–0

Heavyweight (81+ kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Francesco de Piccoli, Italy	Daniel Bekker, South Africa	Josef Němec, Czechoslovakia Günter Siegmund, Germany

Round 1(seiziémes de final)

• Obrad.Sretenovic (YUG) def. Joe.Casey (IRL), 5-0

Round 2 (Huitiémes de final)

• Josef Němec (USA) def. Thomas Dave (GRB),5-0
• Percy Jr Price (USA) def Ron Taylor (AUS),ko 2 round
• Andrey Abramov (URS) def Manuel Garcia (ESP) stop 1 round
• Franco de Piccoli (ITA) def Willy Venneman (BEL),Abandon 1 round

References

• Official Olympic Report