# Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.

## Competition format

The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser).

## Results

Results of the featherweight boxing competition.

### Top half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| | | | Hsu Teng-yun (ROC) | Hsu Teng-yun (ROC) | L | | | | | | |
| Than Tun (BIR) | Than Tun (BIR) | 0 | William Meyers (RSA) | William Meyers (RSA) | KO-3 | | | | | | |
| William Meyers (RSA) | William Meyers (RSA) | 5 | | | | William Meyers (RSA) | William Meyers (RSA) | 5 | | | |
| Mohamed Hassan (MAR) | Mohamed Hassan (MAR) | 1 | | | | Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | 0 | | | |
| Werner Kirsch (EUA) | Werner Kirsch (EUA) | 4 | Werner Kirsch (EUA) | Werner Kirsch (EUA) | L | | | | | | |
| Joshua Williams (GHA) | Joshua Williams (GHA) | 1 | Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | WO | | | | | | |
| Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU) | 4 | | | | | | | William Meyers (RSA) | William Meyers (RSA) | 1 |
| Ernst Chervet (SUI) | Ernst Chervet (SUI) | 3 | | | | | | | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 4 |
| Vicente Saldívar (MEX) | Vicente Saldívar (MEX) | 2 | Ernst Chervet (SUI) | Ernst Chervet (SUI) | 4 | | | | | | |
| Danny Males (AUS) | Danny Males (AUS) | 0 | Juan Díaz (CHI) | Juan Díaz (CHI) | 1 | | | | | | |
| Juan Díaz (CHI) | Juan Díaz (CHI) | 5 | | | | Ernst Chervet (SUI) | Ernst Chervet (SUI) | 0 | | | |
| Mohandas Liyanage Sumith (CEY) | Mohandas Liyanage Sumith (CEY) | 0 | | | | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 5 | | | |
| Jerzy Adamski (POL) | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 5 | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) | Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) | 5 | Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) | Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Gaby Mancini (CAN) | Gaby Mancini (CAN) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals |
| José Luis Biescas (ESP) | José Luis Biescas (ESP) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| Abe Bekker (RHO) | Abe Bekker (RHO) | 5 | Abe Bekker (RHO) | Abe Bekker (RHO) | 5 | | | | | | |
| André Iuncker (FRA) | André Iuncker (FRA) | 2 | Ando Reddy (IRL) | Ando Reddy (IRL) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Ando Reddy (IRL) | Ando Reddy (IRL) | 3 | | | | Abe Bekker (RHO) | Abe Bekker (RHO) | 2 | | | |
| Børge Krogh (DEN) | Børge Krogh (DEN) | 0 | | | | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | 3 | | | |
| Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | 5 | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Phil Lundgren (GBR) | Phil Lundgren (GBR) | 5 | Phil Lundgren (GBR) | Phil Lundgren (GBR) | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sayed Abdel Gadir (SUD) | Sayed Abdel Gadir (SUD) | 0 | | | | | | | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | 0 |
| Francesco Musso (ITA) | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 4 | | | | | | | Francesco Musso (ITA) | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 5 |
| Miloslav Paunović (YUG) | Miloslav Paunović (YUG) | 1 | Francesco Musso (ITA) | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Song Sun-cheon (KOR) | Song Sun-cheon (KOR) | 3 | Song Sun-cheon (KOR) | Song Sun-cheon (KOR) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Joe Okezie (NGR) | Joe Okezie (NGR) | 2 | | | | Francesco Musso (ITA) | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 3 | | | |
| Nick Spanakos (USA) | Nick Spanakos (USA) | 0 | | | | Boris Nikonorov (URS) | Boris Nikonorov (URS) | 2 | | | |
| Boris Nikonorov (URS) | Boris Nikonorov (URS) | 5 | Boris Nikonorov (URS) | Boris Nikonorov (URS) | 5 | | | | | | |
| Carlos Aro (ARG) | Carlos Aro (ARG) | 5 | Carlos Aro (ARG) | Carlos Aro (ARG) | 0 | | | | | | |
| Lajos Baranyai (HUN) | Lajos Baranyai (HUN) | 0 | | | | | | | | | |

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| William Meyers (RSA) | 1 |
| Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 4 | | |
| Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 4 | Jerzy Adamski (POL) | 1 |
| | | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 4 |
| Jorma Limmonen (FIN) | 0 | Francesco Musso (ITA) | 4 |
| Francesco Musso (ITA) | 5 | | |