# 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.

## Competition format

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

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