# Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place at the West Melbourne Stadium. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on 23 November and ended on 1 December. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.

## Medal summary

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Terence Spinks Great Britain | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | John Caldwell Ireland |
| Flyweight (−51 kg) details | Terence Spinks Great Britain | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | René Libeer France |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Wolfgang Behrendt United Team of Germany | Song Soon-Chun South Korea | Claudio Barrientos Chile |
| Bantamweight (−54 kg) details | Wolfgang Behrendt United Team of Germany | Song Soon-Chun South Korea | Frederick Gilroy Ireland |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union | Thomas Nicholls Great Britain | Henryk Niedźwiedzki Poland |
| Featherweight (−57 kg) details | Vladimir Safronov Soviet Union | Thomas Nicholls Great Britain | Pentti Hämäläinen Finland |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Richard McTaggart Great Britain | Harry Kurschat United Team of Germany | Anatoly Lagetko Soviet Union |
| Lightweight (−60 kg) details | Richard McTaggart Great Britain | Harry Kurschat United Team of Germany | Anthony Byrne Ireland |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Franco Nenci Italy | Constantin Dumitrescu Romania |
| Light welterweight (−63.5 kg) details | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Franco Nenci Italy | Henry Loubscher South Africa |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Nicolae Linca Romania | Fred Tiedt Ireland | Kevin Hogarth Australia |
| Welterweight (−67 kg) details | Nicolae Linca Romania | Fred Tiedt Ireland | Nicholas Gargano Great Britain |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | José Torres United States | John McCormack Great Britain |
| Light middleweight (−71 kg) details | László Papp Hungary | José Torres United States | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Gennadi Schatkov Soviet Union | Ramón Tapia Chile | Gilbert Chapron France |
| Middleweight (−75 kg) details | Gennadi Schatkov Soviet Union | Ramón Tapia Chile | Victor Zalazar Argentina |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | James Boyd United States | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Carlos Lucas Chile |
| Light heavyweight (−81 kg) details | James Boyd United States | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Romualdas Murauskas Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Pete Rademacher United States | Lev Mukhin Soviet Union | Daniel Bekker South Africa |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Pete Rademacher United States | Lev Mukhin Soviet Union | Giacomo Bozzano Italy |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | United Team of Germany (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

## Participating nations

* Argentina (10)
* Australia (9)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Brazil (2)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Burma (4)
* Canada (6)
* Ceylon (2)
* Chile (3)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Czechoslovakia (5)
* Denmark (3)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (3)
* France (6)
* United Team of Germany (8)
* Great Britain (7)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (7)
* Italy (8)
* Japan (3)
* South Korea (5)
* New Zealand (2)
* Pakistan (6)
* Philippines (5)
* Poland (9)
* Romania (4)
* South Africa (7)
* Soviet Union (10)
* Sweden (3)
* Thailand (5)
* United States (8)
* Venezuela (2)