# Boxing at the 1962 Asian Games

The Boxing Tournament at the 1962 Asian Games was held at the Senayan Tennis Stadium (now known as Center Court) in Jakarta, Indonesia between 26 and 31 August 1962.
Barkat Ali of Pakistan won the heavyweight gold without a fight, due to the absence of his would-be opponent Chang Lo-pu from Taiwan. India's Padam Bahadur Mall was voted the best boxer at the Games.

## Schedule

| R | Round of 16 | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 26th Sun | 27th Mon | 28th Tue | 30th Thu | 31st Fri |
| Men's 51 kg | R | | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's 54 kg | R | | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's 57 kg | | ¼ | | ½ | F |
| Men's 60 kg | R | | ¼ | ½ | F |
| Men's 63.5 kg | ¼ | ½ | | | F |
| Men's 67 kg | | ¼ | | ½ | F |
| Men's 71 kg | | ¼ | | ½ | F |
| Men's 75 kg | ½ | | | | F |
| Men's 81 kg | ½ | | | | F |
| Men's +81 kg | | | | | F |

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Flyweight (51 kg) details | Chung Shin-cho South Korea | Masao Karasawa Japan | Senarath Jayasuriya Ceylon |
| Flyweight (51 kg) details | Chung Shin-cho South Korea | Masao Karasawa Japan | Ghulam Sarwar Pakistan |
| Bantamweight (54 kg) details | Kiyoshi Tanabe Japan | Frans Soplanit Indonesia | Tin Tun Burma |
| Bantamweight (54 kg) details | Kiyoshi Tanabe Japan | Frans Soplanit Indonesia | Jose Ramirez Philippines |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Samphan Payonrathana Thailand | Mamoru Hayashi Japan | Egino Grafia Philippines |
| Featherweight (57 kg) details | Samphan Payonrathana Thailand | Mamoru Hayashi Japan | Than Tun Burma |
| Lightweight (60 kg) details | Padam Bahadur Mall India | Kanemaru Shiratori Japan | Catalino Arpon Philippines |
| Lightweight (60 kg) details | Padam Bahadur Mall India | Kanemaru Shiratori Japan | You Chin Hong Cambodia |
| Light welterweight (63.5 kg) details | Kim Deuk-bong South Korea | Sukda Songsang Thailand | Johnny Bolang Indonesia |
| Light welterweight (63.5 kg) details | Kim Deuk-bong South Korea | Sukda Songsang Thailand | Muhammad Sharif Pakistan |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Manfredo Alipala Philippines | Kichijiro Hamada Japan | Choi Song-keun South Korea |
| Welterweight (67 kg) details | Manfredo Alipala Philippines | Kichijiro Hamada Japan | Singto Jamjitman Thailand |
| Light middleweight (71 kg) details | Koji Masuda Japan | Shin Yang-il South Korea | Kumar Rai Burma |
| Light middleweight (71 kg) details | Koji Masuda Japan | Shin Yang-il South Korea | Buddy D'Souza India |
| Middleweight (75 kg) details | Kim Duk-pal South Korea | Gul Muhammad Pakistan | Alex Abast Indonesia |
| Middleweight (75 kg) details | Kim Duk-pal South Korea | Gul Muhammad Pakistan | Surendra Sarkar India |
| Light heavyweight (81 kg) details | Muhammad Safdar Pakistan | Paruhum Siregar Indonesia | Tetsuya Arita Japan |
| Light heavyweight (81 kg) details | Muhammad Safdar Pakistan | Paruhum Siregar Indonesia | None awarded |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Barkat Ali Pakistan | None awarded | None awarded |
| Heavyweight (+81 kg) details | Barkat Ali Pakistan | None awarded | None awarded |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Pakistan (PAK) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Thailand (THA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Philippines (PHI) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Burma (BIR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 9 | Cambodia (CAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Ceylon (CEY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 9 | 17 | 36 |

## Participating nations

A total of 65 athletes from 11 nations competed in boxing at the 1962 Asian Games:
* Burma (4)
* Cambodia (5)
* Ceylon (2)
* India (3)
* Indonesia (9)
* Japan (8)
* Pakistan (10)
* Philippines (6)
* Singapore (3)
* South Korea (8)
* Thailand (7)