# Boksen op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956

Boksen is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1956 in Melbourne.

## Heren

Uitslagen per gewichtsklasse:

### vlieggewicht (tot 51 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Terence Spinks | GBR |
| 2 | Mircea Dobrescu | ROU |
| 3 | John Caldwell | IRL |
| 3 | René Libeer | FRA |
| 5 | Warner Batchelor | AUS |
| 5 | Ray Perez | USA |
| 5 | Vladimir Stolnikov | URS |
| 5 | Kenji Yonekura | JPN |

### bantamgewicht (tot 54 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Wolfgang Behrendt | EUA |
| 2 | Song Soon-chung | KOR |
| 3 | Claudio Barrientos | CHI |
| 3 | Freddie Gilroy | IRL |
| 5 | Eder Jofre | BRA |
| 5 | Owen Reilly | GBR |
| 5 | Mario Sitri | ITA |
| 5 | Carmelo Tomaselli | ARG |

### vedergewicht (tot 57 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Vladimir Safronov | URS |
| 2 | Thomas Nicholls | GBR |
| 3 | Pentti Hämäläinen | FIN |
| 3 | Henryk Niedźwiecki | POL |
| 5 | Andre De Sousa | FRA |
| 5 | Tristan Falfán | ARG |
| 5 | Shinetsu Suzuki | JPN |
| 5 | Ján Zachara | TCH |

### lichtgewicht (tot 60 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Richard McTaggart | GBR |
| 2 | Harry Kurschat | EUA |
| 3 | Tony Byrne | IRL |
| 3 | Anatoly Lagetko | URS |
| 5 | Edward Beattie | CAN |
| 5 | Zygmunt Milewski | POL |
| 5 | Louis Molina | USA |
| 5 | André Vairolatto | FRA |

### halfweltergewicht (tot 63.5 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Vladimir Jengibarjan | URS |
| 2 | Franco Nenci | ITA |
| 3 | Constantin Dumitrescu | ROU |
| 3 | Henry Loubscher | RSA |
| 5 | Hwang Ei-kyung | KOR |
| 5 | Antonio Marcilla | ARG |
| 5 | Claude Saluden | FRA |
| 5 | Joseph Shaw | USA |

### weltergewicht (tot 67 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Nicolae Linca | ROU |
| 2 | Fred Tiedt | IRL |
| 3 | Nicholas Gargano | GBR |
| 3 | Kevin Hogarth | AUS |
| 5 | Nicholas André | RSA |
| 5 | András Dori | HUN |
| 5 | Francisco Gelabert | ARG |
| 5 | Pearce Allen Lane | USA |

### halfmiddengewicht (tot 71 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | László Papp | HUN |
| 2 | José Torres | USA |
| 3 | John McCormack | GBR |
| 3 | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski | POL |
| 5 | Ulrich Kienast | EUA |
| 5 | Boris Nikolov | BUL |
| 5 | Franco Scisciani | ITA |
| 5 | Alberto Saenz | ARG |

### middengewicht (tot 75 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Gennadi Sjatkov | URS |
| 2 | Rámon Tapia | CHI |
| 3 | Gilbert Chapron | FRA |
| 3 | Victor Zalazar | ARG |
| 5 | Giulio Rinaldi | ITA |
| 5 | Július Torma | TCH |
| 5 | Dieter Wemhöner | EUA |
| 5 | Roger Rouse | USA |

### halfzwaargewicht (tot 81 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | James Boyd | USA |
| 2 | Gheorghe Negrea | ROU |
| 3 | Carlos Lucas | CHI |
| 3 | Romualdas Murauskas | URS |
| 5 | Rodolfo Díaz | ARG |
| 5 | Anthony Madigan | AUS |
| 5 | Ottavio Panunzi | ITA |
| 5 | Andrzej Wojciechowski | POL |

### zwaargewicht (boven 81 kg)

| rang | sporter | land |
| 1 | Pete Rademacher | USA |
| 2 | Lev Moechin | URS |
| 3 | Daniel Bekker | RSA |
| 3 | Giacomo Bozzano | ITA |
| 5 | Thorner Ahsman | SWE |
| 5 | Ulrich Nitzschke | EUA |
| 5 | Josef Němec | TCH |
| 5 | José Giorgetti | ARG |

## Medaillespiegel

| rang | land | 1 goud | 2 zilver | 3 brons | totaal |
| 1 | Sovjet-Unie | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Groot-Brittannië | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Verenigde Staten | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Roemenië | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Duits eenheidsteam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Hongarije | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Ierland | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Chili | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Italië | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Zuid-Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Frankrijk | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Polen | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Zuid-Afrika | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Argentinië | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Australië | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| totaal | totaal | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |