Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. 19 boxers from 19 nations competed.^[1][2]

Light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Palazzo dello Sport
Dates	26 August – 5 September
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Cassius Clay  United States Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Poland Anthony Madigan  Australia Giulio Saraudi  Italy
← 1956 1964 →

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).

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 26 August 1960	21:00	Round of 32
Tuesday, 30 August 1960	15:00 21:00	Round of 16
Thursday, 1 September 1960	15:00 21:00	Quarterfinals
Saturday, 3 September 1960	15:00	Semifinals
Monday, 5 September 1960	21:00	Final

Results

Top half

Round of 32

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gennady Shatkov (URS)

5

Ray Cillien (LUX)

0

Gennady Shatkov (URS)

0

Cassius Clay (USA)

5

Cassius Clay (USA)

RSC

Yvon Becaus (BEL)

Cassius Clay (USA)

5

Tony Madigan (AUS)

0

Lars-Olof Norling (SWE)

0

Tony Madigan (AUS)

5

Tony Madigan (AUS)

KO

Gheorghe Negrea (ROU)

George Oywello (UGA)

0

Gheorghe Negrea (ROU)

5

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Muhammad Safdar (PAK)	0
					Giulio Saraudi (ITA)	5
									Giulio Saraudi (ITA)	3
									Rafael Gargiulo (ARG)	2
					Rafael Gargiulo (ARG)	RSC
					José Leite (BRA)
													Giulio Saraudi (ITA)	1
													Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	4
					Emil Willer (EUA)	0
					Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	5
	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	5
	Carl Crawford (GUY)	0
									Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	5
									Petar Spasov (BUL)	0
	Johnny Ould (GBR)	1
	Petar Spasov (BUL)	4
					Petar Spasov (BUL)	5
					Matti Aho (FIN)	0
	Colm McCoy (IRL)	1
	Matti Aho (FIN)	4

Finals

Left-right: Giulio Saraudi, Anthony Madigan, Cassius Clay, Zbigniew Pietrzykowski

	Semifinals				Final
	Cassius Clay (USA)	5
	Tony Madigan (AUS)	0
					Cassius Clay (USA)	5
					Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	0
	Giulio Saraudi (ITA)	1
	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (POL)	4

References

1. "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
2. "The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960 Vol. 2". Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad. pp. 692–693, 762–767. Retrieved 3 December 2018.