| Host city | Breslau |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Nations | 11 |
| Athletes | 97 |
| Dates | 20–25 January |
The 1942 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Breslau, Germany from 20 to 25 January. There were 97 fighters from 11 countries participating: Germany, Hungary, and Italy (16 boxers in each squad), and Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. [1] After World War II, the results were annulled by AIBA. [2]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (– 50.8 kilograms) |  Constante Paesani Italy | Amleto Falcinelli Italy |  Mariano Diaz Mendez Spain |
| Bantamweight (– 53.5 kilograms) | Arturo Paoletti Italy | Ian Friedman Spain |  Stig Kreuger Sweden |
| Featherweight (– 57.1 kilograms) |  Dezső Frigyes Hungary |  Artur Buettner Germany | Ermano Bonetti Italy |
| Lightweight (– 61.2 kilograms) | Duilio Bianchini Italy | Florindo Tiberi Italy | Heinz Gorczyca Germany |
| Welterweight (– 66.7 kilograms) | Ferdinand Raeschke Germany | Lajos Szentgyorgy Hungary | Börje Wretman Sweden |
| Middleweight (– 72.6 kilograms) | Karl Gustaf Noren Sweden | Adolf Baumgarten Germany | Carl Schmidt Germany |
| Light Heavyweight (– 79.4 kilograms) |  Svend Aage Christensen Denmark | Otto Proffitlich Germany | Rudolf Pepper Germany |
| Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kilograms) | Hein ten Hoff Germany | Richard Grupe Germany | Gino Latini Italy |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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