Host city | West Berlin |
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Country | Germany |
Nations | 24 |
Athletes | 153 |
Dates | 27 May–5 June |
The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Edgar Basel West Germany | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | Henryk Kukier Poland Wolfgang Behrendt |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Zenon Stefaniuk Poland | Boris Stiepanov Soviet Union | Daniel Hellebuyck Belgium Wolfgang Schwarz |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Tommy Nicholls England | Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union | Pentti Hamalainen Finland Hans-Peter Mehling |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Harry Kurschat West Germany | Darweesh Mustafa Egypt | Ilija Lukić Yugoslavia Pentti Rautiainen |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Leszek Drogosz Poland | Pal Budai Hungary | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union Hans Petersen |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Nicky Gargano England | Hippolyte Annex France | Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia Nicolae Linca |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland | Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union | Marcel Pigou France Rolf Caroli |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union | Stig Sjölin Sweden | Dieter Wemhöner West Germany Bedrich Koutny |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Erich Schöppner West Germany | Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany | Július Torma Czechoslovakia Ottavio Panunzi |
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union | Horst Witterstein West Germany | Horymír Netuka Czechoslovakia Francis Magnetto |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
4 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
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