1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

Host city	West Berlin
Nations	24
Athletes	153
Dates	27 May–5 June
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The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, 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).

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Edgar Basel West Germany	Mircea Dobrescu Romania	Henryk Kukier Poland Wolfgang Behrendt East Germany
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Zenon Stefaniuk Poland	Boris Stiepanov Soviet Union	Daniel Hellebuyck Belgium Wolfgang Schwarz West Germany
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms)	Tommy Nicholls England	Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union	Pentti Hamalainen Finland Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms)	Harry Kurschat West Germany	Darweesh Mustafa Egypt	Ilija Lukić Yugoslavia Pentti Rautiainen Finland
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms)	Leszek Drogosz Poland	Pal Budai Hungary	Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union Hans Petersen Denmark
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	Nicky Gargano England	Hippolyte Annex France	Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia Nicolae Linca Romania
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms)	Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland	Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union	Marcel Pigou France Rolf Caroli East Germany
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms)	Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union	Stig Sjölin Sweden	Dieter Wemhöner West Germany Bedrich Koutny Czechoslovakia
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms)	Erich Schöppner West Germany	Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany	Július Torma Czechoslovakia Ottavio Panunzi Italy
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms)	Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union	Horst Witterstein West Germany	Horymír Netuka Czechoslovakia Francis Magnetto France

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

External links

• Amateur Boxing