Host city | Belgrade |
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Country | Yugoslavia |
Nations | 21 |
Athletes | 146 |
Dates | 3–10 June |
The 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 3 to 10 June. The 14th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters from 21 countries participating.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Paolo Vacca Italy | Vladimir Stolnikov Soviet Union | Otto Babiasch East Germany Fritz Chervet |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Sergei Sivko Soviet Union | Piotr Gutman Poland | Nicolae Puiu Romania Primo Zamparini |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Francis Taylor England | Aleksei Zasukhin Soviet Union | Constantin Georghiu Romania Karl-Heinz Schulz |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Richard McTaggart Scotland | Petar Benedek Yugoslavia | János Kajdi Hungary Paul Warwick |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Aloizs Tumiņš Soviet Union | Ljubiša Mehović Yugoslavia | Pierre Cosentino Italy Marian Kasprzyk |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Ričardas Tamulis Soviet Union | Max Meier Switzerland | Jean Josselin France Ian McKenzie |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Boris Lagutin Soviet Union | Hans-Dieter Neidel East Germany | Virgil Badea Romania Eric Schichta |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Tadeusz Walasek Poland | Yevgeny Feofanov Soviet Union | Franz Frauenlob Austria Dragoslav Jakovljevic |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Giulio Saraudi Italy | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Jack Bodell England Zdzisław Józefowicz |
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Andrey Abramov Soviet Union | Benito Penna Italy | Zbigniew Gugniewicz Poland Günter Siegmund |
* Host nation (Yugoslavia)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
4 | England (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
5 | Scotland (SCO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Yugoslavia (YUG)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (13 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
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