Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

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Men's lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Earl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date 9–13 August
Competitors 28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Gerald Dreyer Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Vissers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg Svend Wad Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
  1936
1952  

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Lightweight is a weight class in combat sports and rowing.

1948 Summer Olympics Games of the XIV Olympiad, held in London in 1948

The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in London, United Kingdom from 29 July to 14 August 1948.

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Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  Gerald Dreyer  (RSA)PTS
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Ernesto Porto  (PHI)
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  Gerald Dreyer  (RSA)PTS
Flag of Norway.svg  Øivind Breiby  (NOR)
Flag of Norway.svg  Øivind Breiby  (NOR)PTS
Flag of South Korea (1948-1949).svg  Gang In-Seok  (KOR)
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  Gerald Dreyer  (RSA)PTS
Flag of Finland.svg  Tauno Rinkinen  (FIN)Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Maxie McCullagh  (IRL)PTSFlag of Ireland.svg  Maxie McCullagh  (IRL)PTS
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Remie  (NED)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ron Cooper  (GBR)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Ron Cooper  (GBR)PTSFlag of Ireland.svg  Maxie McCullagh  (IRL)
Flag of India.svg  Gene Raymond  (IND)Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)PTS
Flag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)PTSFlag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)PTS
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Alberto Boullossa  (URU)PTSFlag of Uruguay.svg  Alberto Boullossa  (URU)
Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Agustín Argote  (ESP)Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  Gerald Dreyer  (RSA)PTS
Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Raúl Zumbano  (BRA)KO-2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Vissers  (BEL)
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Franz Ehringer  (LUX)Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Raúl Zumbano  (BRA)PTS
Flag of France.svg  Auguste Caulet  (FRA)PTSFlag of France.svg  Auguste Caulet  (FRA)
Flag of Italy.svg  Mario Minatelli  (ITA)Flag of Brazil (1889-1960).svg  Raúl Zumbano  (BRA)
Flag of Chile.svg  Eduardo Cornejo  (CHI)US flag 48 stars.svg  Wallace Smith  (USA)KO-2
US flag 48 stars.svg  Wallace Smith  (USA)PTSUS flag 48 stars.svg  Wallace Smith  (USA)PTS
State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Masoud Rahimiha  (IRI)Flag of Argentina.svg  Manuel López  (ARG)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Manuel López  (ARG)PTSUS flag 48 stars.svg  Wallace Smith  (USA)Third place
Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Eddie Haddad  (CAN)PTSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Vissers  (BEL)PTS
Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg  Ezz El-Din Nasir  (EGY)Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Eddie Haddad  (CAN)PTSFlag of Denmark.svg  Svend Wad  (DEN)WO
British Ceylon flag.svg  Edward Gray  (CEY)DSQ-1British Ceylon flag.svg  Edward Gray  (CEY)US flag 48 stars.svg  Wallace Smith  (USA)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Alois Petřina  (TCH)Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Eddie Haddad  (CAN)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Edy Schmidiger  (SUI)WOFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Vissers  (BEL)PTS
Flag of Peru (1825-1950).svg  L. Gutierrez Chacon  (PER)Flag of Switzerland.svg  Edy Schmidiger  (SUI)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Vissers  (BEL)PTSFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Joseph Vissers  (BEL)PTS
Flag of Australia.svg  Billy Barber  (AUS)

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