Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Flyweight

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Flyweight boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli
Dates28 July – 2 August
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nate Brooks US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Edgar Basel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Anatoli Bulakov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Willie Toweel Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa
  1948
1956  

The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 27 boxers from 27 nations competed. [1]

Medalists

Gold Nate Brooks
US flag 48 stars.svg United States
Silver Edgar Basel
Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Bronze Anatoli Bulakov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg Soviet Union
Bronze Willie Toweel
Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg South Africa

Results

WinnerNOCResultLoserNOC
First Round (28 & 29 July)
Mircea Dobrescu Romania 2 – 1 Yoshitaro Nagata Japan
Alfred Zima Austria 2 – 1 Pablo Lugo Puerto Rico
Nate Brooks United States 3 – 0 Risto Luukkonen Finland
Thorbjørn Clausen Norway 2 – 1 Kjeld Steen Denmark
Willie Toweel South Africa 3 – 0 Kornél Molnár Hungary
Leslie Donovan Perera Handunge Ceylon 2 – 1 Jesús Tello Mexico
Roland Johansson Sweden 2 – 1 Alberto Barenghi Argentina
Han Soo-An South Korea TKO 1R. Helmut Hofmann Saar
Edgar Basel Germany 3 – 0 Henryk Kukier Poland
Aristide Pozzali Italy 3 – 0 Andrew Reddy Ireland
Dai Dower Great Britain 3 – 0 Abdel Amid Boutefnouchet France
Anatoli Bulakov Soviet Union 3 – 0 Hein van der Zee Netherlands
Al Asuncion Philippines TKO 2R. Basil Thompson Burma
Sakti Mazumdar India DNS Nguyen Van Cua Vietnam
Second Round (30 July)
Thorbjørn ClausenNorwayBYE
Edgar BaselGermanyBYE
Dai DowerGreat Britain3 – 0Leslie Donovan Perera HandungeCeylon
Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union3 – 0Aristide PozzaliItaly
Mircea DobrescuRomania3 – 0Roland JohanssonSweden
Nate BrooksUnited States3 – 0Alfred ZimaAustria
Han Soo-AnSouth Korea3 – 0Sakti MazumdarIndia
Willie ToweelSouth Africa2 – 1Al AsuncionPhilippines
Third Round (31 July)
Willie ToweelSouth Africa3 – 0Han Soo-AnSouth Korea
Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union2 – 1Dai DowerGreat Britain
Edgar BaselGermanyTKO 3R.Thorbjørn ClausenNorway
Nate BrooksUnited States2 – 1Mircea DobrescuRomania
Semi-final (1 August)
Edgar BaselGermany2 – 1Anatoli BulakovSoviet Union
Nate BrooksUnited States3 – 0Willie ToweelSouth Africa
Final (2 August)
Nate BrooksUnited States3 – 0Edgar BaselGermany

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References

  1. "Boxing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2018.