Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Light heavyweight

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Light heavyweight boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue Messuhalli
Dates29 July – 2 August
Competitors18 from 18 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Norvel Lee US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Antonio Pacenza Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Bronze medal icon.svg Anatoly Perov Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Harry Siljander Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1948
1956  

The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 29 July to 2 August 1952. 18 boxers from 18 nations competed. [1]

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Medalists

Gold Norvel Lee
US flag 48 stars.svg United States
Silver Antonio Pacenza
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Bronze Anatoly Perov
Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg Soviet Union
Bronze Harry Siljander
Flag of Finland.svg Finland

Results

WinnerNOCResultLoserNOC
First Round (July 29)
Anatoly Perov Soviet Union BYE
Henry Cooper Great Britain BYE
Gianbattista Alfonsetti Italy BYE
Mohamed Mohamed Elminabaoui Egypt BYE
Antonio Pacenza Argentina BYE
Rolf Storm Sweden BYE
Lucio Grotone Brazil BYE
Bjarne Lingås Norway BYE
Tadeusz Grzelak Poland BYE
Franz Pfitscher Austria BYE
Norvel Lee United States BYE
Claude Arnaiz France BYE
Harry Siljander Finland BYE
Dumitru Ciobotaru Romania BYE
Toon Pastor Netherlands 3 – 0 István Fazekas Hungary
Karl Kistner Germany KO 7 Oscar Ward India
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Anatoly PerovSoviet Union2 – 1Henry CooperGreat Britain
Giovan-Battista AlfonsettiItalyDSQ 3RMohamed Mohamed ElminabaouiEgypt
Antonio PacenzaArgentina2 – 1Rolf Edvard StormSweden
Lucio GrotoneBrazil2 – 1Bjarne LingåsNorway
Tadeusz GrzelakPoland3 – 0Franz PfitscherAustria
Norvel LeeUnited States3 – 0Claude ArnaizFrance
Harri SiljanderFinland2 – 1Dumitru CiobotaruRomania
Karl KistnerGermany2 – 1Toon PastorNetherlands
Third Round (July 31)
Norvel LaFollette Ray LeeUnited States3 – 0Tadeusz GrzelakPoland
Anatoly PerovSoviet Union3 – 0Giovan-Battista AlfonsettiItaly
Harri SiljanderFinland2 – 1Karl KistnerGermany
Antonio PacenzaArgentina3 – 0Lucio GrotoneBrazil
Semi-final (August 1)
Antonio PacenzaArgentina3 – 0Anatoly PerovSoviet Union
Norvel LeeUnited States3 – 0Harri SiljanderFinland
Final (August 2)
Norvel LaFollette Ray LeeUnited States3 – 0Antonio PacenzaArgentina

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References

  1. "Boxing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Light Heavyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2018.