Boxing at the 1959 Mediterranean Games | |
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Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
Dates | 14–16 October 1959 |
The boxing tournament at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (–51 kg) | Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (UAR) | Ben Larbi (MAR) | Maranon Antonio Ramos (ESP) |
Bantamweight (–54 kg) | Ben Mohamed (MAR) | Alfonso Carbajo (ESP) | Yazid Mahmoud El-Nahas (UAR) |
Featherweight (–57 kg) | André Iuncker (FRA) | Simon Bellaiche (TUN) | José Luis Biescas (ESP) |
Lightweight (–60 kg) | Roger Younsi (FRA) | Vural İnan (TUR) | Hernandes Juan Albornoz (ESP) |
Light Welterweight (–63.5 kg) | Sayed El-Nahas (UAR) | Fuat Birol (TUR) | Georges Costi (LBN) |
Welterweight (–67 kg) | Omrane Sadok (TUN) | Ben Djilali (MAR) | Dimitrios Mikhail (GRE) |
Light Middleweight (–71 kg) | Souleymane Diallo (FRA) | Cesáreo Barrera (ESP) | Mohamed Arafa Rozekah (UAR) |
Middleweight (–75 kg) | Abdelaziz Salah El Hasni (TUN) | Hani Zebib (LBN) | Anwar Saed Allah Houlta (UAR) |
Light Heavyweight (–81 kg) | Hedi Ben Othmane El Nabli (TUN) | Ibrahim Abdallah (UAR) | Vyron Stoimenidis (GRE) |
Heavyweight (+81 kg) | Mahmoud El Kelany (UAR) | Saad El Din Dgheili (LBN) | No bronze awarded |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United Arab Republic (UAR) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
5 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
6 | Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Totals (8 entries) | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
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