| Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Light welterweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Light middleweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The light heavyweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the second-heaviest class. Light heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 81 kilograms. 19 boxers from 19 nations competed. [1]
| Gold | Cosimo Pinto  Italy |
| Silver | Aleksei Kiselyov  Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Alexander Nikolov  Bulgaria |
| Bronze | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski  Poland |
| Round of 32 14 October | Round of 16 17 October | Quarterfinals 19 October | Semifinals 21 October | Final 23 October | |||||||||||||||
 Schlegel (EUA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mugwanya (UGA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Schlegel (EUA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pinto (ITA) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Lubbers (NED) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pinto (ITA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pinto (ITA) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nicolov (BUL)  | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolov (BUL) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Thebault (FRA) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nicolov (BUL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mersal (EGY) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mersal (EGY) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Arimi (GHA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Pinto (ITA)  | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kiselyov (URS)  | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gargiulo (ARG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Horvath (SUI) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gargiulo (ARG) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pietrzykowski (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pietrzykowski (POL) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Holmes (JAM) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pietrzykowski (POL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiselyov (URS) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Polacek (TCH) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nguia (CIV) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nguia (CIV) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Casey (AUS) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Polacek (TCH) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiselyov (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Christopherson (USA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ali (PAK) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Christopherson (USA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiselyov (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Negrea (ROU) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kiselyov (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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