| 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 welterweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-lightest class. Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 63.5 kilograms. 35 boxers from 35 nations competed. [1]
| Gold | Jerzy Kulej  Poland |
| Silver | Yevgeny Frolov  Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Eddie Blay  Ghana |
| Bronze | Habib Galhia  Tunisia |
| First round 11 October | |||||||
 Tóth (HUN) | 4 | ||||||
 Prasertsom (THA) | 1 | ||||||
 Olulu (KEN) | 5 | ||||||
 Zazueta (MEX) | 0 | ||||||
 Daraktchiev (BUL) | RSC | ||||||
 Kučera (TCH) | W | ||||||
| Round of 32 15 October | Round of 16 18 October | Quarterfinals 20 October | Semifinals 21 October | Final 23 October | |||||||||||||||
 Da Silva (BRA) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Chang (ROC) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Da Silva (BRA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nadimi (IRI) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nadimi (IRI) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gopalan (MAS) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Da Silva (BRA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Blay (GHA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blay (GHA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Rasmussen (DEN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Blay (GHA) | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
 Touch (CAM) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Touch (CAM) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Anderson (IRL) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Blay (GHA)  | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kulej (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 McTaggart (GBR) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Rossi (AUS) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| McTaggart (GBR) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kulej (POL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Amaya (ARG) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kulej (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kulej (POL) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mihalic (ROU) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mihalic (ROU) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 König (AUT) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mihalic (ROU) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fasoli (ITA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Park (KOR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Fasoli (ITA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kulej (POL)  | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Frolov (URS)  | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Fatah (MAR) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
 Betancourt (CUB) | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Betancourt (CUB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Yonekura (JPN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yonekura (JPN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Velázquez (ESP) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Betancourt (CUB) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
 Galhia (TUN) | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
 Omparsad (NEP) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Guebre Giorgis (ETH) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Omparsad (NEP) | L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galhia (TUN) | KO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galhia (TUN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gerlach (NED) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Galhia (TUN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frolov (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frolov (URS) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Maunsell (NZL) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frolov (URS) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ellis (USA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Winter (EUA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ellis (USA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Frolov (URS) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kučera (TCH) | DNS | ||||||||||||||||||
 Reti (CAN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tóth (HUN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tóth (HUN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kučera (TCH) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olulu (KEN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kučera (TCH) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.
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