| 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 welterweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-heaviest class. Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 67 kilograms. 30 boxers from 30 nations competed. [1]
| Gold | Marian Kasprzyk  Poland |
| Silver | Ričardas Tamulis  Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Silvano Bertini  Italy |
| Bronze | Pertti Purhonen  Finland |
| Round of 32 12 October | Round of 16 16 October | Quarterfinals 19 October | Semifinals 21 October | Final 23 October | |||||||||||||||
 Guse (EUA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tamulis (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tamulis (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mabwa (UGA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Niculescu (ROU) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ramirez (MEX) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Niculescu (ROU) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mabwa (UGA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Frilot (USA) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mabwa (UGA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tamulis (URS) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Purhonen (FIN)  | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hong (ROC) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
 Dabore (NIG) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dabore (NIG) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pedersen (DEN) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pedersen (DEN) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hie Toh (CIV) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dabore (NIG) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Purhonen (FIN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Nemecek (TCH) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Bulner (CEY) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nemecek (TCH) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Purhonen (FIN) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Purhonen (FIN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Roberts (AUS) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tamulis (URS)  | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Kasprzyk (POL)  | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Desrosiers (CAN) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
 Bertini (ITA) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bertini (ITA) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Saddik (EGY) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Saddik (EGY) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Songsang (THA) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bertini (ITA) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Varley (GBR) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
 Jimenez (CUB) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pereyra (ARG) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pereyra (ARG) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Varley (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Varley (GBR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Lee (KOR) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bertini (ITA) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kasprzyk (POL) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Vilugron (CHI) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kasprzyk (POL) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kasprzyk (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Alimi (NGR) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alimi (NGR) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Gakungu (KEN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kasprzyk (POL) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Hamada (JPN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Pourroudsari (IRI) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kichijiro (JPN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamada (JPN) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Alipala (PHI) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alipala (PHI) | W | ||||||||||||||||||
 Khalid (IRQ) | DQ | ||||||||||||||||||
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1904: 135–145 lb (61.2–65.8 kg), 1920 – 1936: 135–147 lb (61.2–66.7 kg), 1948: 62–67 kg, 1952 – 2000: 63.5–67 kg, 2004 – 2012: 64–69 kg | |
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