Bantamweight boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Pentti Hämäläinen vs John McNally
VenueMessuhalli
Dates28 July – 2 August
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Pentti Hämäläinen  Finland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John McNally  Ireland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kang Joon-Ho  South Korea
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gennady Garbuzov  Soviet Union

The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 54 kilograms. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 23 boxers from 23 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

GoldPentti Hämäläinen
 Finland
SilverJohn McNally
 Ireland
BronzeKang Joon-Ho
 South Korea
BronzeGennady Garbuzov
 Soviet Union

Results

Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28 & 29)
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea BYE
Fazlollah NikkhahIran BYE
Davey MooreUnited States BYE
Egon SchidanGermany BYE
Vincenzo Dall'OssoItaly BYE
Ibrahim AbdrabbouEgypt BYE
John McNallyIreland BYE
Alejandro OrtuostePhilippines BYE
František MajdlochCzechoslovakia BYE
Angel FigueroaPuerto Rico 3 – 0 Tiến VìnhVietnam
Raul Macías GuevaraMexico 3 – 0 Angel AmayaVenezuela
Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union 2 – 1 Jean RenardBelgium
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 – 0 Thomas NichollsGreat Britain
Henryk NiedzwiedzkiPoland TKO 1R Ronald Charles GowerAustralia
Ion ZlătaruRomania DSQ 3R Antoine MartinFrance
Lennie von GraevenitzSouth Africa 2 – 1 Rómulo ParésArgentina
Second Round (July 30)
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea 3 – 0 Fazlollah NickhahIran
Davey MooreUnited States 3 – 0 Egon SchidanGermany
Vincenzo Dall'ossoItaly 3 – 0 Ibrahim AbdrabbouEgypt
John McNallyIreland 3 – 0 Alejandro OrtuostePhilippines
František MajdlochCzechoslovakia 3 – 0 Angel Luis Figueroa OteroPuerto Rico
Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union 3 – 0 Raul Macías GuevaraMexico
Pentti HamalainenFinland 3 – 0 Henryk NiedzwiedzkiPoland
Helmuth von GravenitzSouth Africa 2 – 1 Ion ZlataruRomania
Third Round (July 31)
Gennady GarbuzovU.S.S.R 3 – 0 František MajdlochCzechoslovakia
Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea 2 – 1 Davey Moore U.S.A
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 – 0 Helmuth von GravenitzSouth Africa
John McNallyIreland 3 – 0 Vincenzo Dall'ossoItaly
Semi-final (August 1)
John McNallyIreland 3 – 0 Kang Joon-HoSouth Korea
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 3 – 0 Gennady GarbuzovSoviet Union
Final (August 2)
Pentti HämäläinenFinland 2 – 1 John McNallyIreland

References

  1. ↑ "Boxing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Bantamweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
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