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Light-Middleweight (≤71 kilograms), Men

Date	29 July – 2 August 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Messuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants	23 from 23 countries
Format	Single elimination tournament.

Judge / Referee	K. Abdou	EGY
Judge / Referee	Hussain Afifi	EGY
Judge / Referee	James Devine	IRL
Judge / Referee	H. Ericson	SWE
Judge / Referee	Gillis Eriksson	SWE
Judge / Referee	John Eriksson	SWE
Judge / Referee	János Ermler	HUN
Judge / Referee	A. Forray	URU
Judge / Referee	C. Gallagher	IRL
Judge / Referee	Antonio Gilardi	ITA
Judge / Referee	J. Healy	IRL
Judge / Referee	Rolv Helmar	NOR
Judge / Referee	Bob Ingham	USA
Judge / Referee	Károly Kovács	HUN
Judge / Referee	J. Kowalski	POL
Judge / Referee	Emil Kübler	GER
Judge / Referee	E. Laukedrey	POL
Judge / Referee	U. Leskinen	FIN
Judge / Referee	R. Lisowski	POL
Judge / Referee	Khalil El-Maghrabi	EGY
Judge / Referee	E. Mäkinen	FIN
Judge / Referee	W. Maslowski	POL
Judge / Referee	Willie Mason	GBR
Judge / Referee	J. Neuding	POL
Judge / Referee	Donald Obeysekera	SRI
Judge / Referee	M. Raeymaekers	BEL
Judge / Referee	Stanislav Rajdl	TCH
Judge / Referee	Valle Resko	FIN
Judge / Referee	Stan Royle	GBR
Judge / Referee	René Schemann	FRA
Judge / Referee	Frank Schwinger	USA
Judge / Referee	R. Sciarra	ITA
Judge / Referee	A. Stascha	AUT
Judge / Referee	V. Stepanov	URS
Judge / Referee	Charles Thompson	GBR
Judge / Referee	Andrey Timoshin	URS
Judge / Referee	W. Van Eecken	BEL
Judge / Referee	M. Vaisberg	FRA
Judge / Referee	A. Weintraub	ROU
Judge / Referee	Nat Osk	USA
Judge / Referee	L. Saari	FIN
Judge / Referee	H. Schultz	GER

With the introduction of the light-middleweight division to international competition, Olympic champion László Papp could now fight at a more natural weight. He capitalized on this by winning the light-middleweight title at the 1951 European Championships. In Helsinki Papp was given a difficult assignment for his first bout in the shape of tough American Spider Webb. The fight was relatively even in the first round but ended in the second with the American suffering a count out.

The rest of the tournament was relatively plain sailing for the Hungarian who was at this time probably at the peak of his career. In his second Olympic final, Papp was too good for the British Empire Games champion, Theunis van Schalkwyk of South Africa who he clearly outpointed.

Pos	Competitor	NOC
1	László Papp	HUN	Gold
2	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA	Silver
=3	Boris Tishin	URS	Bronze
=3	Eladio Herrera	ARG	Bronze
=5	Guido Mazzinghi	ITA
=5	Erich Schöppner	GER
=5	Petar Spasov	BUL
=5	Paulo Cavalheiro	BRA
=9	Ebbe Kops	DEN
=9	Hans Büchi	SUI
=9	Jerzy Krawczyk	POL
=9	Sören Danielsson	SWE
=9	John Tandrevold	NOR
=9	Josef Hamberger	AUT
=9	Pentti Kontula	FIN
=9	Charley Chase	CAN
=17	Bruno Mattiussi	LUX
=17	Willi Rammo	SAA
=17	Ardashes Saginian	IRI
=17	Bernard Foster	GBR
=17	Neacșu Șerbu	ROU
=17	André Oueillé	FRA
=17	Spider Webb	USA
DNS	Andraş Döri	ROU
DNS	André Drille	FRA
DNS	Bruce Wells	GBR
DNS	Tony Anthony	USA
DNS	Gleb Tolstikov	URS
DNS	Jan den Haan	NED
DNS	Otto Brousil	AUT
DNS	Óscar Pérez	ARG
DNS	Klaus Tiljander	FIN

Round One

Date	29 July 1952
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the second round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	29 Jul	Ebbe Kops	DEN
Match #2	29 Jul	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA
Match #3	29 Jul	Erich Schöppner	GER
Match #4	29 Jul	Hans Büchi	SUI
Match #5	29 Jul	Jerzy Krawczyk	POL
Match #6	29 Jul	Boris Tishin	URS
Match #7	29 Jul	Sören Danielsson	SWE
Match #8	29 Jul	Paulo Cavalheiro	BRA
Match #9	29 Jul	John Tandrevold	NOR
Match #10	29 Jul	Guido Mazzinghi	ITA	Decision	Bruno Mattiussi	LUX
Match #11	29 Jul	Josef Hamberger	AUT	Decision	Willi Rammo	SAA
Match #12	29 Jul	Eladio Herrera	ARG	Decision	Ardashes Saginian	IRI
Match #13	29 Jul	Petar Spasov	BUL	Decision	Bernard Foster	GBR
Match #14	29 Jul	Pentti Kontula	FIN	Decision	Neacșu Șerbu	ROU
Match #15	29 Jul	Charley Chase	CAN	Decision	André Oueillé	FRA
Match #16	29 Jul	László Papp	HUN	Knock-out	Spider Webb	USA

Round Two

Date	29 – 30 July 1952
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.

Match	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA	Decision	Ebbe Kops	DEN
Match #2	Erich Schöppner	GER	Referee stops contest	Hans Büchi	SUI
Match #3	Boris Tishin	URS	Referee stops contest	Jerzy Krawczyk	POL
Match #4	Paulo Cavalheiro	BRA	Knock-out	Sören Danielsson	SWE
Match #5	Guido Mazzinghi	ITA	Knock-out	John Tandrevold	NOR
Match #6	Eladio Herrera	ARG	Knock-out	Josef Hamberger	AUT
Match #7	Petar Spasov	BUL	Decision	Pentti Kontula	FIN
Match #8	László Papp	HUN	Knock-out	Charley Chase	CAN

Quarter-Finals

Date	31 July 1952
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	31 Jul	Eladio Herrera	ARG	Disqualified	Guido Mazzinghi	ITA
Match #2	31 Jul	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA	Decision	Erich Schöppner	GER
Match #3	31 Jul	László Papp	HUN	Decision	Petar Spasov	BUL
Match #4	31 Jul	Boris Tishin	URS	Decision	Paulo Cavalheiro	BRA

Semi-Finals

Date	1 August 1952
Format	Winner of each match advanced to the final match.

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match #1	01 Aug	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA	Decision	Boris Tishin	URS
Match #2	01 Aug	László Papp	HUN	Decision	Eladio Herrera	ARG

Final Round

Date	2 August 1952

Match	Date/Time	Competitor	NOC	Result	Competitor	NOC
Match 1/2	02 Aug	László Papp	HUN	Decision	Theunis van Schalkwyk	RSA