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Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men

Date29 July – 2 August 1952
StatusOlympic
LocationMessuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants23 from 23 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Floyd Patterson left school in the spring of 1952 and was persuaded by his trainer, Cus D’Amato, to aim for a place on the US Olympic team for Helsinki. The 17-year-old from New Jersey duly booked his berth for Finland by winning a close, and not entirely popular, decision over the more experience Harvey Lammers. The bout with Lammers proved the most difficult of Patterson’s route to Olympic glory, as he brushed aside all challengers in the Finnish capital. Two brutal knockouts, a disqualification, and an easy points win later, the teenager was Olympic champion.

Patterson went on to become the youngest professional World Heavyweight Champion, though his aura was somewhat tarnished by defeats to Ingemar Johansson and Sonny Liston.

PosNumberCompetitorNOC
1292Floyd PattersonUSAGold
2206Vasile TițăROUSilver
=3215Stig SjölinSWEBronze
=334Boris NikolovBULBronze
=5228Dieter WemhönerGER
=568Leen JansenNED
=5110Valter SentimentiITA
=516Tony MadiganAUS
=9195Omar TebbakhaFRA
=9131Robert MaloufCAN
=9152Boris SilchevURS
=9242Börje GrönroosFIN
=9260Bedřich KoutnýTCH
=996Terry GoodingGBR
=928Nelson AndradeBRA
=9166Muhammad KhanPAK
=178Héctor MaturanoARG
=17141Fred StürmerLUX
=1747Moustafa FahimEGY
=1786Willie DugganIRL
=17270Mátyás PlachyHUN
=17250Hans NiederhauserSUI
=17177Henryk NowaraPOL
DNS241Klaus TiljanderFIN
DNS207Ion PinteaROU
DNS183Zdzisław CzaplinskiPOL

Round One

Date29 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 JulFloyd PattersonUSAbye
Match #229 JulOmar TebbakhaFRAbye
Match #329 JulRobert MaloufCANbye
Match #429 JulLeen JansenNEDbye
Match #529 JulTony MadiganAUSbye
Match #629 JulBoris SilchevURSbye
Match #729 JulStig SjölinSWEbye
Match #829 JulBörje GrönroosFINbye
Match #929 JulDieter WemhönerGERbye
Match #1029 JulBedřich KoutnýTCHDecisionHéctor MaturanoARG
Match #1129 JulBoris NikolovBULDecisionFred StürmerLUX
Match #1229 JulTerry GoodingGBRDecisionMoustafa FahimEGY
Match #1329 JulVasile TițăROUDisqualifiedWillie DugganIRL
Match #1429 JulNelson AndradeBRADecisionMátyás PlachyHUN
Match #1529 JulValter SentimentiITADecisionHans NiederhauserSUI
Match #1629 JulMuhammad KhanPAKDecisionHenryk NowaraPOL

Round Two

Date29 – 30 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Floyd PattersonUSADecisionOmar TebbakhaFRA
Match #2Leen JansenNEDReferee stops contestRobert MaloufCAN
Match #3Tony MadiganAUSDecisionBoris SilchevURS
Match #4Stig SjölinSWEDecisionBörje GrönroosFIN
Match #5Dieter WemhönerGERDecisionBedřich KoutnýTCH
Match #6Boris NikolovBULDecisionTerry GoodingGBR
Match #7Vasile TițăROUDisqualifiedNelson AndradeBRA
Match #8Valter SentimentiITADecisionMuhammad KhanPAK

Quarter-Finals

Date31 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #131 JulBoris NikolovBULDecisionDieter WemhönerGER
Match #231 JulFloyd PattersonUSAKnock-outLeen JansenNED
Match #331 JulVasile TițăROUReferee stops contestValter SentimentiITA
Match #431 JulStig SjölinSWEDecisionTony MadiganAUS

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 AugFloyd PattersonUSADisqualifiedStig SjölinSWE
Match #201 AugVasile TițăROUDecisionBoris NikolovBUL

Final Round

Date2 August 1952
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/202 AugFloyd PattersonUSAKnock-outVasile TițăROU