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Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men

Date24 November – 1 December 1956
StatusOlympic
LocationWest Melbourne Stadium, Melbourne, Victoria
Participants22 from 22 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

Armenian Vladimir Engibaryan was probably the best Soviet boxer of the 1950s but had missed the Helsinki Olympics through injury. He was European champion at lightweight in 1953 but, after moving to light-welterweight, he had lost to Poland’s Lech Drogosz at the 1955 Europeans. In Melbourne Engibaryan and Drogosz were drawn together in the second round with the Soviet emerging victorious by decision. Engibaryan’s aggressive style earned him a meeting with Franco Nenci in the Olympic final and he did enough to earn a split decision victory over the Italian.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Vladimir EngibaryanURSGold
2Franco NenciITASilver
=3Henry LoubscherRSABronze
=3Constantin DumitrescuROUBronze
=5Claude SaludenFRA
=5Joe ShawUSA
=5Hwang Ui-GyeongKOR
=5Antonio MarcillaARG
=9Harry PerryIRL
=9Lech DrogoszPOL
=9Les MasonCAN
=9Max CarlosAUS
=9Manuel de los SantosPHI
=9Hans PetersenDEN
=9Leo PotesilAUT
=9Willi RothGER
=17Terrence OungMYA
=17Carlos RodríguezVEN
=17Chune PattapongTHA
=17Celestino PintoBRA
=17Rehmat GulPAK
=17Thomas SchusterFIJ

Round One

Date24 November 1956
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #124 NovClaude SaludenFRA
Match #224 NovHarry PerryIRL
Match #324 NovVladimir EngibaryanURS
Match #424 NovLech DrogoszPOL
Match #524 NovHenry LoubscherRSA
Match #624 NovLes MasonCAN
Match #724 NovJoe ShawUSA
Match #824 NovMax CarlosAUS
Match #924 NovHwang Ui-GyeongKOR
Match #1024 NovManuel de los SantosPHI
Match #1124 NovConstantin DumitrescuROUDecisionTerrence OungMYA
Match #1224 NovHans PetersenDENDecisionCarlos RodríguezVEN
Match #1324 NovAntonio MarcillaARGReferee stops contestChune PattapongTHA
Match #1424 NovLeo PotesilAUTDecisionCelestino PintoBRA
Match #1524 NovFranco NenciITAReferee stops contestRehmat GulPAK
Match #1624 NovWilli RothGERDecisionThomas SchusterFIJ

Round Two

Date27 November 1956
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #127 NovClaude SaludenFRADecisionHarry PerryIRL
Match #227 NovVladimir EngibaryanURSDecisionLech DrogoszPOL
Match #327 NovHenry LoubscherRSADecisionLes MasonCAN
Match #427 NovJoe ShawUSADecisionMax CarlosAUS
Match #527 NovHwang Ui-GyeongKORDisqualifiedManuel de los SantosPHI
Match #627 NovConstantin DumitrescuROUDecisionHans PetersenDEN
Match #727 NovAntonio MarcillaARGDecisionLeo PotesilAUT
Match #827 NovFranco NenciITADecisionWilli RothGER

Quarter-Finals

Date29 November 1956
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 NovVladimir EngibaryanURSDecisionClaude SaludenFRA
Match #229 NovHenry LoubscherRSADecisionJoe ShawUSA
Match #329 NovConstantin DumitrescuROUDecisionHwang Ui-GyeongKOR
Match #429 NovFranco NenciITADecisionAntonio MarcillaARG

Semi-Finals

Date30 November 1956
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #130 NovVladimir EngibaryanURSDecisionHenry LoubscherRSA
Match #230 NovFranco NenciITADecisionConstantin DumitrescuROU

Final Round

Date1 December 1956
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/201 DecVladimir EngibaryanURSDecisionFranco NenciITA