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Flyweight (≤51 kilograms), Men

Date25 August – 5 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationPalazzo dello Sport, Roma
Participants33 from 33 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The Romanian, Mircea Dobrescu, was a slight favorite, having won silver in this class in 1956, after making the quarter-finals in 1952. He would go down in the quarters again in Rome, losing to Japan’s Kiyoshi Tanabe. The final came down to the Soviet Sergey Sivko, who defeated Tanabe in the semis, against Hungary’s Gyula Török, and Török won the gold medal in a very narrow decision, 3-2. It would be Török’s only major international title. Sivko would win the 1961 European crown as a bantamweight, while Tanabe turned professional after winning the 1962 Asian Games bantamweight title. In 1967 he defeated the world flyweight champion, Horacio Accavallo, in a non-title fight, but his career was derailed by an eye injury which rendered him blind in the right eye, and he retired shortly after the Accavallo bout, finishing undefeated as a pro, with 21 wins and one draw.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Gyula TörökHUNGold
2Sergey SivkoURSSilver
=3Kiyoshi TanabeJPNBronze
=3Abdel Moneim El-GindyUARBronze
=5Mircea DobrescuROU
=5Manfred HombergGER
=5Miguel Ángel BottaARG
=5Humberto BarreraUSA
=9Paul ChervetSUI
=9Karimu YoungNGR
=9Danny LeeGBR
=9Antoine PorcelFRA
=9Ezrael IllkhanoufIRI
=9Rocky GattellariAUS
=9Hla NyuntMYA
=9Paolo CurcettiITA
=17 PiccininBRA
=17Kicha PoonpholTHA
=17Adam McLeanIRL
=17Isaac AryeeGHA
=17Henryk KukierPOL
=17Salek MahjuINA
=17Jeong Sin-JoKOR
=17Ralph KnoesenRSA
=17James BadrianRHO
=17Segundo MacalaladPHI
=17Abdel Kader BelghitiMAR
=17Eusebio MesaESP
=17Villy Bækgaard AndersenDEN
=17Börje KarvonenFIN
=17Roby RauschLUX
=17Jo HornyBEL
33Frank KisekkaUGA

Round One

Date25 August 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #125 AugMircea DobrescuROU
Match #225 Aug PiccininBRA
Match #325 AugPaul ChervetSUI
Match #425 AugKicha PoonpholTHA
Match #525 AugKarimu YoungNGR
Match #625 AugAdam McLeanIRL
Match #725 AugKiyoshi TanabeJPN
Match #825 AugIsaac AryeeGHA
Match #925 AugHenryk KukierPOL
Match #1025 AugManfred HombergGER
Match #1125 AugDanny LeeGBR
Match #1225 AugSalek MahjuINA
Match #1325 AugJeong Sin-JoKOR
Match #1425 AugSergey SivkoURS
Match #1525 AugAntoine PorcelFRA
Match #1625 AugRalph KnoesenRSA
Match #1725 AugEzrael IllkhanoufIRI
Match #1825 AugJames BadrianRHO
Match #1925 AugSegundo MacalaladPHI
Match #2025 AugMiguel Ángel BottaARG
Match #2125 AugAbdel Kader BelghitiMAR
Match #2225 AugRocky GattellariAUS
Match #2325 AugEusebio MesaESP
Match #2425 AugGyula TörökHUN
Match #2525 AugHumberto BarreraUSA
Match #2625 AugVilly Bækgaard AndersenDEN
Match #2725 AugHla NyuntMYA
Match #2825 AugBörje KarvonenFIN
Match #2925 AugAbdel Moneim El-GindyUAR
Match #3025 AugRoby RauschLUX
Match #3125 AugJo HornyBEL
Match #3225 AugPaolo CurcettiITADecisionFrank KisekkaUGA

Round Two

Date26 – 27 August 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the third round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Mircea DobrescuROUDecision PiccininBRA
Match #2Paul ChervetSUIDecisionKicha PoonpholTHA
Match #3Karimu YoungNGRDecisionAdam McLeanIRL
Match #4Kiyoshi TanabeJPNDecisionIsaac AryeeGHA
Match #5Manfred HombergGERDecisionHenryk KukierPOL
Match #6Danny LeeGBRDecisionSalek MahjuINA
Match #7Sergey SivkoURSDecisionJeong Sin-JoKOR
Match #8Antoine PorcelFRADecisionRalph KnoesenRSA
Match #9Ezrael IllkhanoufIRIDecisionJames BadrianRHO
Match #10Miguel Ángel BottaARGDecisionSegundo MacalaladPHI
Match #11Rocky GattellariAUSDecisionAbdel Kader BelghitiMAR
Match #12Gyula TörökHUNKnock-outEusebio MesaESP
Match #13Humberto BarreraUSADecisionVilly Bækgaard AndersenDEN
Match #14Hla NyuntMYADecisionBörje KarvonenFIN
Match #15Abdel Moneim El-GindyUARDecisionRoby RauschLUX
Match #16Paolo CurcettiITADecisionJo HornyBEL

Round Three

Date31 August 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #131 AugMircea DobrescuROUKnock-outPaul ChervetSUI
Match #231 AugKiyoshi TanabeJPNDecisionKarimu YoungNGR
Match #331 AugManfred HombergGERDecisionDanny LeeGBR
Match #431 AugSergey SivkoURSDisqualifiedAntoine PorcelFRA
Match #531 AugMiguel Ángel BottaARGWalkoverEzrael IllkhanoufIRI
Match #631 AugGyula TörökHUNDecisionRocky GattellariAUS
Match #731 AugHumberto BarreraUSADecisionHla NyuntMYA
Match #831 AugAbdel Moneim El-GindyUARDecisionPaolo CurcettiITA

Quarter-Finals

Date2 September 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 SepKiyoshi TanabeJPNDecisionMircea DobrescuROU
Match #202 SepSergey SivkoURSDecisionManfred HombergGER
Match #302 SepGyula TörökHUNDecisionMiguel Ángel BottaARG
Match #402 SepAbdel Moneim El-GindyUARDecisionHumberto BarreraUSA

Semi-Finals

Date3 September 1960 — 15:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 SepSergey SivkoURSDecisionKiyoshi TanabeJPN
Match #203 SepGyula TörökHUNDecisionAbdel Moneim El-GindyUAR

Final Round

Date5 September 1960 — 21:00
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/205 Sep 21:00Gyula TörökHUNDecisionSergey SivkoURS