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Featherweight (≤57 kilograms), Men

Date26 August – 5 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationPalazzo dello Sport, Roma
Participants31 from 31 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

The gold medal went to Italy’s Francesco Musso in a popular victory in front of his hometown fans. Musso had won the Italian title in 1958 and 1960, and won the final bout over Poland’s Jerzy Adamski, by majority decision, 4-1. Musso turned professional a month after the Rome Olympics and fought through 1966 as a professional, winning 24 fights and losing four. He fought his first 27 bouts in Italy, and then retired after losing to Manuel Calvo in Spain in August 1966.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Francesco MussoITAGold
2Jerzy AdamskiPOLSilver
=3William MeyersRSABronze
=3Jorma LimmonenFINBronze
=5Constantin GheorghiuROU
=5Ernst ChervetSUI
=5Abe BekkerRHO
=5Boris NikonorovURS
=9Hsu Teng-YunTPE
=9Werner KirschGER
=9Juan DíazCHI
=9Shinetsu SuzukiJPN
=9Ando ReddyIRL
=9Phil LundgrenGBR
=9Song Sun-CheonKOR
=9Carlos AroARG
=17Than TunMYA
=17Mohamed HassaneMAR
=17Joshua WilliamsGHA
=17Vicente SaldívarMEX
=17Danny MalesAUS
=17Mohandas Liyanage SumithSRI
=17Gaby ManciniCAN
=17José Luis BiescasESP
=17André IunckerFRA
=17Børge KroghDEN
=17Sayed Abdel GadirSUD
=17Miloslav PaunovićYUG
=17Nick SpanakosUSA
=17Lajos BaranyaiHUN
=17Joe OkezieNGR

Round One

Date26 August 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #126 AugWilliam MeyersRSADecisionThan TunMYA
Match #226 AugWerner KirschGERDecisionMohamed HassaneMAR
Match #326 AugConstantin GheorghiuROUDecisionJoshua WilliamsGHA
Match #426 AugErnst ChervetSUIDecisionVicente SaldívarMEX
Match #526 AugJuan DíazCHIDecisionDanny MalesAUS
Match #626 AugJerzy AdamskiPOLDecisionMohandas Liyanage SumithSRI
Match #726 AugShinetsu SuzukiJPNDecisionGaby ManciniCAN
Match #826 AugAbe BekkerRHODecisionJosé Luis BiescasESP
Match #926 AugAndo ReddyIRLDecisionAndré IunckerFRA
Match #1026 AugJorma LimmonenFINDecisionBørge KroghDEN
Match #1126 AugPhil LundgrenGBRDecisionSayed Abdel GadirSUD
Match #1226 AugFrancesco MussoITADecisionMiloslav PaunovićYUG
Match #1326 AugBoris NikonorovURSDecisionNick SpanakosUSA
Match #1426 AugCarlos AroARGDecisionLajos BaranyaiHUN
Match #1526 AugSong Sun-CheonKORDecisionJoe OkezieNGR
Match #1626 AugHsu Teng-YunTPE

Round Two

Date31 August 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #131 AugWilliam MeyersRSAReferee stops contestHsu Teng-YunTPE
Match #231 AugConstantin GheorghiuROUWalkoverWerner KirschGER
Match #331 AugErnst ChervetSUIDecisionJuan DíazCHI
Match #431 AugJerzy AdamskiPOLDecisionShinetsu SuzukiJPN
Match #531 AugAbe BekkerRHODecisionAndo ReddyIRL
Match #631 AugJorma LimmonenFINDecisionPhil LundgrenGBR
Match #731 AugFrancesco MussoITADecisionSong Sun-CheonKOR
Match #831 AugBoris NikonorovURSDecisionCarlos AroARG

Quarter-Finals

Date2 September 1960
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #102 SepWilliam MeyersRSADecisionConstantin GheorghiuROU
Match #202 SepJerzy AdamskiPOLDecisionErnst ChervetSUI
Match #302 SepJorma LimmonenFINDecisionAbe BekkerRHO
Match #402 SepFrancesco MussoITADecisionBoris NikonorovURS

Semi-Finals

Date3 September 1960 — 15:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #103 SepJerzy AdamskiPOLDecisionWilliam MeyersRSA
Match #203 SepFrancesco MussoITADecisionJorma LimmonenFIN

Final Round

Date5 September 1960 — 21:00
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/205 Sep 21:00Francesco MussoITADecisionJerzy AdamskiPOL