Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's lightweight

Men's lightweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
VenueEarl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date9–13 August
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
 Gerald Dreyer  South Africa
 Joseph Vissers  Belgium
 Svend Wad  Denmark
Boxing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
Flyweight   men
Bantamweight men
Featherweight men
Lightweight men
Welterweight men
Middleweight men
Light heavyweight men
Heavyweight men

The men's lightweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
      
           Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS  
           Ernesto Porto (PHI)  
             Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS  
           Øivind Breiby (NOR)  
           Øivind Breiby (NOR) PTS  
           Gang In-Seok (KOR)  
             Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS  
  Tauno Rinkinen (FIN)       Svend Wad (DEN)  
  Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS       Maxie McCullagh (IRL) PTS  
  Jan Remie (NED)       Ron Cooper (GBR)  
  Ron Cooper (GBR) PTS       Maxie McCullagh (IRL)
  Gene Raymond (IND)       Svend Wad (DEN) PTS  
  Svend Wad (DEN) PTS       Svend Wad (DEN) PTS  
  Alberto Boullossa (URU) PTS       Alberto Boullossa (URU)  
  Agustín Argote (ESP)         Gerald Dreyer (RSA) PTS
  Raúl Zumbano (BRA) KO-2       Joseph Vissers (BEL)
  Franz Ehringer (LUX)       Raúl Zumbano (BRA) PTS
  Auguste Caulet (FRA) PTS       Auguste Caulet (FRA)  
  Mario Minatelli (ITA)       Raúl Zumbano (BRA)
  Eduardo Cornejo (CHI)       Wallace Smith (USA) KO-2  
  Wallace Smith (USA) PTS       Wallace Smith (USA) PTS  
  Masoud Rahimiha (IRI)       Manuel López (ARG)  
  Manuel López (ARG) PTS       Wallace Smith (USA)   Third place
  Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS       Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS  
  Ezz El-Din Nasir (EGY)       Eddie Haddad (CAN) PTS     Svend Wad (DEN) WO
  Edward Gray (CEY) DSQ-1       Edward Gray (CEY)     Wallace Smith (USA)
  Alois Petřina (TCH)       Eddie Haddad (CAN)
  Edy Schmidiger (SUI) WO       Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS  
  L. Gutierrez Chacon (PER)       Edy Schmidiger (SUI)
  Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS       Joseph Vissers (BEL) PTS  
  Billy Barber (AUS)  

References

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