Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 26 August to 5 September 1960. 31 boxers from 31 nations competed.[1]

Featherweight boxing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Palazzo dello Sport
Dates	26 August – 5 September
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Medalists
Francesco Musso  Italy Jerzy Adamski  Poland William Meyers  South Africa Jorma Limmonen  Finland

Competition format

The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser).

Results

Results of the featherweight boxing competition.[1][2]

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
						Hsu Teng-yun (TPE)		L
	Than Tun (MYA)		0			William Meyers (RSA)		KO-3
	William Meyers (RSA)		5								William Meyers (RSA)		5
	Mohamed Hassan (MAR)		1								Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU)		0
	Werner Kirsch (EUA)		4			Werner Kirsch (EUA)		L
	Joshua Williams (GHA)		1			Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU)		WO
	Constantin Gheorghiu (ROU)		4													William Meyers (RSA)		1
	Ernst Chervet (SUI)		3													Jerzy Adamski (POL)		4
	Vicente Saldívar (MEX)		2			Ernst Chervet (SUI)		4
	Danny Males (AUS)		0			Juan Díaz (CHI)		1
	Juan Díaz (CHI)		5								Ernst Chervet (SUI)		0
	Mohandas Liyanage Sumith (SRI)		0								Jerzy Adamski (POL)		5
	Jerzy Adamski (POL)		5			Jerzy Adamski (POL)		5
	Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN)		5			Shinetsu Suzuki (JPN)		0
	Gaby Mancini (CAN)		0

Bottom half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
	José Luis Biescas (ESP)		0
	Abe Bekker (RHO)		5			Abe Bekker (RHO)		5
	André Iuncker (FRA)		2			Ando Reddy (IRL)		0
	Ando Reddy (IRL)		3								Abe Bekker (RHO)		2
	Børge Krogh (DEN)		0								Jorma Limmonen (FIN)		3
	Jorma Limmonen (FIN)		5			Jorma Limmonen (FIN)		3
	Phil Lundgren (GBR)		5			Phil Lundgren (GBR)		2
	Sayed Abdel Gadir (SUD)		0													Jorma Limmonen (FIN)		0
	Francesco Musso (ITA)		4													Francesco Musso (ITA)		5
	Miloslav Paunović (YUG)		1			Francesco Musso (ITA)		5
	Song Sun-cheon (KOR)		3			Song Sun-cheon (KOR)		0
	Joe Okezie (NGR)		2								Francesco Musso (ITA)		3
	Nick Spanakos (USA)		0								Boris Nikonorov (URS)		2
	Boris Nikonorov (URS)		5			Boris Nikonorov (URS)		5
	Carlos Aro (ARG)		5			Carlos Aro (ARG)		0
	Lajos Baranyai (HUN)		0

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	William Meyers (RSA)	1
	Jerzy Adamski (POL)	4
					Jerzy Adamski (POL)	1
					Francesco Musso (ITA)	4
	Jorma Limmonen (FIN)	0
	Francesco Musso (ITA)	5

References

1. "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
2. Official Report, pp. 699–707.