Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flyweight

The men's flyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 51 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 33 boxers from 33 nations competed.[1]

Flyweight boxing at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Palazzo dello Sport
Dates	25 August – 5 September
Competitors	33 from 33 nations
Medalists
Gyula Török  Hungary Sergey Sivko  Soviet Union Abdel Moneim El-Guindi  Egypt Kiyoshi Tanabe  Japan

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). With 33 boxers competing, there was only one bout in the round of 64.

Results

Left-right:Kiyoshi Tanabe, Abdel Moneim El-Guindi, Gyula Török, Sergei Sivko

Results of the flyweight boxing competition.[2]

Top half

	Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals
	Mircea Dobrescu (ROU)		5
	José Martins (BRA)		0			Mircea Dobrescu (ROU)		KO-1
	Paul Chervet (SUI)		5			Paul Chervet (SUI)		L
	Kicha Poonphol (THA)		0								Mircea Dobrescu (ROU)		1
	Karimu Young (NGR)		3								Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)		4
	Adam McLean (IRL)		1			Karimu Young (NGR)		1
	Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)		5			Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)		4
	Isaac Aryee (GHA)		0													Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)		1
	Henryk Kukier (POL)		0													Sergey Sivko (URS)		4
	Manfred Homberg (EUA)		5			Manfred Homberg (EUA)		4
	Danny Lee (GBR)		5			Danny Lee (GBR)		1
	Salek Mahju (INA)		0								Manfred Homberg (EUA)		0
	Jeong Sin-jo (KOR)		0								Sergey Sivko (URS)		4
	Sergey Sivko (URS)		5			Sergey Sivko (URS)		W
	Antoine Porcel (FRA)		5			Antoine Porcel (FRA)		DQ-3
	Ralph Knoesen (RSA)		0

Bottom half

	Round of 64					Round of 32					Round of 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals
						Ezrael Illkhanouf (IRI)		4
						James Badrian (RHO)		1
											Ezrael Illkhanouf (IRI)		L
											Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG)		WO
						Segundo Macalalad (PHI)		2
						Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG)		3
																Miguel Ángel Botta (ARG)		0
																Gyula Török (HUN)		5
						Abdel Kader Belghiti (MAR)		0
						Rocky Gattellari (AUS)		5
											Rocky Gattellari (AUS)		0
											Gyula Török (HUN)		3
						Eusebio Mesa (ESP)		L
						Gyula Török (HUN)		KO-1
																					Gyula Török (HUN)		4
																					Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (EGY)		0
						Humberto Barrera (USA)		4
						Villy Bækgaard Andersen (DEN)		0
											Humberto Barrera (USA)		3
											Hla Nyunt (MYA)		2
						Hla Nyunt (MYA)		4
						Börje Karvonen (FIN)		1
																Humberto Barrera (USA)		1
																Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (EGY)		4
						Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (EGY)		5
						Roby Rausch (LUX)		0
											Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (EGY)		4
											Paolo Curcetti (ITA)		1
						Jo Horny (BEL)		0
	Paolo Curcetti (ITA)		5			Paolo Curcetti (ITA)		5
	Frank Kisekka (UGA)		0

Finals

	Semifinals				Final
	Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)	1
	Sergey Sivko (URS)	4
					Sergey Sivko (URS)	2
					Gyula Török (HUN)	3
	Gyula Török (HUN)	4
	Abdel Moneim El-Gindy (EGY)	0

References

1. "Boxing at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Flyweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
2. Official Report, pp. 682–86.