Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (later known as Muhammad Ali) won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States.

Contents 1 Medals 2 Results 2.1 Flyweight (-51kg) 2.1.1 Quarterfinals 2.1.2 Semifinals 2.1.3 Final 2.2 Bantamweight (-54kg) 2.3 Featherweight (-57kg) 2.4 Lightweight (-60kg) 2.5 Light welterweight (-63.5kg) 2.6 Welterweight (-67kg) 2.7 Light middleweight (-71kg) 2.8 Middleweight (-75kg) 2.9 Light heavyweight (-81kg) 2.10 Heavyweight (+ 81kg)

[edit] Medals

Pos	Country:	Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:	Total:
1	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)	3	3	1	7
2	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States (USA)	3	0	1	4
3	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Poland (POL)	1	3	3	7
4	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg Soviet Union (URS)	1	2	2	5
5	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Image:Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg Czechoslovakia (TCH)	1	0	1	2
7	Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana (GHA)	0	1	0	1
	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa (RSA)	0	1	1	2
9	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	3	3
10	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
11	Image:Flag of Japan - variant.svg Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of United Arab Republic.svg Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Finland.svg Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Romania (1947-1989).svg Romania (ROM)	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Germany-1960-Olympics.svg Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] Results

[edit] Flyweight (-51kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Gyula Török, Hungary	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergei Sivko, Soviet Union	Image:Flag of Japan.svg Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Abdelmoneim El-Guindi, Egypt

[edit] Quarterfinals

• Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN) def. Mircea Dobrescu (ROM), 4:1

• Sergey Sivko (URS) def. Manfred Homberg (FRG), 5:0

• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Miguel Angel Botta (ARG), 5:0

• Abdelmoneim El-Guindi (EGY) def. Humberto Barrera (USA), 4:1

[edit] Semifinals

• Sergey Sivko (URS) def. Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN), 4:1

• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Abdelmoneim El-Guindi (EGY), 4:1

[edit] Final

• Gyula Török (HUN) def. Sergey Sivko (URS), 3:2

[edit] Bantamweight (-54kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Grigoryev, Soviet Union	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Primo Zamparini, Italy	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Brunon Bendig, Poland Image:Flag of Australia.svg Oliver Taylor, Australia

[edit] Featherweight (-57kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Musso, Italy	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Adamski, Poland	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg William Meyers, South Africa Image:Flag of Finland.svg Jorma Johannes Limmonen, Finland

[edit] Lightweight (-60kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of Poland.svg Kazimierz Paździor, Poland	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Sandro Lopopolo, Italy	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Abel Ricardo Laudonio, Argentina Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard McTaggart, Great Britain

[edit] Light welterweight (-63.5kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Bohumil Nemeček, Czechoslovakia	Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Clement Quartey, Ghana	Image:Flag of the United States.svg Quincey Daniels, United States Image:Flag of Poland.svg Marian Kasprzyk, Poland

[edit] Welterweight (-67kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Benvenuti, Italy	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Radonyak, Soviet Union	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Leszek Drogosz, Poland Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Lloyd, Great Britain

[edit] Light middleweight (-71kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg Wilbert James McClure, United States	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Carmelo Bossi, Italy	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Fisher, Great Britain Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union

[edit] Middleweight (-75kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg Edward Crook Jr., United States	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Tadeusz Walasek, Poland	Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yevgeni Feofanov, Soviet Union Image:Romania flag 1947-1989.png Ion Monea, Romania

[edit] Light heavyweight (-81kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of the United States.svg Cassius Clay, United States	Image:Flag of Poland.svg Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Anthony Madigan, Australia Image:Flag of Italy.svg Giulio Saraudi, Italy

[edit] Heavyweight (+ 81kg)

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Image:Flag of Italy.svg Francesco de Piccoli, Italy	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg Daniel Bekker, South Africa	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Nemec, Czechoslovakia Image:Flag of Germany.svg Günter Siegmund, Germany

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v • d • e Muhammad Ali
Fights	The Rumble in the Jungle · Muhammad Ali versus Sonny Liston · Thrilla in Manila · Fight of the Century · Ali-Frazier II · Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics	Image:Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg
Media	Ali (film) · I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali · Muhammad Ali (song) · When We Were Kings · The Greatest (film) · Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing · Foes of Ali
People	Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr. (Father) · Odessa Grady Clay (Mother) · Rahman Ali (Brother) · Veronica Porsche Ali (Wife) · Laila Ali (Daughter) · Drew Bundini Brown (Trainer and Cornerman) · Archie Moore(trainer) · Angelo Dundee (Cornerman) · Joe E. Martin
Other	Clay v. United States · Muhammad Ali Center · Nation of Islam · Sunni Islam · Malcolm X

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