1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Edgar Basel
West Germany
Mircea Dobrescu
Romania
Henryk Kukier
Poland

Wolfgang Behrendt
East Germany

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Zenon Stefaniuk
Poland
Boris Stiepanov
Soviet Union
Daniel Hellebuyck
Belgium

Wolfgang Schwarz
West Germany

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Tommy Nicholls
England
Alexander Zasukhin
Soviet Union
Pentti Hamalainen
Finland

Hans-Peter Mehling
West Germany

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Harry Kurschat
West Germany
Darweesh Mustafa
Egypt
Ilija Lukić
Yugoslavia

Pentti Rautiainen
Finland

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Leszek Drogosz
Poland
Pal Budai
Hungary
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Soviet Union

Hans Petersen
Denmark

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Nicky Gargano
England
Hippolyte Annex
France
Pavle Sovljanski
Yugoslavia

Nicolae Linca
Romania

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Poland
Karlos Dzhaneryan
Soviet Union
Marcel Pigou
France

Rolf Caroli
East Germany

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Gennadi Shatkov
Soviet Union
Stig Sjölin
Sweden
Dieter Wemhöner
West Germany

Bedrich Koutny
Czechoslovakia

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Erich Schöppner
West Germany
Ulrich Nitzschke
East Germany
Július Torma
Czechoslovakia

Ottavio Panunzi
Italy

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Algirdas Šocikas
Soviet Union
Horst Witterstein
West Germany
Horimir Netuka
Czechoslovakia

Francis Magnetto
France

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 West Germany (FRG)3137
2 Poland (POL)3014
3 Soviet Union (URS)2316
4 England (ENG)2002
5 East Germany (GDR)0123
 France (FRA)0123
7 Romania (ROU)0112
8 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
11 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0033
12 Finland (FIN)0022
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0022
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (16 nations)10102040


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