1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 3 to 10 June. The 14th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters from 21 countries participating.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Paolo Vacca
Italy
Vladimir Stolnikov
Soviet Union
Otto Babiasch
East Germany

Fritz Chervet
Switzerland

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Sergei Sivko
Soviet Union
Piotr Gutman
Poland
Nicolae Puiu
Romania

Primo Zamparini
Italy

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Francis Taylor
England
Aleksei Zasukhin
Soviet Union
Constantin Georghiu
Romania

Karl-Heinz Schulz
East Germany

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Richard McTaggart
Scotland
Petar Benedek
Yugoslavia
János Kajdi
Hungary

Paul Warwick
England

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Aloizs Tumiņš
Soviet Union
Ljubiša Mehović
Yugoslavia
Pierre Cosentino
Italy

Marian Kasprzyk
Poland

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Ričardas Tamulis
Soviet Union
Max Meier
Switzerland
Jean Josselin
France

Ian McKenzie
Scotland

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Boris Lagutin
Soviet Union
Hans-Dieter Neidel
East Germany
Virgil Badea
Romania

Eric Schichta
West Germany

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Tadeusz Walasek
Poland
Yevgeny Feofanov
Soviet Union
Franz Frauenlob
Austria

Dragoslav Jakovljevic
Yugoslavia

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Giulio Saraudi
Italy
Gheorghe Negrea
Romania
Jack Bodell
England

Zdzisław Józefowicz
Poland

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Andrey Abramov
Soviet Union
Benito Penna
Italy
Zbigniew Gugniewicz
Poland

Günter Siegmund
East Germany

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)5308
2 Italy (ITA)2125
3 Poland (POL)1135
4 England (ENG)1023
5 Scotland (SCO)1012
6 Yugoslavia (YUG)*0213
7 East Germany (GDR)0134
 Romania (ROU)0134
9  Switzerland (SUI)0112
10 Austria (AUT)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (13 nations)10102040


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