1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 24 to May 31. The 13th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 180 fighters from 25 countries participating.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Manfred Homberg
West Germany
Gyula Török
Hungary
Adam McClean
Ireland

Vladimir Stolnikov
Soviet Union

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Horst Rascher
West Germany
Oleg Grigoryev
Soviet Union
Zygmunt Zawadzki
Poland

Miodrag Mitrović
Yugoslavia

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Jerzy Adamski
Poland
Peter Goschka
West Germany
André Iuncker
France

Orhan Tuş
Turkey

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Olli Mäki
Finland
Demitar Velinov
Bulgaria
Ferenc Kellner
Hungary

Iosif Mihalic
Romania

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Vladimir Yengibaryan
Soviet Union
Piero Brandi
Italy
Rupert König
Austria

István Juhász
Hungary

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Leszek Drogosz
Poland
Carmelo Bossi
Italy
Bruno Guse
East Germany

Harry Perry
Ireland

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
Nino Benvenuti
Italy
Henryk Dampc
Poland
Dragoslav Jakovljević
Yugoslavia

Rolf Caroli
East Germany

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Gennadi Shatkov
Soviet Union
Tadeusz Walasek
Poland
Colm McCoy
Ireland

Harry Scott
England

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Poland
Gheorghe Negrea
Romania
Leonid Senkin
Soviet Union

Giulio Saraudi
Italy

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Andrey Abramov
Soviet Union
Dave Thomas
England
Wladysław Jędrzejewski
Poland

Josef Němec
Czechoslovakia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland (POL)3227
2 Soviet Union (URS)3126
3 West Germany (FRG)2103
4 Italy (ITA)1214
5 Finland (FIN)1001
6 Hungary (HUN)0123
7 England (ENG)0112
 Romania (ROU)0112
9 Bulgaria (BUL)0101
10 Ireland (IRL)0033
11 East Germany (GDR)0022
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0022
13 Austria (AUT)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 France (FRA)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (16 nations)10102040


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