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1956 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight

Olympics · Men · heavyweight · Nov 24, 1956 – Dec 1, 1956

Gold: Pete Rademacher

Results

Round of 16

Giacomo Bozzano 🇮🇹 vs Ilkka Koski 🇫🇮PTS
Thörner Åhsman 🇸🇪 vs Patrick Sharkey 🇮🇪KO R3
Lev Mukhin URS vs Bozhil Lozanov 🇧🇬KO R3

Quarter-final

Daniel Bekker 🇿🇦 vs José Giorgetti 🇦🇷KO R1
Pete Rademacher 🇺🇸 vs Josef Němec 🇨🇿KO R2
Giacomo Bozzano 🇮🇹 vs Ulrich Nitzschke 🇩🇪PTS
Lev Mukhin URS vs Thörner Åhsman 🇸🇪KO R1

Semi-final

Pete Rademacher 🇺🇸 vs Daniel Bekker 🇿🇦KO R3
Lev Mukhin URS vs Giacomo Bozzano 🇮🇹KO R3

Final

Pete Rademacher 🇺🇸 vs Lev Mukhin URSKO R1

10 bouts, winner in bold. Source: English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Amateur bouts are not part of any professional record.