Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's welterweight

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Men's welterweight
at the Games of the XIV Olympiad
Venue Earl's Court
Wembley Arena
Date 7–13 August
Competitors 26 from 26 nations
Medalists
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1st Július Torma  Czechoslovakia
2nd Hank Herring  United States
3rd Alessandro D'Ottavio  Italy
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Boxing at the
1948 Summer Olympics
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Flyweight   men
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Lightweight men
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Middleweight men
Light heavyweight men
Heavyweight men

The men's welterweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 7 to 13 August at the Empress Hall in Earl's Court and the Wembley Arena.

Competition format

Like all Olympic boxing events, the competition was a straight single-elimination tournament. The competition began with a preliminary round on 9 August, where the number of competitors was reduced to 16, and concluded with a final on 13 August. As there were less than 32 boxers in the competition, a number of boxers received a bye for the preliminary round. All bouts consisted of three periods where the boxers received points for every successful punch they land on their opponent's head or upper body. The boxer with the most points at the end of the bouts wins. If a boxer is knocked to the ground and cannot get up before the referee counts to 10 then the bout is over and the opponent wins.

Results

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
      
           Billy Boyce (AUS) PTS  
           Léon Roller (LUX)  
             Billy Boyce (AUS)  
          22x20px Duggie Du Preez (RSA) PTS  
          22x20px Duggie Du Preez (RSA) PTS  
           Feliciano Rossano (URU)  
            22x20px Duggie Du Preez (RSA)  
           Hank Herring (USA) PTS  
           Eladio Herrera (ARG) PTS  
           Humberto Loayza (CHI)  
           Eladio Herrera (ARG)
 22x20px Gharib Afifi (EGY)       Hank Herring (USA) PTS  
  Peter Foran (IRL) PTS       Peter Foran (IRL)  
  Édouard Bombart (BEL)       Hank Herring (USA) PTS  
  Hank Herring (USA) PTS         Hank Herring (USA)
  Alex Obeysekere (CEY) PTS       Július Torma (TCH) PTS
  Anwar Pasha Turki (PAK)       Alex Obeysekere (CEY)
  Zygmunt Chychła (POL) PTS       Zygmunt Chychła (POL) KO-2  
  Frits Wijngaard (NED)       Zygmunt Chychła (POL)
  Gunnar Hansen (NOR)       Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS  
  Pierre Hernandez (FRA) PTS       Pierre Hernandez (FRA)  
  Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS       Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS  
  George Issabeg (IRI)       Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA)   Third place
  Max Shacklady (GBR) KO-3       Július Torma (TCH) PTS  
  Christian Kristensen (DEN)       Max Shacklady (GBR)    22x20px Duggie Du Preez (RSA)
  Robert Cranston (IND)      22x20px Aurelio Díaz (ESP) PTS     Alessandro D'Ottavio (ITA) PTS
 22x20px Aurelio Díaz (ESP) PTS      22x20px Aurelio Díaz (ESP)
  Gusztáv Bene (HUN)       Július Torma (TCH) DSQ-2  
  Július Torma (TCH) PTS       Július Torma (TCH) RSC-2
 22x20px Cliff Blackburn (CAN) PTS      22x20px Cliff Blackburn (CAN)  
 22x20px Mariano Vélez (PHI)  

References