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Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Featherweight

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Featherweight boxing
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
VenueMessuhalli
Dates28 July – 2 August
Competitors30 from 30 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ján Zachara  Czechoslovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sergio Caprari  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joseph Ventaja  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Leonard Leisching  South Africa
← 1948
1956 →

The men's featherweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 57 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 30 boxers from 30 nations competed.[1]

Medalists

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Gold Ján Zachara
 Czechoslovakia
Silver Sergio Caprari
 Italy
Bronze Joseph Ventaja
 France
Bronze Leonard Leisching
 South Africa

Results

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Winner NOC Result Loser NOC
First Round (July 28)
Sergio Caprari Italy BYE
Pentti Niinivuori Finland BYE
Lech Drogosz Poland 3 – 0 Kyar Ba Nyein Burma
Pedro Galasso Brazil 3 – 0 Toshihito Ishimaru Japan
Edson Brown United States 3 – 0 Benoy Bose India
Gheorghe Ilie Romania 3 – 0 Percival Lewis Great Britain
Joseph Ventaja France 2 – 1 Yury Sokolov Soviet Union
Sydney Greve Pakistan KO 2R Angel Leyes Argentina
Leonard Walters Canada 3 – 0 Salah El-Din Fatih Egypt
Willi Roth Germany 2 – 1 Donald McDonnell Australia
Leonard Leisching South Africa 3 – 0 Emmanuel Agassi Iran
Stevan Redli Yugoslavia TKO 2R Thomas Reddy Ireland
János Erdei Hungary 2 – 1 Georgi Malezanov Bulgaria
Kurt Schirra Saar 2 – 1 Luis Aranguren Venezuela
Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 3 – 0 Åke Wärnström Sweden
Su Bung-Nan South Korea 3 – 0 Alfred Willommet Switzerland
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Sergio Caprari Italy 2 – 1 Pentti Niinivuori Finland
Lech Drogosz Poland 3 – 0 Pedro Galasso Brazil
Edson Brown United States 3 – 0 Georghe Ilie Romania
Joseph Ventaja France 3 – 0 Sydney Greve Pakistan
Leonard Walters Canada 2 – 1 Willi Roth Germany
Leonard Leisching South Africa 3 – 0 Stevan Redli Yugoslavia
János Erdei Hungary 3 – 0 Kurt Schirra Saar
Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 3 – 0 Su Bung-Nan South Korea
Third Round (July 31)
Leonard Leisching South Africa 3 – 0 Leonard Walters Canada
Sergio Caprari Italy 3 – 0 Lech Drogosz Poland
Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 2 – 1 János Erdei Hungary
Joseph Ventaja France 3 – 0 Edson Brown United States
Semi-final (August 1)
Sergio Caprari Italy 2 – 1 Joseph Ventaja France
Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 2 – 1 Leonard Leisching South Africa
Final (August 2)
Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia 2 – 1 Sergio Caprari Italy

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games: Men's Featherweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2018.