Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight
| Men's heavyweight at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
| Venue | Earl's Court Wembley Arena | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9–13 August | |||||||||
| Competitors | 17 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||
| Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics  | ||
|---|---|---|
| Flyweight | men | |
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Welterweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
The men's heavyweight boxing competition at the 1948 Olympic Games in London was held from 9 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 | ||||||||||||||
 Adam Faul (CAN) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
 Víctor Bignon (CHI) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Adam Faul (CAN) |
||||||||||||||||||
 Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) |
DSQ-2 | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Mohamed Jamshid Abadi (IRI) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
 Hans Müller (SUI) |
||||||||||||||||||
 Agustín Muñiz (URU) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Hans Müller (SUI) |
KO-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hans Müller (SUI) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
 Jack Gardner (GBR) |
||||||||||||||||||
 Karl Ameisbichler (AUT) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Jack Gardner (GBR) |
KO-2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gunnar Nilsson (SWE) |
||||||||||||||||||
 Rafael Iglesias (ARG) |
KO-2 | |||||||||||||||||
 Uber Baccilieri (ITA) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
 Gerry Ó Colmáin (IRL) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Uber Baccilieri (ITA) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Iglesias (ARG) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} José Arturo Rubio (ESP) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Iglesias (ARG) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
| Rafael Iglesias (ARG) |
PTS | Third place | ||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} John Arthur (RSA) |
||||||||||||||||||
| John Arthur (RSA) |
RSC-1 | Hans Müller (SUI) |
||||||||||||||||
 James Galli (FRA) |
John Arthur (RSA) |
WO | ||||||||||||||||
| John Arthur (RSA) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||||
 Jay Lambert (USA) |
||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Fernand Bothy (BEL) |
||||||||||||||||||
| Jay Lambert (USA) |
PTS | Jay Lambert (USA) |
PTS | |||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=small} Vicente dos Santos (BRA) |
||||||||||||||||||
References
- Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 21, 2012.
1904-1908: over 158 lb (71.7 kg), 1920-1936: over 175 lb (79.4 kg), 1948: over 80 kg 1952-1980: over 81 kg, 1984-2012: 81-91 kg | |
|
.svg.png){kind=small}
