Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Featherweight
Olympic boxing tournament
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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]
| Featherweight boxing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Messuhalli | ||||||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 July – 2 August 1952 | ||||||||||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 30 nations | ||||||||||||||||
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Medalists
| Gold | Ján Zachara Czechoslovakia |
| Silver | Sergio Caprari Italy |
| Bronze | Joseph Ventaja France |
| Bronze | Leonard Leisching South Africa |
Results
| Winner | NOC | Result | Loser | NOC |
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| 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 |