Date | 26 August – 5 September 1960 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Palazzo dello Sport, Roma | |
Participants | 31 from 31 countries | |
Format | Single elimination tournament. |
The gold medal went to Italy’s Francesco Musso in a popular victory in front of his hometown fans. Musso had won the Italian title in 1958 and 1960, and won the final bout over Poland’s Jerzy Adamski, by majority decision, 4-1. Musso turned professional a month after the Rome Olympics and fought through 1966 as a professional, winning 24 fights and losing four. He fought his first 27 bouts in Italy, and then retired after losing to Manuel Calvo in Spain in August 1966.
Date | 26 August 1960 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the second round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 26 Aug | William Meyers | RSA | Decision | Than Tun | MYA | |
Match #2 | 26 Aug | Werner Kirsch | GER | Decision | Mohamed Hassan | MAR | |
Match #3 | 26 Aug | Constantin Gheorghiu | ROU | Decision | Joshua Williams | GHA | |
Match #4 | 26 Aug | Ernst Chervet | SUI | Decision | Vicente Saldívar | MEX | |
Match #5 | 26 Aug | Juan Díaz | CHI | Decision | Danny Males | AUS | |
Match #6 | 26 Aug | Jerzy Adamski | POL | Decision | Mohandas Liyanage Sumith | SRI | |
Match #7 | 26 Aug | Shinetsu Suzuki | JPN | Decision | Gaby Mancini | CAN | |
Match #8 | 26 Aug | Abe Bekker | RHO | Decision | José Luis Biescas | ESP | |
Match #9 | 26 Aug | Ando Reddy | IRL | Decision | André Iuncker | FRA | |
Match #10 | 26 Aug | Jorma Limmonen | FIN | Decision | Børge Krogh | DEN | |
Match #11 | 26 Aug | Phil Lundgren | GBR | Decision | Sayed Abdel Gadir | SUD | |
Match #12 | 26 Aug | Francesco Musso | ITA | Decision | Miloslav Paunović | YUG | |
Match #13 | 26 Aug | Boris Nikonorov | URS | Decision | Nick Spanakos | USA | |
Match #14 | 26 Aug | Carlos Aro | ARG | Decision | Lajos Baranyai | HUN | |
Match #15 | 26 Aug | Song Sun-Cheon | KOR | Decision | Joe Okezie | NGR | |
Match #16 | 26 Aug | Hsu Teng-Yun | TPE |
Date | 31 August 1960 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 31 Aug | William Meyers | RSA | Referee stops contest | Hsu Teng-Yun | TPE | |
Match #2 | 31 Aug | Constantin Gheorghiu | ROU | Walkover | Werner Kirsch | GER | |
Match #3 | 31 Aug | Ernst Chervet | SUI | Decision | Juan Díaz | CHI | |
Match #4 | 31 Aug | Jerzy Adamski | POL | Decision | Shinetsu Suzuki | JPN | |
Match #5 | 31 Aug | Abe Bekker | RHO | Decision | Ando Reddy | IRL | |
Match #6 | 31 Aug | Jorma Limmonen | FIN | Decision | Phil Lundgren | GBR | |
Match #7 | 31 Aug | Francesco Musso | ITA | Decision | Song Sun-Cheon | KOR | |
Match #8 | 31 Aug | Boris Nikonorov | URS | Decision | Carlos Aro | ARG |
Date | 2 September 1960 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 02 Sep | William Meyers | RSA | Decision | Constantin Gheorghiu | ROU | |
Match #2 | 02 Sep | Jerzy Adamski | POL | Decision | Ernst Chervet | SUI | |
Match #3 | 02 Sep | Jorma Limmonen | FIN | Decision | Abe Bekker | RHO | |
Match #4 | 02 Sep | Francesco Musso | ITA | Decision | Boris Nikonorov | URS |
Date | 3 September 1960 — 15:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final match. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 03 Sep | Jerzy Adamski | POL | Decision | William Meyers | RSA | |
Match #2 | 03 Sep | Francesco Musso | ITA | Decision | Jorma Limmonen | FIN |
Date | 5 September 1960 — 21:00 |
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Match | Date/Time | Competitor | NOC | Result | Competitor | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 05 Sep 21:00 | Francesco Musso | ITA | Decision | Jerzy Adamski | POL |