|
| Event type

Light-Middleweight (≤71 kilograms), Men

Date29 July – 2 August 1952
StatusOlympic
LocationMessuhalli I, Helsinki
Participants23 from 23 countries
FormatSingle elimination tournament.

With the introduction of the light-middleweight division to international competition, Olympic champion László Papp could now fight at a more natural weight. He capitalized on this by winning the light-middleweight title at the 1951 European Championships. In Helsinki Papp was given a difficult assignment for his first bout in the shape of tough American Spider Webb. The fight was relatively even in the first round but ended in the second with the American suffering a count out.

The rest of the tournament was relatively plain sailing for the Hungarian who was at this time probably at the peak of his career. In his second Olympic final, Papp was too good for the British Empire Games champion, Theunis van Schalkwyk of South Africa who he clearly outpointed.

PosCompetitorNOC
1László PappHUNGold
2Theunis van SchalkwykRSASilver
=3Boris TishinURSBronze
=3Eladio HerreraARGBronze
=5Guido MazzinghiITA
=5Erich SchöppnerGER
=5Petar SpasovBUL
=5Paulo CavalheiroBRA
=9Ebbe KopsDEN
=9Hans BüchiSUI
=9Jerzy KrawczykPOL
=9Sören DanielssonSWE
=9John TandrevoldNOR
=9Josef HambergerAUT
=9Pentti KontulaFIN
=9Charley ChaseCAN
=17Bruno MattiussiLUX
=17Willi RammoSAA
=17Ardashes SaginianIRI
=17Bernard FosterGBR
=17Neacșu ȘerbuROU
=17André OueilléFRA
=17Spider WebbUSA
DNSAndraş DöriROU
DNSAndré DrilleFRA
DNSBruce WellsGBR
DNSTony AnthonyUSA
DNSGleb TolstikovURS
DNSJan den HaanNED
DNSOtto BrousilAUT
DNSÓscar PérezARG
DNSKlaus TiljanderFIN

Round One

Date29 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the second round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #129 JulEbbe KopsDEN
Match #229 JulTheunis van SchalkwykRSA
Match #329 JulErich SchöppnerGER
Match #429 JulHans BüchiSUI
Match #529 JulJerzy KrawczykPOL
Match #629 JulBoris TishinURS
Match #729 JulSören DanielssonSWE
Match #829 JulPaulo CavalheiroBRA
Match #929 JulJohn TandrevoldNOR
Match #1029 JulGuido MazzinghiITADecisionBruno MattiussiLUX
Match #1129 JulJosef HambergerAUTDecisionWilli RammoSAA
Match #1229 JulEladio HerreraARGDecisionArdashes SaginianIRI
Match #1329 JulPetar SpasovBULDecisionBernard FosterGBR
Match #1429 JulPentti KontulaFINDecisionNeacșu ȘerbuROU
Match #1529 JulCharley ChaseCANDecisionAndré OueilléFRA
Match #1629 JulLászló PappHUNKnock-outSpider WebbUSA

Round Two

Date29 – 30 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the quarter-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #1Theunis van SchalkwykRSADecisionEbbe KopsDEN
Match #2Erich SchöppnerGERReferee stops contestHans BüchiSUI
Match #3Boris TishinURSReferee stops contestJerzy KrawczykPOL
Match #4Paulo CavalheiroBRAKnock-outSören DanielssonSWE
Match #5Guido MazzinghiITAKnock-outJohn TandrevoldNOR
Match #6Eladio HerreraARGKnock-outJosef HambergerAUT
Match #7Petar SpasovBULDecisionPentti KontulaFIN
Match #8László PappHUNKnock-outCharley ChaseCAN

Quarter-Finals

Date31 July 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #131 JulEladio HerreraARGDisqualifiedGuido MazzinghiITA
Match #231 JulTheunis van SchalkwykRSADecisionErich SchöppnerGER
Match #331 JulLászló PappHUNDecisionPetar SpasovBUL
Match #431 JulBoris TishinURSDecisionPaulo CavalheiroBRA

Semi-Finals

Date1 August 1952
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final match.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #101 AugTheunis van SchalkwykRSADecisionBoris TishinURS
Match #201 AugLászló PappHUNDecisionEladio HerreraARG

Final Round

Date2 August 1952
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match 1/202 AugLászló PappHUNDecisionTheunis van SchalkwykRSA