Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. A total number of 164 competitors entered from 35 nations, of whom 161 from 34 nations weighed-in and boxing was held eight nights and five afternoons. The boxing schedule began on November 23 and ended on December 1. Ten boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.
Read more about Boxing At The 1956 Summer Olympics: Medal Table, Flyweight (– 51 Kg), Bantamweight (54 Kg), Featherweight (57 Kg), Lightweight (60 Kg), Light Welterweight (63.5 Kg), Welterweight (67 Kg), Light Middleweight (71 Kg), Middleweight (75 Kg), Light Heavyweight (81 Kg), Heavyweight (91 Kg)
Famous quotes containing the words boxing and/or summer:
“... to paint with oil paints for the first time ... is like trying to make something exquisitely accurate and microscopically clear out of mud pies with boxing gloves on.”
—Brenda Ueland (1891–1985)
“The fire in leaf and grass
so green it seems
each summer the last summer.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)