The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).
| Host city | West Berlin |
|---|---|
| Country | Germany |
| Nations | 24 |
| Athletes | 153 |
| Dates | 27 May–5 June |
Medal winners edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
 Edgar BaselWest Germany |
 Mircea DobrescuRomania |
 Henryk KukierPoland
|
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Zenon Stefaniuk Poland |
 Boris StiepanovSoviet Union |
 Daniel HellebuyckBelgium
|
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
 Tommy NichollsEngland |
Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union |
 Pentti HamalainenFinland
|
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Harry Kurschat West Germany |
 Darweesh MustafaEgypt |
 Ilija LukićYugoslavia
|
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Leszek Drogosz Poland |
 Pal BudaiHungary |
Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union
|
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Nicky Gargano England |
 Hippolyte AnnexFrance |
Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia
|
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland |
Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union |
Marcel Pigou France
|
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union |
 Stig SjölinSweden |
Dieter Wemhöner West Germany
|
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Erich Schöppner West Germany |
 Ulrich NitzschkeEast Germany |
 Július TormaCzechoslovakia
|
| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) |
Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union |
Horst Witterstein West Germany |
Horymír Netuka Czechoslovakia
|
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |