Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight

The light welterweight class in the boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics competition was the fifth-lightest class. Light welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 63.5 kilograms. 35 boxers from 35 nations competed.[1]

Boxing light-welterweight at 1964 Olympics. Left to right: Yevgeny Frolov, Jerzy Kulej, Habib Galhia, unknown and Eddie Blay

Medalists

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Gold Jerzy Kulej
  Poland
Silver Yevgeny Frolov
  Soviet Union
Bronze Eddie Blay
  Ghana
Bronze Habib Galhia
  Tunisia

Results

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First round
11 October
  
  Tóth (HUN) 4
  Prasertsom (THA) 1
  Olulu (KEN) 5
  Zazueta (MEX) 0
  Daraktchiev (BUL) RSC
  Kučera (TCH) W
Round of 32
15 October
Round of 16
18 October
Quarterfinals
20 October
Semifinals
21 October
Final
23 October
          
  Da Silva (BRA) W
  Chang (ROC) RSC
  Da Silva (BRA) 3
  Nadimi (IRI) 2
  Nadimi (IRI) W
  Gopalan (MAS) RSC
  Da Silva (BRA) 0
  Blay (GHA) 5
  Blay (GHA) 5
  Rasmussen (DEN) 0
  Blay (GHA) KO
  Touch (CAM) L
  Touch (CAM) 3
  Anderson (IRL) 2
  Blay (GHA)   0
  Kulej (POL) 5
  McTaggart (GBR) 5
  Rossi (AUS) 0
  McTaggart (GBR) 1
  Kulej (POL) 4
  Amaya (ARG) 0
  Kulej (POL) 5
  Kulej (POL) 4
  Mihalic (ROU) 1
  Mihalic (ROU) W
  König (AUT) RSC
  Mihalic (ROU) 4
  Fasoli (ITA) 1
  Park (KOR) 0
  Fasoli (ITA) 5
  Kulej (POL)   5
  Frolov (URS)   0
  Fatah (MAR) L
  Betancourt (CUB) KO
  Betancourt (CUB) 3
  Yonekura (JPN) 2
  Yonekura (JPN) 3
  Velázquez (ESP) 2
  Betancourt (CUB) L
  Galhia (TUN) KO
  Omparsad (NEP) W
  Guebre Giorgis (ETH) DQ
  Omparsad (NEP) L
  Galhia (TUN) KO
  Galhia (TUN) 3
  Gerlach (NED) 2
  Galhia (TUN)   0
  Frolov (URS) 5
  Frolov (URS) W
  Maunsell (NZL) RSC
  Frolov (URS) 3
  Ellis (USA) 2
  Winter (EUA) 0
  Ellis (USA) 5
  Frolov (URS) W
  Kučera (TCH) DNS
  Reti (CAN) 2
  Tóth (HUN) 3
  Tóth (HUN) 0
  Kučera (TCH) 5
  Olulu (KEN) 0
  Kučera (TCH) 5

References

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  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Light-Welterweight". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

Sources

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Tokyo Organizing Committee (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad: Tokyo 1964, vol. 2.