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OLYMPIC BOXING 5: 1928 OLYMPICS AT AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS


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The 1928 Summer Olympics was celebrated from July 28 to August 12 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

It marked the debut of the Olympic flame and the first time women were allowed to compete in athletics and gymnastics events. In this edition of the games Germany returned to the Olympic competition.

A total of 144 boxers from 29 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Argentina (8)
Austria (1)
Belgium (6)
Canada (7)
Chile (4)
Czechoslovakia (3)
Denmark (6)
Estonia (1)
Finland (3)
France (8)
Germany (8)
Great Britain (8)
Greece (2)
Hungary (4)
Ireland (8)
Italy (7)
Japan (2)
Lithuania (2)
Luxembourg (5)
Mexico (4)
Netherlands (6)
New Zealand (2)
Norway (5)
Poland (4)
Rhodesia (2)
South Africa (6)
Spain (6)
Sweden (8)
United States (8)

Medal summary

Flyweight
(−50.8 kg / 112 lb)
Gold - Antal Kocsis (Hungary)
Silver - Armand Apell (France)
Bronze - Carlo Cavagnoli ( Italy)

Bantamweight
(−53.5 kg / 118 lb)
Gold - Vittorio Tamagnini (Italy )
Silver - John Daley (United States)
Bronze - Harry Isaacs (South Africa)

Featherweight
(−57.2 kg / 126 lb)
Gold - Bep van Klaveren (Netherlands)
Silver - Víctor Peralta (Argentina)
Bronze - Harold Devine (United States)

Lightweight
(−61.2 kg / 135 lb)
Gold - Carlo Orlandi ( Italy)
Silver - Stephen Halaiko (United States)
Bronze - Gunnar Berggren (Sweden)

Welterweight
(−66.7 kg / 147 lb)
Gold - Ted Morgan (New Zealand)
Silver - Raúl Landini (Argentina)
Bronze - Raymond Smillie (Canada)

Middleweight
(−72.6 kg / 160 lb)
Gold - Piero Toscani (Italy)
Silver - Jan Heřmánek (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze - Léonard Steyaert (Belgium)

Light heavyweight
(−79.4 kg / 175 lb)
Gold - Víctor Avendaño (Argentina)
Silver - Ernst Pistulla (Germany)
Bronze - Karel Miljon (Netherlands)

Heavyweight
(over 79.4 kg/175 lb)
Gold - Arturo Rodríguez Jurado (Argentina)
Silver - Nils Ramm ( Sweden)
Bronze - Michael Michaelsen (Denmark)

Medal table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Italy (ITA) 3 0 1 4
2 Argentina (ARG) 2 2 0 4
3 Netherlands (NED) 1 0 1 2
4 Hungary (HUN) 1 0 0 1
5 New Zealand (NZL) 1 0 0 1
6 United States (USA) 0 2 1 3
7 Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 2
8 Czechoslovakia (TCH) 0 1 0 1
9. France (FRA) 0 1 0 1
10 Germany (GER) 0 1 0 1
11 Belgium (BEL) 0 0 1 1
12 Canada (CAN) 0 0 1 1
13 Denmark (DEN) 0 0 1 1
14 South Africa (RSA) 0 0 1 1

Photo: 1928 Olympic boxing welterweight gold medalist Ted Morgan of New Zealand.


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