Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Lightweight

Lightweight boxing at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Venue	Messuhalli
Dates	28 July–2 August
Competitors	27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Aureliano Bolognesi  Italy Aleksy Antkiewicz  Poland Gheorghe Fiat  Romania Erkki Pakkanen  Finland

Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Light welterweight	men
Welterweight	men
Light middleweight	men
Middleweight	men
Light heavyweight	men
Heavyweight	men

The men's lightweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1952 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of up to 60 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 28 July to 2 August 1952. 27 boxers from 27 nations competed.

Medalists

Gold	Aureliano Bolognesi  Italy
Silver	Aleksy Antkiewicz  Poland
Bronze	Gheorghe Fiat  Romania
Bronze	Erkki Pakkanen  Finland

Results

Winner	NOC	Result	Loser	NOC
First Round (July 29)
Erkki Pakkanen	Finland	BYE
Petros Nazarbegian	Iran	BYE
Vicente Matute	Venezuela	BYE
Mohammad Ali	Pakistan	BYE
Aureliano Bolognesi	Italy	BYE
Robert Bickle	United States	TKO 2R	Basil Henricus	Ceylon
István Juhász	Hungary	3 – 0	Luis Albino	Uruguay
Clayton Kenny	Canada	TKO 3R	Niels Bertelsen	Denmark
Hans-Werner Wohlers	Germany	3 – 0	Lyubomir Markov	Bulgaria
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Poland	3 – 0	Benjamin Enriquez	Philippines
Frederick Reardon	Great Britain	KO 3R	Roger Cuche	Switzerland
Aleksandr Zasuhin	Soviet Union	2 – 1	Séraphin Ferrer	France
Leopold Potesil	Austria	3 – 0	Ju Sang-Jum	South Korea
Americo Bonetti	Argentina	3 – 0	Johnny van Rensburg	South Africa
Gheorghe Fiat	Romania	3 – 0	Abdel Hamid El-Hamaky	Egypt
Kevin Martin	Ireland	2 – 1	Marcel Van de Keere	Belgium
Second Round (July 29 & 30)
Erkki Pakkanen	Finland	3 – 0	Petros Nazarbegian	Iran
Vicente Matute	Venezuela	KO 1R	Mohammad Ali	Pakistan
Aureliano Bolognesi	Italy	2 – 1	Robert Bickle	United States
István Juhász	Hungary	2 – 1	Clayton Kenny	Canada
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Poland	3 – 0	Hans-Werner Wohlers	Germany
Frederick Reardon	Great Britain	3 – 0	Aleksandr Zasuhin	Soviet Union
Americo Bonetti	Argentina	3 – 0	Leopold Potesil	Austria
Gheorghe Fiat	Romania	3 – 0	Kevin Martin	Ireland
Third Round (July 31)
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Poland	3 – 0	Frederick Reardon	Great Britain
Erkki Pakkanen	Finland	3 – 0	Vicente Matute	Venezuela
Gheorghe Fiat	Romania	2 – 1	Americo Bonetti	Argentina
Aureliano Bolognesi	Italy	2 – 1	István Juhász	Hungary
Semi-final (August 1)
Aureliano Bolognesi	Italy	3 – 0	Erkki Pakkanen	Finland
Aleksy Antkiewicz	Poland	Walk-over	Gheorghe Fiat	Romania
Final (August 2)
Aureliano Bolognesi	Italy	2 – 1	Aleksy Antkiewicz	Poland