1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships

1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Host cityBelgrade
CountryYugoslavia
Nations21
Athletes146
Dates3–10 June

The 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from 3 to 10 June. The 14th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 146 fighters from 21 countries participating.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Italy Paolo Vacca
Italy
Soviet Union Vladimir Stolnikov
Soviet Union
East Germany Otto Babiasch
East Germany

Switzerland Fritz Chervet
Switzerland

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Soviet Union Sergei Sivko
Soviet Union
Poland Piotr Gutman
Poland
Romania Nicolae Puiu
Romania

Italy Primo Zamparini
Italy

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
England Francis Taylor
England
Soviet Union Aleksei Zasukhin
Soviet Union
Romania Constantin Georghiu
Romania

East Germany Karl-Heinz Schulz
East Germany

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Scotland Richard McTaggart
Scotland
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Petar Benedek
Yugoslavia
Hungary János Kajdi
Hungary

England Paul Warwick
England

Light Welterweight
(– 63.5 kilograms)
Soviet Union Aloizs Tumiņš
Soviet Union
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubiša Mehović
Yugoslavia
France Pierre Cosentino
France

Poland Marian Kasprzyk
Poland

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Soviet Union Ričardas Tamulis
Soviet Union
Switzerland Max Meier
Switzerland
France Jean Josselin
France

Scotland Ian McKenzie
Scotland

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Soviet Union Boris Lagutin
Soviet Union
East Germany Hans-Dieter Neidel
East Germany
Romania Virgil Badea
Romania

West Germany Eric Schichta
West Germany

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Poland Tadeusz Walasek
Poland
Soviet Union Yevgeny Feofanov
Soviet Union
Austria Franz Frauenlob
Austria

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragoslav Jakovljevic
Yugoslavia

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Italy Giulio Saraudi
Italy
Romania Gheorghe Negrea
Romania
England Jack Bodell
England

Poland Zdzisław Józefowicz
Poland

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Soviet Union Andrey Abramov
Soviet Union
Italy Benito Penna
Italy
Poland Zbigniew Gugniewicz
Poland

East Germany Günter Siegmund
East Germany

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Yugoslavia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)5308
2 Italy (ITA)2147
3 Poland (POL)1135
4 England (ENG)1023
5 Scotland (SCO)1012
6 Yugoslavia (YUG)*0213
7 East Germany (GDR)0134
 Romania (ROU)0134
9 Switzerland (SUI)0112
10 France (FRA)0022
11 Austria (AUT)0011
 Hungary (HUN)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (13 entries)10102343