1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1947 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in the National Stadium, Dublin, Ireland from 2 to 17 May. It was the seventh edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA and the second consecutive European Championship held in Ireland with the other championship being held before the break during World War II in the 1939 Games.

Medal winners[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th place
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms)	Luis Martinez Zapata Spain	Scotland	František Majdloch Czechoslovakia	Hungary
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms)	Hungary	Bertil Ahlin Sweden	England	Scotland
Featherweight (– 58 kilograms)	Sweden	Ireland	Belgium	Hungary
Lightweight (– 62 kilograms)	Joseph Vissers Belgium	France	Svend Wad Denmark	Scotland
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms)	England	France	Italy	Ireland
Middleweight (– 73 kilograms)	Aimé-Joseph Escudie France	Wally Thom England	Július Torma Czechoslovakia	Jan Schubart Netherlands
Light Heavyweight (– 80 kilograms)	Hennie Quentemeijer Netherlands	France	Vital L'Hoste Belgium	England
Heavyweight (+ 80 kilograms)	Gerry Ó Colmáin Ireland	England	Italy	Czechoslovakia

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	1	3	0	4
2	England (ENG)	1	2	1	4
3	Ireland (IRL)	1	1	0	2
	Sweden (SWE)	1	1	0	2
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	2	3
6	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
9	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	0	2	2
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
12	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		8	8	8	24

External links[]

• EABA Boxing