Boxing at the 1955 Pan American Games
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«1951 1959» |
The Men's Boxing Tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions (Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight) to the existing eight.
Medal winners[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
Mexico |
Chile |
Venezuela |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Venezuela |
United States |
Chile |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Argentina |
Claudio Barrientos Chile |
Mexico |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Argentina |
Puerto Rico |
Venezuela |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Argentina |
United States |
Celestino Pinto Brazil |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
United States |
Argentina |
— |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
United States |
Venezuela |
Alberto Sáenz Argentina |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
United States |
Chile |
Argentina |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Brazil |
Argentina |
United States |
Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) |
Argentina |
Brazil |
Norvel Lee United States |
Medal table[]
Place | Nation | Total | |||
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1 | Argentina (ARG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
2 | United States (USA) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
6 | Chile (CHI) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 10 | 10 | 9 | 29 |
References[]
- Amateur Boxing: 1955 Pan American Games
- Sports 123: Boxing at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2011)
- Hickok Sports: Pan American Games: Men's Boxing Medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived November 13, 2011)
- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 0786443367. ISBN 9780786443369.
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