Boxing at the 1959 Mediterranean Games

The boxing tournament at the 1959 Mediterranean Games was held in Beirut, Lebanon.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (–51 kg)	Abdel Moneim El-Guindi (UAR)	(MAR)	(ESP)
Bantamweight (–54 kg)	(MAR)	Alfonso Carbajo (ESP)	(UAR)
Featherweight (–57 kg)	André Iuncker (FRA)	Simon Bellaiche (TUN)	José Luis Biescas (ESP)
Lightweight (–60 kg)	(FRA)	(TUR)	(ESP)
Light Welterweight (–63.5 kg)	Sayed El-Nahas (UAR)	(TUR)	(LBN)
Welterweight (–67 kg)	Omrane Sadok (TUN)	(MAR)	Dimitrios Mikhail (GRE)
Light Middleweight (–71 kg)	Souleymane Diallo (FRA)	Cesáreo Barrera (ESP)	(UAR)
Middleweight (–75 kg)	(TUN)	(LBN)	(UAR)
Light Heavyweight (–81 kg)	(TUN)	(UAR)	(GRE)
Heavyweight (+81 kg)	(UAR)	(LBN)	No bronze awarded

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Arab Republic (UAR)	3	1	3	7
2	Tunisia (TUN)	3	1	0	4
3	(FRA)	3	0	0	3
4	(MAR)	1	2	0	3
5	(ESP)	0	2	3	5
6	Lebanon (LBN)	0	2	1	3
7	(TUR)	0	2	0	2
8	(GRE)	0	0	2	2
Totals (8 nations)		10	10	9	29

• Note: Official 1959 Mediterranean Games report erroneously omits bronze medal won by José Luis Biescas in the –57 kg category

References[]

• 1959 Mediterranean Games report at the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) website
• 1959 Mediterranean Games boxing tournament at Amateur Boxing Results
• List of Olympians who won medals at the Mediterranean Games at Olympedia.org