| Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics |
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| Flyweight | men | |
| Bantamweight | men | |
| Featherweight | men | |
| Lightweight | men | |
| Welterweight | men | |
| Middleweight | men | |
| Light heavyweight | men | |
| Heavyweight | men | |
The men's bantamweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1948 Summer Olympics. The weight class was the second-lightest contested, and allowed boxers of up to 54 kilograms. The competition was held from Saturday, August 7, 1948 to Friday, August 13, 1948.
Thirty boxers from 30 nations competed.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Tibor Csík Hungary (HUN) |
Giovanni Zuddas Italy (ITA) |
Juan Venegas Puerto Rico (PUR) |
Jimmy Carruthers was not able to fight in the quarterfinals against Tibor Csík after suffering an eye injury during his bout with Arnoldo Parés.
| Round of 32 August 7 |
Round of 16 August 10 |
Quarterfinals August 11 |
Semifinals August 12 |
Final August 13 |
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| Hardy Saw (BIR) | — | ||||||||||||||||
| Bye | — | Saw (BIR) | W | ||||||||||||||
| Albert Perera (CEY) | — | Perera (CEY) | RSC2 | ||||||||||||||
| Bye | — | Perera (CEY) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Juan Venegas (PUR) | PTS | Venegas (PUR) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Louis Calebout (BEL) | L | Venegas (PUR) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Babu Lall (IND) | W | Lall (IND) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Allan Monterio (PAK) | RSC1 | Venegas (PUR) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Santiago Rivera (PER) | PTS | Csík (HUN) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Bertil Ahlin (SWE) | L | Rivera (PER) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Tibor Csík (HUN) | W | Csík (HUN) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Manoel do Nascimento (BRA) | DQ2 | Csík (HUN) | W | ||||||||||||||
| Arnoldo Parés (ARG) | PTS | Carruthers (AUS) | wo | ||||||||||||||
| Vic Toweel (RSA) | L | Parés (ARG) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Carruthers (AUS) | W | Carruthers (AUS) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Fred Daigle (CAN) | DQ2 | Csík (HUN) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Edel Ojeda (MEX) | PTS | Zuddas (ITA) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Proffitt (GBR) | L | Ojeda (MEX) | DQ3 | ||||||||||||||
| Álvaro Vicente (ESP) | PTS | Vicente (ESP) | W | ||||||||||||||
| Emanoul Aghasi (IRI) | L | Vicente (ESP) | W | ||||||||||||||
| Pedro Carrizo (URU) | PTS | González (CHI) | DQ2 | ||||||||||||||
| Hermann Mazurkiewitsch (AUT) | L | Carrizo (URU) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Celestine González (CHI) | PTS | González (CHI) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Wawrzyniec Bazarnik (POL) | L | Vicente (ESP) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Lenihan (IRL) | PTS | Zuddas (ITA) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Roger Behm (LUX) | L | Lenihan (IRL) | PTS | ||||||||||||||
| Olavi Ouvinen (FIN) | PTS | Ouvinen (FIN) | L | Bronze medal bout | |||||||||||||
| Erik Thastum (DEN) | L | Lenihan (IRL) | RSC3 | ||||||||||||||
| Giovanni Zuddas (ITA) | PTS | Zuddas (ITA) | W | Venegas (PUR) | PTS | ||||||||||||
| Bonifacio Zarcal (PHI) | L | Zuddas (ITA) | PTS | Vicente (ESP) | L | ||||||||||||
| Jean-Marie Grenot (FRA) | PTS | Grenot (FRA) | L | ||||||||||||||
| Bill Bossio (USA) | L | ||||||||||||||||
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