1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 17 to May 24. The tenth edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 117 fighters from 19 countries participating.

Medal winners

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight
( 51 kilograms)
Poland Henryk Kukier
Poland
Czechoslovakia František Majdloch
Czechoslovakia
Italy Giacomo Spano
Italy

Soviet Union Anatoli Bulakov
Soviet Union

Bantamweight
( 54 kilograms)
Poland Zenon Stefaniuk
Poland
Soviet Union Boris Stepanov
Soviet Union
Republic of Ireland John McNally
Ireland

Romania Nicolae Mindreanu
Romania

Featherweight
( 57 kilograms)
Poland Józef Kruża
Poland
Soviet Union Aleksander Zasukhin
Soviet Union
Germany Hans-Peter Mehling
West Germany

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Stevan Redli
Yugoslavia

Lightweight
( 60 kilograms)
Soviet Union Vladimir Yengibaryan
Soviet Union
Hungary István Juhász
Hungary
Poland Aleksy Antkiewicz
Poland

Finland Pentti Niinivuori
Finland

Light Welterweight
( 63.5 kilograms)
Poland Leszek Drogosz
Poland
Republic of Ireland Terence Milligan
Ireland
Romania Francisc Ambrus
Romania

Hungary Béla Szákacs
Hungary

Welterweight
( 67 kilograms)
Poland Zygmunt Chychła
Poland
Soviet Union Sergei Scherbakov
Soviet Union
Romania Nicolae Linca
Romania

Belgium Emile Vleminck
Belgium

Light Middleweight
( 71 kilograms)
England Bruce Wells
England
Germany Max Resch
West Germany
Poland Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
Poland

Soviet Union Boris Tishin
Soviet Union

Middleweight
( 75 kilograms)
Germany Dieter Wemhöner
West Germany
Czechoslovakia Bedřich Koutný
Czechoslovakia
Sweden Stig Sjölin
Sweden

England Ronald Barton
England

Light Heavyweight
( 81 kilograms)
East Germany Ulrich Nitzschke
East Germany
Poland Tadeusz Grzelak
Poland
Soviet Union Yuri Yegorov
Soviet Union

Germany Helmut Pfirrmann
West Germany

Heavyweight
(+ 81 kilograms)
Soviet Union Algirdas Šocikas
Soviet Union
Poland Bogdan Węgrzyniak
Poland
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tomislav Krizmanić
Yugoslavia

Germany Hermann Schreibauer
West Germany

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Poland 5 2 2 9
2  Soviet Union 2 3 3 8
3  West Germany 1 1 3 5
4  England 1 0 1 2
5  East Germany 1 0 0 1
6  Czechoslovakia 0 2 0 2
7  Hungary 0 1 1 2
 Ireland 0 1 1 2
9  Romania 0 0 3 3
10  Yugoslavia 0 0 2 2
11  Belgium 0 0 1 1
 Italy 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Sweden 0 0 1 1

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