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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 edit
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Henryk Kukier Poland | František Majdloch Czechoslovakia | Giacomo Spano Italy Anatoli Bulakov |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Zenon Stefaniuk Poland | Boris Stepanov Soviet Union | John McNally Ireland |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Józef Kruża Poland | Aleksander Zasukhin Soviet Union | Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany Stevan Redli |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | István Juhász Hungary | Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland Pentti Niinivuori |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Leszek Drogosz Poland | Terence Milligan Ireland | Francisc Ambrus Romania |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Zygmunt Chychła Poland | Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union | Nicolae Linca Romania |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Bruce Wells England | Max Resch West Germany | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland Boris Tishin |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Dieter Wemhöner West Germany | Bedřich Koutný Czechoslovakia | Stig Sjölin Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany | Tadeusz Grzelak Poland | Yuri Yegorov Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union | Bogdan Węgrzyniak Poland | Tomislav Krizmanić Yugoslavia |
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |