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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Heavyweight
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The men's heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1960 Summer Olympics. The weight class allowed boxers of more than 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 25 August to 5 September 1960. 17 boxers from 17 nations competed.[1]
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Competition format
The competition was a straight single-elimination tournament, with no bronze medal match (two bronze medals were awarded, one to each semifinal loser).
Results
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Results of the heavyweight boxing competition.[1][2]
Top half
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||
 Josef Němec (TCH)
| 3 | |||||||||||||
 David Thomas (GBR)
| 2 | Josef Němec (TCH)
| 4 | |||||||||||
 Percy Price Jr. (USA)
| KO-1 | Percy Price Jr. (USA)
| 1 | |||||||||||
 Ron Taylor (AUS)
| L | Josef Němec (TCH)
| 1 | |||||||||||
 Andrey Abramov (URS)
| KO-1 |  Francesco de Piccoli (ITA)
| 4 | |||||||||||
 Manuel García (ESP)
| L | Andrey Abramov (URS)
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Francesco de Piccoli (ITA)
| W | Francesco de Piccoli (ITA)
| 5 | |||||||||||
 Willy Venneman (BEL)
| AB | |||||||||||||
Bottom half
| Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | ||||||||||||||||
 Günter Siegmund (EUA)
| KO-3 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Max Bösiger (SUI)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Günter Siegmund (EUA)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Vasile Mariuţan (ROU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Joseph Syoz (FRA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vasile Mariuţan (ROU)
| 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Günter Siegmund (EUA)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Daniel Bekker (RSA)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Bekker (RSA)
| KO-1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Władysław Jędrzejewski (POL)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daniel Bekker (RSA)
| KO-1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Obrad Sretenović (YUG)
| L | ||||||||||||||||||
 Eduardo Corletti (ARG)
| 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Joe Casey (IRL)
| 1 | Obrad Sretenović (YUG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Obrad Sretenović (YUG)
| 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Finals
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
| Josef Němec (TCH) | 1 | |||||
| Francesco de Piccoli (ITA) | 4 | |||||
| Francesco de Piccoli (ITA) | KO-1 | |||||
| Daniel Bekker (RSA) | L | |||||
| Günter Siegmund (EUA) | 1 | |||||
| Daniel Bekker (RSA) | 4 | |||||
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