1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships
# 1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1959 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Lucerne, Switzerland from May 24 to May 31. The 13th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 180 fighters from 25 countries participating.

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Manfred Homberg West Germany | Gyula Török Hungary | Adam McClean Ireland Vladimir Stolnikov Soviet Union |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Horst Rascher West Germany | Oleg Grigoryev Soviet Union | Zygmunt Zawadzki Poland Miodrag Mitrović Yugoslavia |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Jerzy Adamski Poland | Peter Goschka West Germany | André Iuncker France Orhan Tuş Turkey |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Olli Mäki Finland | Demitar Velinov Bulgaria | Ferenc Kellner Hungary Iosif Mihalic Romania |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union | Piero Brandi Italy | Rupert König Austria István Juhász Hungary |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Leszek Drogosz Poland | Carmelo Bossi Italy | Bruno Guse East Germany Harry Perry Ireland |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Nino Benvenuti Italy | Henryk Dampc Poland | Dragoslav Jakovljević Yugoslavia Rolf Caroli East Germany |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union | Tadeusz Walasek Poland | Colm McCoy Ireland Harry Scott England |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Leonid Senkin Soviet Union Giulio Saraudi Italy |
| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Andrey Abramov Soviet Union | Dave Thomas England | Wladysław Jędrzejewski Poland Josef Němec Czechoslovakia |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
