1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships
# 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships

The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Edgar Basel West Germany | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | Henryk Kukier Poland Wolfgang Behrendt East Germany |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Zenon Stefaniuk Poland | Boris Stiepanov Soviet Union | Daniel Hellebuyck Belgium Wolfgang Schwarz West Germany |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Tommy Nicholls England | Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union | Pentti Hamalainen Finland Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Harry Kurschat West Germany | Darweesh Mustafa Egypt | Ilija Lukić Yugoslavia Pentti Rautiainen Finland |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Leszek Drogosz Poland | Pal Budai Hungary | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union Hans Petersen Denmark |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Nicky Gargano England | Hippolyte Annex France | Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia Nicolae Linca Romania |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland | Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union | Marcel Pigou France Rolf Caroli East Germany |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union | Stig Sjölin Sweden | Dieter Wemhöner West Germany Bedrich Koutny Czechoslovakia |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Erich Schöppner West Germany | Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany | Július Torma Czechoslovakia Ottavio Panunzi Italy |
| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union | Horst Witterstein West Germany | Horymír Netuka Czechoslovakia Francis Magnetto France |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
