Boxing at the 1958 Asian Games

Boxing at the 1958 Asian Games
Venue	Korakuen Ice Palace
Dates	28–31 May 1958
Competitors	63 from 11 nations

The Boxing Tournament at the 1958 Asian Games was held in Korakuen Ice Palace, Tokyo, Japan from 28 to 31 May 1958. A total of 62 boxers from 11 nations competed.

The host nation dominated the competition winning six out of ten gold medals, South Korea, Burma and Republic of China (Taiwan) won the remaining gold medals.

Schedule

R

Round of 16

¼

Quarterfinals

½

Semifinals

F

Finals

Event↓/Date →	28th Wed	29th Thu	30th Fri	31st Sat
Men's 51 kg	¼		½	F
Men's 54 kg	R	¼	½	F
Men's 57 kg	R	¼	½	F
Men's 60 kg	¼		½	F
Men's 63.5 kg			½	F
Men's 67 kg		¼	½	F
Men's 71 kg	¼		½	F
Men's 75 kg		½		F
Men's 81 kg	½			F
Men's +81 kg				F

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (51 kg) details	Akio Maki  Japan	Hla Nyunt  Burma	Kim Chang-han  South Korea
			Ezaria Ilkhanoff  Iran
Bantamweight (54 kg) details	Thein Myint  Burma	Takeo Suzuki  Japan	Muhammad Nasir  Pakistan
			Jacinto Diaz  Philippines
Featherweight (57 kg) details	Isami Ikeyama  Japan	Dionisio Guevarra  Philippines	Austin Dunsford  Singapore
			Song Soon-chun  South Korea
Lightweight (60 kg) details	Chung Dong-hoon  South Korea	Shinichiro Suzuki  Japan	Celedonio Espinosa  Philippines
			Sundar Rao  India
Light welterweight (63.5 kg) details	Shigemasa Kawakami  Japan	Vazik Kazarian  Iran	Sueb Chundakowsolaya  Thailand
			Kim Deuk-bong  South Korea
Welterweight (67 kg) details	Kim Ki-soo  South Korea	Soren Pirjanian  Iran	Toshiro Onuki  Japan
			Tongchai Teptani  Thailand
Light middleweight (71 kg) details	Osamu Takahashi  Japan	Ghasem Amiryavari  Iran	Bait Hussain  Pakistan
			Stanley Majid  Burma
Middleweight (75 kg) details	Chang Lo-pu  Republic of China	Hari Singh Thapa  India	Shoichi Matsuura  Japan
			Leon Khachatourian  Iran
Light heavyweight (81 kg) details	Shuichi Nakayama  Japan	Sultan Mahmood  Pakistan	Akbar Khojini  Iran
			None awarded
Heavyweight (+81 kg) details	Shunzo Nishio  Japan	Khalid Mumtaz  Pakistan	None awarded
			None awarded

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	6	2	2	10
2	South Korea (KOR)	2	0	3	5
3	Burma (BIR)	1	1	1	3
4	Republic of China (ROC)	1	0	0	1
5	Iran (IRN)	0	3	3	6
6	Pakistan (PAK)	0	2	2	4
7	Philippines (PHI)	0	1	2	3
8	India (IND)	0	1	1	2
9	Thailand (THA)	0	0	2	2
10	Singapore (SIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	17	37

Participating nations

A total of 63 athletes from 11 nations competed in boxing at the 1958 Asian Games:

•  Burma (6)
•  Cambodia (1)
•  India (3)
•  Iran (9)
•  Japan (10)
•  Pakistan (5)
•  Philippines (6)
•  Republic of China (8)
•  Singapore (2)
•  South Korea (7)
•  Thailand (6)

References

• Results

External links

• OCA official website