Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games

Boxing competitions

Boxing
at the 1954 Asian Games

Venue| Rizal Memorial Sports Complex
Dates| 5–8 May 1954
Competitors| 37 from 9 nations

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The Boxing Tournament at the 1954 Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines between 5 May and 8 May 1954. A total of 37 boxers from 9 nations competed at the competition.

The host nation dominated the competition winning five out of seven gold medals.

## Schedule

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¼ | Quarterfinals  | ½ | Semifinals  | F | Finals

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Event↓/Date → | 5th
Wed | 6th
Thu | 7th
Fri | 8th
Sat

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Men's 51 kg | ¼ | ½ |  | F
Men's 54 kg | ¼ | ½ |  | F
Men's 57 kg | 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 |  |  |  | F

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Flyweight
(51 kg) details | Ernesto Sajo
Philippines | Lee Chang-kyo
South Korea | Aye Kho
Burma
Bantamweight
(54 kg) details | Alejandro Ortuoste
Philippines | Hempala Jayasuriya
Ceylon | Kichio Miyake
Japan
Featherweight
(57 kg) details | Park Kum-hyun
South Korea | Mauro Dizon
Philippines | Chandrasena Jayasuriya
Ceylon
Lightweight
(60 kg) details | Celedonio Espinosa
Philippines | Henry Wong
Republic of China | Hiroshi Iwabuchi
Japan
Light welterweight
(63.5 kg) details | Ernesto Porto
Philippines | Lee Sam-yong
South Korea | Hisao Inoue
Japan
Welterweight
(67 kg) details | Kazuma Fujimoto
Japan | Bulat Bin Ismail
Singapore | Kim Yoon-seo
South Korea
Light middleweight
(71 kg) details | Vicente Tuñacao
Philippines | Yutaka Kobashi
Japan | None awarded

## Medal table

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Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games on a stamp of the Philippines Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Philippines (PHI)| 5| 1| 0| 6
2|  South Korea (KOR)| 1| 2| 1| 4
3|  Japan (JPN)| 1| 1| 3| 5
4|  Ceylon (CEY)| 0| 1| 1| 2
5|  Republic of China (ROC)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Singapore (SIN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
7|  Burma (BIR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (7 entries)| 7| 7| 6| 20

## Participating nations

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A total of 37 athletes from 9 nations competed in boxing at the 1954 Asian Games:

*  Burma (1)
*  Ceylon (2)
*  Japan (7)
*  Philippines (7)
*  Republic of China (4)
*  Singapore (4)
*  South Korea (6)
*  Thailand (4)
*  Vietnam (2)

## References

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* Results

## External links

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* OCA official website

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