The Olympic rings, as they appeared in 1936

Fly -Weight - 50,802kg

OLYMPIC VICTOR: Willi Kaiser (Germany)

Second: Gavino Matta (Italy)
Third: Louis Daniel Laurie (USA)

Louis Laurie, bronze
- Louis Laurie, bronze -

 

Entries and participation: 25 nations with 33 participants. Competed: 25 nations with 25 participants

 

1st Series - August 10th, Afternoon: 

  Referee:   Judges:
  Bout 1:  Chiyoto Nakano (JPN)  defeats  Erkki Savolainen (FIN)  on pts.    Engel (GER)   Bergström (NED), Eisner (HUN), Costas (ARG).
Bout 2:  Louis Daniel Laurie (USA)  defeats  Rudolf Bezděk (CZE)  on pts.    M. Vaisberg (FRA)   Perlwitz (GER), Madson (DEN), Matsov (EST).
  Bout 3 Asbjørn Berg-Hansen (NOR)  defeats  Alfred Russell (GBR)  on pts   Ritzi (SUI)   Bourdariat (FRA), Hein (GER), Aureliu (RUM).
Bout 4: Edmund Sobkowiak (POL)  defeats  Henry Cooper (AUS)  KO 2.   A. Forray (HUN)   Konrad (AUT), Sven Jerselius (SWE), Paajanen (FIN).
 
Night
  Bout 5: Raoul Degryse (BEL)  defeats  Sture Hallberg (SWE)  KO 1.   A. Forray (HUN)   Panne (GER), Driver (USA), Matsov (EST).
Bout 6: Felipe Nunag (PHI)  defeats  Dumitru Panaitescu (ROM)  on pts.    T. St. J. Dean (RSA)   Scholz (GER), Costas (ARG), Bielewics (POL).
  Bout 7: Kaj Frederiksen (DEN)  defeats  Ferdinand Ciatti (LUX)  on pts.    Lovell (USA)   Kage (JPN), Aureliu (RUM), Schindler (ITA).
Bout 8: Gavino Matta (ITA)  defeats  Martinus Lambillion (NED)  on pts.    Falony (BEL)   M. Vaisberg (FRA), Kiss (HUN), Hein (GER).
  Bout 9: Walter Siegfried (SUI)  defeats  Gaston Fayaud (FRA)  on pts.    Engel (GER)   Konrad (AUT), Higginbottom (CAN), Impey (RSA).

 

2nd Series - August 12th, Afternoon

  Referee:   Judges:
  Bout 10:  Willi Kaiser (GER)  defeats  Guillermo López (CHL)  TKO 3.   Lovell (USA)   Sven Jerselius (SWE), Schindler (ITA), Madsen (DEN).
Bout 11:  William Passmore (RSA)  defeats  Mahmoud Ezzat (EGY)  on pts.    Bourdariat (FRA)   Haakon Winther (NOR), Bielewics (POL), Persson (SWE)
  Bout 12:  Fidel Tricánico (URU)  defeats  Pedro Rodriguez (PER)  WO     Rodriguez did not appear in the ring
Bout 13: Alfredo Carlomagno (ARG)  defeats  Chiyoto Nakano (JPN)  on pts.    Koprowski (POL)   Ritzi (SUI), Stevenson (USA), T. St. J. Dean (RSA).
 
Night
  Bout 14: Louis Daniel Laurie (USA) defeats  Asbjørn Berg-Hansen (NOR)  2-1    T. St. J. Dean (RSA)   Bourdariat (FRA). Warnes (GBR). Ritzi (SUI).
Bout 15: Edmund Sobkowiak (POL)  defeats  Walter Siegfried (SUI)  on pts.    Dermant (FRA)   Mansergh (GBR), Sven Jerselius (SWE), Bruckmann (GER).
  Bout 16: Gavino Matta (ITA)  defeats  Kaj Frederiksen (DAN)  on pts.    Koprowski (POL)   Baly (FRA), Haakon Winther (NOR), Impey (RSA).
Bout 17: Raoul Degryse (BEL)  defeats  Felipe Nunag (PHI)  on pts.    Engel (GER)   McLean (CAN), Almeida (ARG), Paajanen (FIN).

 

3rd Series - August 13th, Afternoon:

  Referee:   Judges:
  Bout 18:  Willi Kaiser (GER)  defeats  Fidel Tricánico (URU)  on pts.    Ritzi (SUI)   Kiss (HUN), Mansergh (GBR), Alfred Overgaard (DEN).
Bout 19:  Alfredo Carlomagno (ARG)  defeats  William Passmore (RSA)  on pts.    Bergström (NED)   Kage (JPN), de Backer (BEL), McLean (CAN).
 
Night
  Bout 20: Louis Daniel Laurie (USA)  defeats  Edmund Sobkowiak (POL)  on pts.    Teodori (ITA)   de Backer (BEL), Dermant (FRA), Warnes (GBR).
Bout 21: Gavino Matta (ITA)  defeats  Raoul Degryse (BEL)  on pts.    Lovell (USA)   Bergström (NED), Almeida (ARG), Rostrom (RSA).

 

4th Series - August 14th, Afternoon:

  Referee:   Judges:
  Bout 22:  Willi Kaiser (GER)  defeats  Alfredo Carlomagno (ARG)  on pts.    Falony (BEL)   Matsov (EST), Haakon Winther (NOR), Teodori (ITA).
 
Night
  Bout 23: Gavino Matta (ITA)  defeats  Louis Daniel Laurie (USA)  on pts.    Warnes (GBR)   A. Forray (HUN), Pedersen (DEN), Almeida (ARG).

 

Bout for the 3rd and 4th places - August 15th, Night:

  Bout 24: Louis Daniel Laurie (USA)  defeats  Alfredo Carlomagno (ARG)  WO.    Carlomagno did not appear in the ring because of blood extravasation.

 

Bout for the 1st and 2nd places - August 15th, Night:

  Referee:   Judges:
  Bout 25: Willi Kaiser (GER)  defeats  Gavino Matta (ITA)  on pts.    Jackson (GBR)   Persson (SWE), Bruzzone (URU), Rostrom (RSA).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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