1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1957 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia, from May 25 to June 2.
The 12th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 149 fighters from 21 countries participating.
| Host city | Prague |
|---|---|
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Nations | 21 |
| Athletes | 149 |
| Dates | 25 May–2 June |
Medal winners
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |  Manfred HombergWest Germany |  Mircea DobrescuRomania |  Peter DaviesWales
|
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |  Oleg GrigoryevSoviet Union |  Gianfranco PiovesaniItaly | Peter Goschka West Germany
|
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |  Dimitar VelinovBulgaria | Mario Sitri Italy |  Kazimierz BoczarskiPoland
|
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Kazimierz Paździor Poland |  Olli MäkiFinland |  John KiddScotland
|
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union |  Walter IvanusCzechoslovakia | Zygmunt Milewski Poland
|
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Manfred Grauss West Germany |  Leopold PotesilAustria | Yuri Gromov Soviet Union
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| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Nino Benvenuti Italy | Tadeusz Walasek Poland |  Rolf CaroliEast Germany
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| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland |  Dragoslav JakovljevićYugoslavia | Paul Nickel East Germany
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| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Gheorghe Negrea Romania | Petar Stankov Bulgaria | Zdenek Cipro Czechoslovakia
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| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Andrey Abramov Soviet Union | Vasile Mariutan Romania | Josef Němec Czechoslovakia
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Romania (ROU) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wales (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
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