1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships
| Host city | Warsaw |
|---|---|
| Country | Poland |
| Nations | 19 |
| Athletes | 117 |
| Dates | 17–24 May |
The 1953 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from May 17 to May 24. The tenth edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 117 fighters from 19 countries participating.
Medal winners
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
Henryk Kukier Poland |
František Majdloch Czechoslovakia |
Giacomo Spano Italy Anatoli Bulakov |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Zenon Stefaniuk Poland |
Boris Stepanov Soviet Union |
John McNally Ireland |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Józef Kruża Poland |
Aleksander Zasukhin Soviet Union |
Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany Stevan Redli |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union |
István Juhász Hungary |
Aleksy Antkiewicz Poland Pentti Niinivuori |
| Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) |
Leszek Drogosz Poland |
Terence Milligan Ireland |
Francisc Ambrus Romania |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Zygmunt Chychła Poland |
Sergei Scherbakov Soviet Union |
Nicolae Linca Romania |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Bruce Wells England |
Max Resch West Germany |
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland Boris Tishin |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
Dieter Wemhöner West Germany |
Bedřich Koutný Czechoslovakia |
Stig Sjölin Sweden |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany |
Tadeusz Grzelak Poland |
Yuri Yegorov Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) |
Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union |
Bogdan Węgrzyniak Poland |
Tomislav Krizmanić Yugoslavia |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland (POL) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | England (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |