title: 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships
text: # 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships
  
  The 1955 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in West Berlin, Germany, from May 27 to June 5. The 11th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 153 fighters from 24 countries participating (among them Turkey, Egypt and Saara).
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Edgar Basel West Germany | Mircea Dobrescu Romania | Henryk Kukier Poland Wolfgang Behrendt East Germany |
  | Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Zenon Stefaniuk Poland | Boris Stiepanov Soviet Union | Daniel Hellebuyck Belgium Wolfgang Schwarz West Germany |
  | Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Tommy Nicholls England | Alexander Zasukhin Soviet Union | Pentti Hamalainen Finland Hans-Peter Mehling West Germany |
  | Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Harry Kurschat West Germany | Darweesh Mustafa Egypt | Ilija Lukić Yugoslavia Pentti Rautiainen Finland |
  | Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Leszek Drogosz Poland | Pal Budai Hungary | Vladimir Yengibaryan Soviet Union Hans Petersen Denmark |
  | Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Nicky Gargano England | Hippolyte Annex France | Pavle Sovljanski Yugoslavia Nicolae Linca Romania |
  | Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Poland | Karlos Dzhaneryan Soviet Union | Marcel Pigou France Rolf Caroli East Germany |
  | Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Gennadi Shatkov Soviet Union | Stig Sjölin Sweden | Dieter Wemhöner West Germany Bedrich Koutny Czechoslovakia |
  | Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Erich Schöppner West Germany | Ulrich Nitzschke East Germany | Július Torma Czechoslovakia Ottavio Panunzi Italy |
  | Heavyweight (+ 81 kilograms) | Algirdas Šocikas Soviet Union | Horst Witterstein West Germany | Horymír Netuka Czechoslovakia Francis Magnetto France |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
  | 2 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
  | 4 | England (ENG) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 5 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 7 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 12 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 12 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 14 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
  