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Host City: Roma, Italy
Venue(s): Sports Palace, Roma
Date Started: August 25, 1960
Date Finished: September 5, 1960
Format: Single elimination tournament.
| Gold: | Bohumil Němeček |
| Silver: | Ike Quartey |
| Bronze: | Marian Kasprzyk Quincey Daniels |
The final came down to Bohumil Nemeček of Czechoslovakia against Ghana's Ike Quartey, with Nemeček winning a unanimous decision. Nemeček had a long amateur career, winning gold as a welterweight at the 1967 European Championships, after winning a bronze in that class in 1963. Quartey later won the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games gold medal. His half-brother, also named [Ike Quartey], later fought at the 1988 Olympics – their father had 27 children by five wives – and won the WBA welterweight title in 1994.
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bohumil Němeček | 22 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | Gold | |
| 2 | Ike Quartey | 22 | Ghana | GHA | Silver | |
| 3T | Quincey Daniels | 19 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 3T | Marian Kasprzyk | 20 | Poland | POL | Bronze | |
| 5T | Sayed Mahmoud El-Nahas | 20 | United Arab Republic | UAR | ||
| 5T | Piero Brandi | 21 | Italy | ITA | ||
| 5T | Vladimir Engibaryan | 28 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 5T | Kim Deuk-Bong | 26 | South Korea | KOR | ||
| 9T | Jaggie van Staden | 18 | Zimbabwe | ZIM | ||
| 9T | Bobby Kelsey | 21 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 9T | Bernie Meli | 20 | Ireland | IRL | ||
| 9T | Luis Aranda | 23 | Argentina | ARG | ||
| 9T | Willie Ludick | 19 | South Africa | RSA | ||
| 9T | György Pál | 21 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 9T | Khalid Al-Karkhi | 20 | Iraq | IRQ | ||
| 9T | Miguel Amarista | 29 | Venezuela | VEN | ||
| 17T | Gerald Freeman | 19 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 17T | Mohamed Rizgalla | 17 | Sudan | SUD | ||
| 17T | Aleksandar Mitsev | 25 | Bulgaria | BUL | ||
| 17T | Vazik Ghazavian | 23 | Iran | IRI | ||
| 17T | Dimitrios Mikhail | Greece | GRE | |||
| 17T | Rupert König | 23 | Austria | AUT | ||
| 17T | Rogelio Reyes | 18 | Mexico | MEX | ||
| 17T | Katsuji Watanabe | 20 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 17T | Martti Lehtevä | 29 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 17T | Werner Busse | 20 | Germany | GER | ||
| 17T | Azouz Bechir | 24 | Tunisia | TUN | ||
| 17T | Carmelo García | 20 | Spain | ESP | ||
| 17T | Grace Seruwagi | 26 | Uganda | UGA | ||
| 17T | Mohamed Boubekeur | Morocco | MAR | |||
| 17T | Jorge Salomão | 23 | Brazil | BRA | ||
| 17T | Raoul Sarrazin | 22 | Canada | CAN | ||
| 33T | Francois Sowa | 23 | Luxembourg | LUX | ||
| 33T | Swong Mongkolrit | 25 | Thailand | THA |