Boxing at the 1954 Asian Games

The Boxing Tournament at the 1954 Asian Games was held in Manila, Philippines between 5 May and 8 May 1954.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (51 kg)	Ernesto Sajo Philippines (PHI)	Lee Jang-kyo South Korea (KOR)	Aye Kho Burma (BIR)
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Alejandro Ortuoste Philippines (PHI)	Hempala Jayasuriya Ceylon (CEY)	Kichio Miyake Japan (JPN)
Featherweight (57 kg)	Park Kum-hyun South Korea (KOR)	Mauro Dizon Philippines (PHI)	Chandrasena Jayasuriya Ceylon (CEY)
Lightweight (60 kg)	Celedonio Espinosa Philippines (PHI)	Henry Wong Republic of China (ROC)	Hiroshi Iwabuchi Japan (JPN)
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)	Ernesto Porto Philippines (PHI)	Lee Sam-yong South Korea (KOR)	Hisao Inoue Japan (JPN)
Welterweight (67 kg)	Kazuma Fujimoto Japan (JPN)	Bulat Bin Ismail Singapore (SIN)	Kim Yoon-seo South Korea (KOR)
Light middleweight (71 kg)	Vicente Tunacao Philippines (PHI)	Yutaka Kobashi Japan (JPN)	None awarded

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines (PHI)	5	1	0	6
2	South Korea (KOR)	1	2	1	4
3	Japan (JPN)	1	1	3	5
4	Ceylon (CEY)	0	1	1	2
5	Republic of China (ROC)	0	1	0	1
	Singapore (SIN)	0	1	0	1
7	Burma (BIR)	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	6	20

Participating nations

A total of 37 athletes from 9 nations competed in boxing at the 1954 Asian Games:

• Burma (1)
• Ceylon (2)
• Japan (7)
• Philippines (7)
• Republic of China (4)
• Singapore (4)
• South Korea (6)
• Thailand (4)
• South Vietnam (2)

References

• Results