Light heavyweight boxing at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	West Melbourne Stadium
Dates	23 November – 1 December
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Medalists
James Boyd  United States Gheorghe Negrea  Romania Carlos Lucas  Chile Romualdas Murauskas  Soviet Union
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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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The men's light heavyweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 81 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 23 November to 1 December 1956. 11 boxers from 11 nations competed.^[1]

Gold	James Boyd  United States
Silver	Gheorghe Negrea  Romania
Bronze	Carlos Lucas  Chile
Bronze	Romualdas Murauskas  Soviet Union

• Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL) def. Lennart Risberg (SWE), RSC-3
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Piet van Vuuren (SAF), PTS
• Ottavio Panunzi (ITA) def. Gerald Collins (CAN), PTS

• Romualdas Murauskas (URS) def. Anthony Madigan (AUS), PTS
• James Boyd (USA) def. Rodolfo Díaz (ARG), PTS
• Carlos Lucas (CHI) def. Andrzej Wojciechowski (POL), PTS
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Ottavio Panunzi (ITA), PTS

• James Boyd (USA) def. Romualdas Murauskas (URS), PTS
• Gheorghe Negrea (ROU) def. Carlos Lucas (CHI), PTS

• James Boyd (USA) def. Gheorghe Negrea (ROU), PTS

• https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181829/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1956/OR1956.pdf