Welterweight boxing at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Venue	West Melbourne Stadium
Dates	24 November – 1 December 1956
Competitors	16 from 16 nations
Medalists
Nicolae Linca  Romania Fred Tiedt  Ireland Kevin Hogarth  Australia Nicholas Gargano  Great Britain
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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Light welterweight	men
Welterweight	men
Light middleweight	men
Middleweight	men
Light heavyweight	men
Heavyweight	men
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The men's welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 67 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 24 November to 1 December 1956. 16 boxers from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Gold	Nicolae Linca  Romania
Silver	Fred Tiedt  Ireland
Bronze	Kevin Hogarth  Australia
Bronze	Nicholas Gargano  Great Britain

• András Dőri (HUN) def. Bait Husain (PAK), PTS
• Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. Graham Finlay (NZL), PTS
• Pearce Lane (USA) def. Enrique Tovar (VEN), PTS
• Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Tadeusz Walasek (POL), PTS
• Nicholas André (RSA) def. Lee Shih-chuan (TPE), PTS
• Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Hector Hatch (FIJ), PTS
• Francisco Gelaberti (ARG) def. Walter Kozak (CAN), PTS
• Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Eduard Borisov (URS), PTS

• Kevin Hogarth (AUS) def. András Dori (HUN), PTS
• Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Pearce Allen Lane (USA), PTS
• Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Nicholas Andre (RSA), PTS
• Nicholas Gargano (GBR) def. Francisco Gelabert (ARG), PTS

• Fred Tiedt (IRL) def. Kevin Hogarth (AUS), PTS
• Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Nicholas Gargano (GBR), PTS

• Nicolae Linca (ROU) def. Fred Tiedt (IRL), PTS

Tiedt actually received more total points than Linca, but three of the five judges judged him the winner.^[2]