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

The men's light welterweight event was part of the boxing programme at the 1956 Summer Olympics. The weight class was allowed boxers of up to 63.5 kilograms to compete. The competition was held from 24 November to 1 December 1956. 22 boxers from 22 nations competed.^[1]

Gold	Vladimir Yengibaryan  Soviet Union
Silver	Franco Nenci  Italy
Bronze	Constantin Dumitrescu  Romania
Bronze	Henry Loubscher  South Africa

• Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Terrence Oung (BUR), PTS
• Hans Pedersen (DEN) def. Carlos Rodríguez (VEN), PTS
• Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Chune Pattapong (THA), RSC-1
• Leopold Potesil (AUT) def. Celestino Pinto (BRA), PTS
• Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Gul Rehmat (PAK), RSC-3
• Willi Roth (FRG) def. Thomas Schuster (FIJ), PTS

• Claude Saluden (FRA) def. Harry Perry (IRL), PTS
• Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Leszek Drogosz (POL), PTS
• Henry Loubscher (RSA) def. Leslie Mason (CAN), PTS
• Joseph Shaw (USA) def. Max Carlos (AUS), PTS
• Hwang Ui-gyeong (KOR) def. Manuel de los Santos (PHI), DSQ-2
• Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Hans Pedersen (DEN), PTS
• Antonio Marcilla (ARG) def. Leopold Potesil (AUT), PTS
• Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Willi Roth (FRG), PTS

• Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Claude Saluden (FRA), PTS
• Henry Loubscher (RSA) def. Joseph Shaw (USA), PTS
• Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU) def. Hwang Ei-Kyung (KOR), PTS
• Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Antonio Marcilla (ARG), PTS

• Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Henry Loubscher (RSA), PTS
• Franco Nenci (ITA) def. Constantin Dumitrescu (ROU), PTS

• Vladimir Yengibaryan (URS) def. Franco Nenci (ITA), PTS

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