Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 10, 1936 to August 15, 1936.

The competition featured prominently in the French film L'as des as (1982), whose main character, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo, was the fictitious coach of the French boxing team.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (-50.8 kg / 112 lb) details	Willy Kaiser Germany (GER)	Gavino Matta Italy (ITA)	Louis Laurie United States (USA)
Bantamweight (-53.5 kg / 118 lb) details	Ulderico Sergo Italy (ITA)	Jack Wilson United States (USA)	Fidel Ortiz Mexico (MEX)
Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) details	Oscar Casanovas Argentina (ARG)	Charles Catterall South Africa (RSA)	Josef Miner Germany (GER)
Lightweight (-61.2 kg / 135 lb) details	Imre Harangi Hungary (HUN)	Nikolai Stepulov Estonia (EST)	Erik Ågren Sweden (SWE)
Welterweight (-66.7 kg / 147 lb) details	Sten Suvio Finland (FIN)	Michael Murach Germany (GER)	Gerhard Pedersen Denmark (DEN)
Middleweight (-72.6 kg / 160 lb) details	Jean Despeaux France (FRA)	Henry Tiller Norway (NOR)	Raúl Villareal Argentina (ARG)
Light heavyweight (-79.4 kg / 175 lb) details	Roger Michelot France (FRA)	Richard Vogt Germany (GER)	Francisco Risiglione Argentina (ARG)
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) details	Herbert Runge Germany (GER)	Guillermo Lovell Argentina (ARG)	Erling Nilsen Norway (NOR)

Participating nations

A total of 179 boxers from 31 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
2	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
4	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
7	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
9	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
11	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1

References

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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