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Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

Events

11 (men)

Games

1896	•	1900	•	1904	•	1908	•	1912	•	1920
1924	•	1928	•	1932	•	1936	•	1948	•	1952
1956	•	1960	•	1964	•	1968	•	1972	•	1976
1980	•	1984	•	1988	•	1992	•	1996	•	2000
2004	•	2008

Medalists

Boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics was the final games with boxing as a male only event. Beginning with the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing will be included in the programme.

Events

The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. There have been between 5 and 12 Olympic weight classes over the years (currently 11), and the definition of each class has changed several times, as shown in the following table. Until 1936, weights were measured in pounds, and from 1948 onwards, weights were measured in kilograms.

1904^[1]	1908	1920-1936	1948	1952-1964	1968-1980	1984-2000	2004-2008 [1]
Heavyweight +158 lb (+71.7 kg)		Heavyweight +175 lb (+79.4 kg)	Heavyweight +80 kg	Heavyweight +81 kg		Super-Heavyweight +91 kg
				Heavyweight +81 kg		Heavyweight 81-91 kg
				Light-Heavyweight 75-81 kg
			Light-Heavyweight 73-80 kg
		Light-Heavyweight 160-175 lb (72.6-79.4 kg)
				Middleweight 71-75 kg			Middleweight 69-75 kg
			Middleweight 67-73 kg
		Middleweight 147-160 lb (66.7-72.6 kg)
Middleweight 145-158 lb (65.8-71.7 kg)	Middleweight 140-158 lb (63.5-71.7 kg)
				Light-Middleweight 67-71 kg
				Light-Middleweight 67-71 kg			Welterweight 64-69 kg
			Welterweight 62-67 kg	Welterweight 63.5-67 kg
		Welterweight 135-147 lb (61.2-66.7 kg)
Welterweight 135-145 lb (61.2-65.8 kg)
							Light-Welterweight 60-64 kg
	Lightweight 126-140 lb (57.2-63.5 kg)			Light-Welterweight 60-63.5 kg
			Lightweight 58-62 kg
Lightweight 125-135 lb (56.7-61.2 kg)		Lightweight 126-135 lb (57.2-61.2 kg)
				Lightweight 57-60 kg
			Featherweight 54-58 kg
	Featherweight 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg)	Featherweight 118^[2]-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg)
				Featherweight 54-57 kg
Featherweight 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg)				Featherweight 54-57 kg
			Bantamweight 51-54 kg
		Bantamweight 112-118^[2] lb (50.8-53.5 kg)
	Bantamweight -116 lb (-52.6 kg)
Bantamweight 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg)
			Flyweight -51 kg		Flyweight 48-51 kg
		Flyweight -112 lb (-50.8 kg)			Flyweight 48-51 kg
					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
Flyweight -105 lb (-47.6 kg)					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
7	5	8	8	10	11	12	11

^ Boxers were allowed to compete in multiple weight classes in 1904, as long as they were not over the maximum weight for each class.
^ ^a ^b The division between Bantamweight and Featherweight was moved from 118 lb to 119 lb for 1932-1936.

Medal Table

Total		226	226	390	842
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	48	23	38	109
2	Cuba (CUB)	32	19	12	63
3	Italy (ITA)	15	13	16	44
4	Soviet Union (URS)	14	19	18	51
5	Great Britain (GBR)	14	11	23	48
6	Hungary (HUN)	10	2	8	20
7	Poland (POL)	8	9	26	43
8	Russia (RUS)	8	3	9	20
9	Argentina (ARG)	7	7	10	24
10	South Africa (RSA)	6	4	9	19
11	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	4	4	13
12	East Germany (GDR)	5	2	6	13
13	Germany (GER)	4	9	9	22
14	France (FRA)	4	7	8	19
15	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	8	17
16	Thailand (THA)	4	3	6	13
17	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
18	South Korea (KOR)	3	6	10	19
19	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	2	6	11
20	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	6
21	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	7	12
22	North Korea (PRK)	2	3	3	8
23	Ukraine (UKR)	2	2	5	9
24	Finland (FIN)	2	1	11	14
25	China (CHN)	2	1	2	5
26	Romania (ROU)	1	9	15	25
27	Denmark (DEN)	1	5	6	12
28	Ireland (IRL)	1	4	7	12
29	Germany (EUA)	1	3	2	6
30	Norway (NOR)	1	2	2	5
30	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	2	5
32	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	5	7
33	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	4	6
34	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
34	Mongolia (MGL)	1	1	2	4
36	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
37	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	5	6
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	5	6
40	Japan (JPN)	1	0	2	3
41	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	1	2
42	Sweden (SWE)	0	5	6	11
43	Nigeria (NGR)	0	3	3	6
44	Uganda (UGA)	0	3	1	4
45	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	3	5
45	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	3	5
47	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
48	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
49	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	5	6
50	Australia (AUS)	0	1	3	4
50	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	3	4
52	Chile (CHI)	0	1	2	3
52	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	2	3
54	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
54	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
56	Australasia (ANZ)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	Tonga (TGA)	0	1	0	1
60	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	4	4
61	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
61	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
63	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
63	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
65	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Mauritius (MRI)	0	0	1	1
	Niger (NIG)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1

Number of Boxers by Nation

Nation	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	Years
Algeria (ALG)																								7
Argentina (ARG)						1	10	8	8	8														6
Armenia (ARM)																								2
Australasia (ANZ)				1
Australia (AUS)							3			3														8
Austria (AUT)							3	1		6
Azerbaijan (AZE)																								4
Barbados (BAR)																								1
Belarus (BLR)																								1
Belgium (BEL)						13	10	6		8
Botswana (BOT)																								1
Brazil (BRA)																								6
Bulgaria (BUL)																								3
Burkina Faso (BUR)																								1
Cameroon (CMR)																								2
Canada (CAN)						8	9	7	7	4														6
Chile (CHI)							4	4		4
China (CHN)																								3
Republic of China (ROC)										2
Colombia (COL)																								2
Cuba (CUB)																								10
Czechoslovakia (TCH)								3		8
Czech Republic (CZE)																								1
Denmark (DEN)				2		12	8	6	2	8
Dominican Republic (DOM)																								3
Egypt (EGY)							1			4														5
Estonia (EST)							1	1		2
Ethiopia (ETH)																								4
Finland (FIN)								3	2	6														1
France (FRA)				7		15	16	8	6	6														7
Gabon (GAB)																								1
Georgia (GEO)																								2
Germany (GER)								8	8	8														8
Ghana (GHA)																								4
Great Britain (GBR)				32		16	16	8	3	8														2
Greece (GRE)							1	2	1															2
Guinea (GUI)																								1
Hungary (HUN)							1	4	2	6
India (IND)																								3
Indonesia (INA)																								2
Iran (IRI)																								5
Ireland (IRL)							7	8	4															1
Italy (ITA)						5	16	7	8	8														6
Japan (JPN)								2	5	5														2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																								6
Kenya (KEN)																								3
Kiribati (KIR)																								4
Latvia (LAT)							1
Lesotho (LES)																								2
Lithuania (LTU)								2																2
Luxembourg (LUX)							6	5		5
Madagascar (MAD)																								1
Maldives (MDV)																								1
Mauritius (MRI)																								3
Morocco (MAR)																								3
Mexico (MEX)								4	6	4														6
Mongolia (MGL)																								1
Namibia (NAM)																								1
Netherlands (NED)						8	9	6		8
New Zealand (NZL)							1	2	3	3														1
Nigeria (NGR)																								1
North Korea (PRK)																								1
Norway (NOR)						14	9	5		6												1
Pakistan (PAK)																								3
Philippines (PHI)									4	5														3
Poland (POL)							5	4		7														5
Puerto Rico (PUR)																								5
Rhodesia (RHO)								2
Romania (ROU)										4														10
Russia (RUS)																								10
Samoa (SAM)																								1
Singapore (SIN)																								1
South Africa (RSA)						7	4	6	5	6														2
South Korea (KOR)																								7
Spain (ESP)							7	6
Sweden (SWE)							5	8	3	4
Switzerland (SUI)						1	7			8
Syria (SYR)																								2
Thailand (THA)																								6
Tunisia (TUN)																								4
Turkey (TUR)																								9
Uganda (UGA)																								4
Ukraine (UKR)																								8
United States (USA)			18			16	16	8	8	8														11
Uruguay (URU)							5			7
Uzbekistan (UZB)																								10
Venezuela (VEN)																								4
Yugoslavia (YUG)																								1
Zambia (ZAM)																								1

Nations	-	-	1	4	-	12	27	29	18	31
Boxers	-	-	18	42	-	116	181	144	85	179														268
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	22

v • d • e Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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List of medalists

v • d • e Sports at the Olympic Games

Summer sports	Archery • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Field hockey • Fencing • Football • Golf • Gymnastics • Handball • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Table tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Triathlon • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Winter sports	Alpine skiing • Biathlon • Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Skeleton • Ski jumping • Snowboarding • Speed skating

Former Olympic sports	Baseball • Basque pelota • Cricket • Croquet • Jeu de paume • Lacrosse • Polo • Rackets • Roque • Rugby union • Softball • Tug of war • Water motorsports

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