Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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Governing body

Events

13 (men: 10; women: 3)

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	•	2012

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 were the final games with boxing as a male only event. Beginning with the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing is included in the program. Along with wrestling, it is one of only two sports that still require participants to have amateur status.

Events

The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years (currently 10 for men and 3 for women), 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.

Men's weight classes
1904^[1]	1908	1920-1936	1948	1952-1964	1968-1980	1984-2000	2004-2008	2012
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				Lightweight 56-60 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 52-56 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 49-52 kg
			Flyweight -51 kg		Flyweight 48-51 kg			Flyweight 49-52 kg
		Flyweight -112 lb (-50.8 kg)			Flyweight 48-51 kg			Light-Flyweight 46-49 kg
					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
Flyweight -105 lb (-47.6 kg)					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
7	5	8	8	10	11	12	11	10

↑ Boxers were allowed to compete in multiple weight classes in 1904, as long as they were not over the maximum weight for each class.
↑ 2.0 2.1 The division between Bantamweight and Featherweight was moved from 118 lb to 119 lb for 1932-1936.

Women's weight classes
2012
Middleweight 69-75 kg
Lightweight 57-60 kg
Flyweight 48-51 kg
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Medal table

The following table is ranked by the number of golds, then silvers, then bronzes. Until 1948, losing semi-finalists held a bronze medal playoff; since 1952, both losing semi-finalists have received bronze medals.

Table correct as of the end of London 2012.

Total		239	239	415	893
70001000000000000001	United States (USA)	49	23	38	110
70002000000000000002	Cuba (CUB)	34	19	14	67
70003000000000000003	Great Britain (GBR)	17	12	24	53
70004000000000000004	Italy (ITA)	15	15	17	47
70005000000000000005	Soviet Union (URS)	14	19	18	51
70006000000000000006	Hungary (HUN)	10	2	8	20
70007000000000000007	Russia (RUS)	9	5	12	26
70008000000000000008	Poland (POL)	8	9	26	43
70009000000000000009	Argentina (ARG)	7	7	10	24
700110000000000000010	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	6	5	6	17
700111000000000000011	South Africa (RSA)	6	4	9	19
700112000000000000012	East Germany (GDR)	5	2	6	13
700113000000000000013	Germany (GER)	4	9	9	22
700114000000000000014	France (FRA)	4	7	8	19
700115000000000000015	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	9	18
700116000000000000016	Thailand (THA)	4	4	6	14
700117000000000000017	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	7	14
700118000000000000018	South Korea (KOR)	3	7	10	20
700119000000000000019	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
700120000000000000020	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	2	6	11
700121000000000000021	China (CHN)	3	2	3	8
700122000000000000022	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	6
700123000000000000023	Ireland (IRL)	2	5	9	16
700124000000000000024	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	7	12
700125000000000000025	North Korea (PRK)	2	3	3	8
700126000000000000026	Finland (FIN)	2	1	11	14
700127000000000000027	Japan (JPN)	2	0	3	5
700128000000000000028	Romania (ROU)	1	9	15	25
700129000000000000029	Denmark (DEN)	1	5	6	12
700130000000000000030	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	1	3	2	6
700131000000000000031	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	2	5
	Norway (NOR)	1	2	2	5
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	2	5
700134000000000000034	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	5	7
700135000000000000035	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	4	6
700136000000000000036	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
700137000000000000037	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
700138000000000000038	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	6	7
700139000000000000039	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	5	6
700139000000000000039	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
700141000000000000041	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	1	2
700142000000000000042	Sweden (SWE)	0	5	6	11
700143000000000000043	Nigeria (NGR)	0	3	3	6
700144000000000000044	Uganda (UGA)	0	3	1	4
700145000000000000045	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	3	5
700145000000000000045	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	3	5
700147000000000000047	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
700148000000000000048	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
700149000000000000049	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	5	6
700150000000000000050	Australia (AUS)	0	2	3	5
700151000000000000051	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	3	4
700151000000000000051	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	3	4
700153000000000000053	Chile (CHI)	0	1	2	3
700153000000000000053	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	2	3
700155000000000000055	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
700155000000000000055	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
700157000000000000057	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
700161000000000000061	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	6	6
700162000000000000062	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
700162000000000000062	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
700164000000000000064	India (IND)	0	0	2	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
700167000000000000067	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	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
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	0	1	1
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1

Number of boxers by nation

Afghanistan (AFG)																			3						1		1	3
Algeria (ALG)																2	1		2	7	6	8	6	7	7	7
Argentina (ARG)						1	10	8	8	8														6		1
Armenia (ARM)																							4	3	1	4		4
Australasia (ANZ)				1
Australia (AUS)							3			3														8		9
Austria (AUT)							3	1		6
Azerbaijan (AZE)																								4		2
Bahamas (BAH)																										1
Barbados (BAR)																								1
Belarus (BLR)																								1		4
Belgium (BEL)						13	10	6		8
Botswana (BOT)																								1		2
Brazil (BRA)																								6		6
Bulgaria (BUL)																								3		2
Burkina Faso (BUR)																								1
Cameroon (CMR)																								2		3
Canada (CAN)						8	9	7	7	4														6		1	2
Central African Republic (CAF)																										1
Chile (CHI)							4	4		4
China (CHN)										2											2	4	3	3	6	10		7
Republic of China (ROC)										2
Colombia (COL)																								2		5
Croatia (CRO)																										2
Cuba (CUB)														1	6	11	11	11	11			12	12	12	11	10		11
Czechoslovakia (TCH)								3		8
Czech Republic (CZE)																								1
Denmark (DEN)				2		12	8	6	2	8
Dominican Republic (DOM)																								3		6
DR Congo (COD)																										1
Ecuador (ECU)																										3
Egypt (EGY)							1			4														5		3
Estonia (EST)							1	1		2																		3
Ethiopia (ETH)																								4
Finland (FIN)								3	2	6														1
France (FRA)				7		15	16	8	6	6														7		9
Gabon (GAB)																								1
The Gambia (GAM)																										1		1
Georgia (GEO)																							5	2	2	2		4
Germany (GER)								8	8	8														8		4
Ghana (GHA)																								4		6
Great Britain (GBR)				32		16	16	8	3	8														2		7
Greece (GRE)							1	2	1															2		2
Grenada (GRN)																										1
Guatemala (GUA)																										1
Guinea (GUI)																								1
Haiti (HAI)																										1
Hungary (HUN)							1	4	2	6																5
India (IND)																								3		5	8
Indonesia (INA)																								2
Iran (IRI)																								5		3
Ireland (IRL)							7	8	4						4		1	1	6	2	1		4	1	1	5	6
Israel (ISR)																				2	3		1
Italy (ITA)						5	16	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	11	8	6	4	7	7	5	5	6	6	6		21
Japan (JPN)								2	5	5														2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																								6		10
Kenya (KEN)																								3		4
Kiribati (KIR)																								4
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							3	5	2	1		4
Latvia (LAT)							1															1	1					3
Lesotho (LES)																				2	3			2		1		4
Lithuania (LTU)								2														4	1	2	2	3		6
Luxembourg (LUX)							6	5		5	4	4		5														6
Madagascar (MAD)																			3	3		2	1	1	1	1
Maldives (MDV)																								1
Mauritius (MRI)																								3		1
Morocco (MAR)																								3
Mexico (MEX)								4	6	4														6		3
Moldova (MDA)																										2
Mongolia (MGL)																								1		4
Montenegro (MNE)																										1		1
Morocco (MAR)																										10
Namibia (NAM)																						1	2	1	2	3		5
Netherlands (NED)						8	9	6		8
New Zealand (NZL)							1	2	3	3														1
Nigeria (NGR)																								1		4
North Korea (PRK)																								1		1
Norway (NOR)						14	9	5		6												1
Pakistan (PAK)																								3
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																										1
Philippines (PHI)									4	5														3		1
Poland (POL)							5	4		7	6	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11		7	8	4	5	3	2		18
Puerto Rico (PUR)																								5		5
Rhodesia (RHO)								2
Romania (ROU)										4														10		2
Russia (RUS)																							9	12	11	11		4
Samoa (SAM)																								1		1
Sierra Leone (SLE)																										1
Singapore (SIN)																								1
South Africa (RSA)						7	4	6	5	6														2		1
South Korea (KOR)																								7		5
Spain (ESP)							7	6																		1
Sri Lanka (SRI)											4	2	2	2	2	1										1
Sweden (SWE)							5	8	3	4																2
Switzerland (SUI)						1	7			8
Syria (SYR)																								2
Tajikistan (TJK)																										3
Thailand (THA)																								6		8
Tunisia (TUN)																								4		5
Turkey (TUR)																6	7	3		6	4	1	8	9	7	5		10
Turkmenistan (TKM)																										1
Uganda (UGA)																								4		1
Ukraine (UKR)																								8		7
United States (USA)			18			16	16	8	8	8							3	2		5	12	12	12	11	8	8
Uruguay (URU)							5			7
Uzbekistan (UZB)																								10		7
Virgin Islands (ISV)																										2
Venezuela (VEN)																								4		6
Yugoslavia (YUG)																								1
Zambia (ZAM)																								1		3

Nations	-	-	1	4	-	12	27	29	18	31																77
Boxers	-	-	18	42	-	116	181	144	85	179														268		283
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	12	22

References

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v t e Boxing at the Summer Olympics

	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 2012

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Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Events

Medal table

Number of boxers by nation

See also

References

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