Boxing at the Summer Olympics

For the style of boxing also known as "Olympic boxing", see Amateur boxing.

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	•	2016

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

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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
7000100000000000000♠1	United States (USA)	49	23	38	110
7000200000000000000♠2	Cuba (CUB)	34	19	14	67
7000300000000000000♠3	Great Britain (GBR)	17	12	24	53
7000400000000000000♠4	Italy (ITA)	15	15	17	47
7000500000000000000♠5	Soviet Union (URS)	14	19	18	51
7000600000000000000♠6	Hungary (HUN)	10	2	8	20
7000700000000000000♠7	Russia (RUS)	9	5	12	26
7000800000000000000♠8	Poland (POL)	8	9	26	43
7000900000000000000♠9	Argentina (ARG)	7	7	10	24
7001100000000000000♠10	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	6	5	6	17
7001110000000000000♠11	South Africa (RSA)	6	4	9	19
7001120000000000000♠12	East Germany (GDR)	5	2	6	13
7001130000000000000♠13	Germany (GER)	4	9	9	22
7001140000000000000♠14	France (FRA)	4	7	8	19
7001150000000000000♠15	Bulgaria (BUL)	4	5	9	18
7001160000000000000♠16	Thailand (THA)	4	4	6	14
7001170000000000000♠17	Ukraine (UKR)	4	3	7	14
7001180000000000000♠18	South Korea (KOR)	3	7	10	20
7001190000000000000♠19	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
7001200000000000000♠20	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	2	6	11
7001210000000000000♠21	China (CHN)	3	2	3	8
7001220000000000000♠22	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	6
7001230000000000000♠23	Ireland (IRL)	2	5	9	16
7001240000000000000♠24	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	7	12
7001250000000000000♠25	North Korea (PRK)	2	3	3	8
7001260000000000000♠26	Finland (FIN)	2	1	11	14
7001270000000000000♠27	Japan (JPN)	2	0	3	5
7001280000000000000♠28	Romania (ROU)	1	9	15	25
7001290000000000000♠29	Denmark (DEN)	1	5	6	12
7001300000000000000♠30	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	1	3	2	6
7001310000000000000♠31	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	2	5
	Norway (NOR)	1	2	2	5
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	2	2	5
7001340000000000000♠34	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	5	7
7001350000000000000♠35	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	4	6
7001360000000000000♠36	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
7001370000000000000♠37	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
7001380000000000000♠38	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	0	6	7
7001390000000000000♠39	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	5	6
7001390000000000000♠39	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
7001410000000000000♠41	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	1	2
7001420000000000000♠42	Sweden (SWE)	0	5	6	11
7001430000000000000♠43	Nigeria (NGR)	0	3	3	6
7001440000000000000♠44	Uganda (UGA)	0	3	1	4
7001450000000000000♠45	Philippines (PHI)	0	2	3	5
7001450000000000000♠45	Turkey (TUR)	0	2	3	5
7001470000000000000♠47	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
7001480000000000000♠48	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
7001490000000000000♠49	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	5	6
7001500000000000000♠50	Australia (AUS)	0	2	3	5
7001510000000000000♠51	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	3	4
7001510000000000000♠51	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	3	4
7001530000000000000♠53	Chile (CHI)	0	1	2	3
7001530000000000000♠53	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	2	3
7001550000000000000♠55	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
7001550000000000000♠55	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
7001570000000000000♠57	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
7001610000000000000♠61	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	6	6
7001620000000000000♠62	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
7001620000000000000♠62	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
7001640000000000000♠64	India (IND)	0	0	2	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
7001670000000000000♠67	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
Total		239	239	415	893

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	12	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)																			3						1		1	3
Algeria (ALG)																2	1		2	7	6	8	6	7	7	7	8	11
American Samoa (ASA)																					2	2	1					3
Andorra (AND)																		1										1
Angola (ANG)																			3		3	1						3
Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)																					2							1
Argentina (ARG)						1	10	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	8	5	3		6	4	3	5	7	1	1	2	21
Armenia (ARM)																							4	3	1	4	1	5
Aruba (ARU)																					2							1
Australasia (ANZ)				1																								1
Australia (AUS)							3			3	7	5	9	10	10	4	4	4	2	5	4	6	8	9	9	9	11	19
Austria (AUT)							3	1		6	5	4	1	5	3	2	1	2	1	2	1							14
Azerbaijan (AZE)																							2	5	9	2	8	5
Bahamas (BAH)																	2			3	1					1		4
Barbados (BAR)																				2	2	2	2	1				5
Belarus (BLR)																							5	1	6	4	3	5
Belgium (BEL)						13	10	6		8	8	5	1	4				1				1						10
Belize (BIZ)																				1								1
Benin (BEN)																	2		7	3							1	4
Bermuda (BER)																	1	2			1							3
Bolivia (BOL)																				1								1
Botswana (BOT)																					2	1	1	1	2	2	1	7
Brazil (BRA)											3	6	2	5	3	2	2	4	4		3	4	6	6	5	6	10	16
Bulgaria (BUL)												4	2	6	6	9	9	11	11		11	7	6	3	5	2	4	15
Burkina Faso (BUR)																					2		1	1				3
Cambodia (CAM)															4		1											2
Cameroon (CMR)																4	3		4	6	4		4	2	3	3	5	10
Canada (CAN)						8	9	7	7	4	7	7	6	4	4	4	5	9		10	10	10	11	7	5	1	3	21
Cape Verde (CPV)																									1			1
Central African Republic (CAF)																				2	2					1		3
Chad (CHA)																	1											1
Chile (CHI)							4	4		4	5		3	3	4	6	3					1	1					11
China (CHN)																					2	4	3	3	6	10	9	7
Chinese Taipei (TPE)													1	2	7	3	1			2	2		1					8
Colombia (COL)																	7	5		5	2	3	4	3	5	5	3	10
Congo (CGO)																			3									1
Cook Islands (COK)																					3							1
Costa Rica (CRC)																2					1							2
Ivory Coast (CIV)															3					3	2							3
Croatia (CRO)																						1	1		2	2		4
Cuba (CUB)														1	6	11	11	11	11			12	12	12	11	10	8	12
Czechoslovakia (TCH)								3		8	5	5	5	3	5	5	2		3		3	4						12
Czech Republic (CZE)																							4	2			1	3
Denmark (DEN)				2		12	8	6	2	8	6	5	3	5	4	2	3	3	3		5	4	2				1	19
Dominican Republic (DOM)																2		6	1	6	5	6	6	3	5	6	3	11
DR Congo (COD)																				6	5	1				1	1	5
East Germany (GDR)																8	8	8	10		11							5
Ecuador (ECU)																2	1		3		1		2		1	3	7	8
Egypt (EGY)							1			4	5	7			8	5	6	3		6	4	3	4	7	6	3	5	16
El Salvador (ESA)																					2							1
Estonia (EST)							1	1		2																		3
Ethiopia (ETH)															3	4	6		8				2	2	2			7
Fiji (FIJ)													2								2							2
Finland (FIN)								3	2	6	6	10	3	7	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	1		1				16
France (FRA)				7		15	16	8	6	6	8	10	6	8	4	6	6	6	2	4	4	5	7	8	6	9	5	23
Gabon (GAB)																	1			2	1	1	2	1	2		2	8
The Gambia (GAM)																										1		1
Georgia (GEO)																							5	2	2	2		4
Germany (GER)								8	8	8		10										12	8	8	4	4	4	10
Ghana (GHA)														6	7	7	6			6	4	5	2	4		6	3	11
Great Britain (GBR)				32		16	16	8	3	8	8	10	7	10	8	9	9	7	9	12	8	10	2	2	1	7	10	23
Greece (GRE)							1	2	1					2		3	4	3		2	1	1	2	3	6	2		14
Grenada (GRN)																				4	4					1		3
Guam (GUM)																					1							1
Guatemala (GUA)																2				1	1	2				1		5
Guinea (GUI)																			3		2		1	1				4
Guyana (GUY)														1		2	2		4	3	3	2	1					8
Haiti (HAI)																		3							1	1		3
Honduras (HON)																					2		2				1	3
Hong Kong (HKG)															2													1
Hungary (HUN)							1	4	2	6	6	9	2	6	5	6	6	8	9		9	8	5	3	5	5	3	20
India (IND)											7	4					3	2	3	2	3	5	3	4	4	5	8	13
Individual Olympic Athletes (IOA)																								1				1
Indonesia (INA)														3			2	2		3	2	2	4	2	1			9
Iran (IRI)											8	6		4	5		5	6				5	4	3	1	3	4	12
Iraq (IRQ)														2	2				7	3	3	2			1		1	8
Ireland (IRL)							7	8	4		8	8	7	10	5	6	6	5	7	6	7	6	4	1	1	5	6	20
Israel (ISR)																				2	3		1					3
Italy (ITA)						5	16	7	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	11	8	6	4	7	7	5	5	6	6	6	7	22
Jamaica (JAM)											1				2	3	1	3		3	4	2	3					9
Japan (JPN)								2	5	5		2	3	5	9	4	4	6		7	7	4	3	2	1	2	4	18
Jordan (JOR)																					2						1	2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							8	7	8	10	11	5
Kenya (KEN)															5	4	8			10	12	5	5	4		4	2	10
Kuwait (KUW)																					3							1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							3	5	2	1		4
Laos (LAO)																			6		2	1						3
Latvia (LAT)							1															1	1					3
Lebanon (LIB)											1	1					1		2	1	3							6
Lesotho (LES)																				2	3			2		1		4
Liberia (LBR)																					4							1
Lithuania (LTU)								2														4	1	2	2	3	2	7
Luxembourg (LUX)							6	5		5	4	4		5														6
Madagascar (MAD)																			3	3		2	1	1	1	1		7
Malaysia (MAS)															2								1					2
Malawi (MAW)																	3			6	7							3
Mali (MLI)																1			1	1	1							4
Mauritius (MRI)																					1		3	3	1	2	2	6
Morocco (MAR)														7	2	5	3	5		4	7	7	6	5	7	10	8	6
Mexico (MEX)								4	6	4	1	3		3	5	11	8	3	4	6	6	4	8	6	5	3	2	19
Moldova (MDA)																							2	1	2	2	1	5
Mongolia (MGL)																	9	6	7		7	6	3	1	1	4	4	10
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1	2
Morocco (MAR)														7	2	5	3	5		4	7	7	6	5	7	10	8	13
Mozambique (MOZ)																					3		1				1	3
Myanmar (MYA)											2	3	4	3	3	2	2			1								8
Namibia (NAM)																						1	2	1	2	3	2	6
Nepal (NEP)															4				3	3	5							4
Netherlands (NED)						8	9	6		8	6	5		3	4	2	2			2	2	5						13
New Zealand (NZL)							1	2	3	3	1		2		2		2	2		2		3	1	1	1		2	15
Nicaragua (NCA)																3	2	1	2	3		2					1	7
Niger (NIG)															1	2	4			2	3						1	6
Nigeria (NGR)														4	4	5	6		8	6	7	9	4	5	7	4	3	13
North Korea (PRK)																	2	3	6			6	2	1	2	1	2	9
Norway (NOR)						14	9	5		6	4	4		2		1	4			3		1	1					12
Oman (OMA)																					2							1
Pakistan (PAK)											3	4	6	4	4		2	2		4	2	4	4	4	5			13
Panama (PAN)															1		2										1	3
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																		2			2	5	4			1		5
Paraguay (PAR)																				2	2							2
Peru (PER)											3					2	2						1					4
Philippines (PHI)									4	5	5	5	5	1	6	5	4	3		3	6	6	5	4	4	1	1	18
Poland (POL)							5	4		7	6	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11		7	8	4	5	3	2	1	19
Portugal (POR)																			1									1
Puerto Rico (PUR)											3	3			1	6	6	10	3	11	10	8	7	5	5	5	5	15
Republic of China (ROC)										2																		1
Rhodesia (RHO)								2						4	1													3
Romania (ROU)										4		10	4	9	9	9	11	11	11	6	2	5	6	10	3	2	2	17
Russia (RUS)																							9	12	11	11	10	5
Saar (SAA)												3																1
Samoa (SAM)																				4	7	3	2	1		1		6
Senegal (SEN)																	4	1						1				3
Serbia (SRB)																											1	1
Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)																								1				1
Seychelles (SEY)																			2	4		2	3		1		1	6
Sierra Leone (SLE)																1			2	2	2		1			1		6
Singapore (SIN)																	1											1
Slovakia (SVK)																							2					1
South Africa (RSA)						7	4	6	5	6	8	8	7	8								2	5	3	3	1	2	15
South Korea (KOR)											3	4	5	6	8	7	6	6		9	12	11	9	9	7	5	2	16
South Yemen (YMD)																					2							1
Solomon Islands (SOL)																					1							1
Soviet Union (URS)												10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11		12							9
Spain (ESP)							7	6			8			8	4	6	5	5		4	5	7	1	1		1	2	15
Sri Lanka (SRI)											4	2	2	2	2	1										1		7
Sudan (SUD)														3		3	5			4	5							5
Swaziland (SWZ)																				3	2	1	1	1				5
Sweden (SWE)							5	8	3	4	4	7	3	2		2	2	3	6	6	6	3	6		1	2	3	19
Switzerland (SUI)						1	7			8	4	6		6	2	1	3											9
Syria (SYR)																			8	2	3		2	2	1		1	7
Tajikistan (TJK)																							1		1	3	4	4
Tanzania (TAN)																1	8		9	6	4	5	2				1	8
Thailand (THA)													5	4	5	3	7	5		5	6	6	6	9	6	8	3	14
Togo (TOG)																	2			3	3							3
Tonga (TGA)																				7	3		2		1			4
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)																				2			1				1	3
Tunisia (TUN)														5	2	4	3	1		3		3	4	5	5	5	5	12
Turkey (TUR)																6	7	3		6	4	1	8	9	7	5	6	11
Turkmenistan (TKM)																							1		2	1	2	4
Uganda (UGA)														6	5	8	8		7	11	9	3	2	4	5	1		12
Ukraine (UKR)																							7	11	6	7	7	5
Unified Team (EUN)																						12						1
Unified Team of Germany (EUA)													8	10	10													3
United Arab Republic (UAR)														4														1
United States (USA)			18			16	16	8	8	8	8	10	8	10	10	11	11	11		12	11	12	12	12	9	8	12	22
Uruguay (URU)							5			7	8	2		3	1	4	1	1		1	2	2						12
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							7	10	9	7	6	5
Vanuatu (VAN)																					1							1
Venezuela (VEN)												5	2	3		4	7	10	9	3	6	3	2	4	7	6	3	15
Vietnam (VIE)												2									2							2
Virgin Islands (ISV)																	1	2		1		2	1			2		6
West Germany (FRG)																8	9	6		8	6							5
Yugoslavia (YUG)												3		4		5	3	7	9	7	7							8
Zambia (ZAM)															2	4	4		8	9	7	4	4	2	2	3	1	12
Zimbabwe (ZIM)																				3	3		2					3

Nations	-	-	1	4	-	12	27	29	18	31	39	43	34	54	56	65	80	54	51	81	106	78	97	75	72	77	77
Boxers	-	-	18	42	-	116	181	144	85	179	205	249	161	281	269	307	354	266	271	354	432	336	355	307	280	283	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

↑ 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.

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Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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See also: Paralympic sports

Boxing at the Summer Olympics

Events

Medal table

Number of boxers by nation

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References

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