- Boxing at the Summer Olympics
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Boxing at the Summer Olympics Governing body AIBA 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 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 program.
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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 kgHeavyweight
+81 kgSuper-Heavyweight
+91 kgHeavyweight
81-91 kgLight-Heavyweight
75-81 kgLight-Heavyweight
73-80 kgLight-Heavyweight
160-175 lb
(72.6-79.4 kg)Middleweight
71-75 kgMiddleweight
69-75 kgMiddleweight
67-73 kgMiddleweight
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 kgWelterweight
64-69 kgWelterweight
62-67 kgWelterweight
63.5-67 kgWelterweight
135-147 lb
(61.2-66.7 kg)Welterweight
135-145 lb
(61.2-65.8 kg)Light-Welterweight
60-64 kgLightweight
126-140 lb
(57.2-63.5 kg)Light-Welterweight
60-63.5 kgLightweight
58-62 kgLightweight
125-135 lb
(56.7-61.2 kg)Lightweight
126-135 lb
(57.2-61.2 kg)Lightweight
57-60 kgFeatherweight
54-58 kgFeatherweight
116-126 lb
(52.6-57.2 kg)Featherweight
118[2]-126 lb
(53.5-57.2 kg)Featherweight
54-57 kgFeatherweight
115-125 lb
(52.2-56.7 kg)Bantamweight
51-54 kgBantamweight
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 kgFlyweight
48-51 kgFlyweight
-112 lb
(-50.8 kg)Light-Flyweight
-48 kgFlyweight
-105 lb
(-47.6 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
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.
Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 
United States (USA)48 23 37 108 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 37= West Germany (FRG)1 0 5 6 37= 
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 56= 
Czech Republic (CZE)0 1 0 1 56= 
Estonia (EST)0 1 0 1 56= 
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= 
Moldova (MDA)0 0 2 2 63= 
Tunisia (TUN)0 0 2 2 65= 
Armenia (ARM)0 0 1 1 65= 
Bermuda (BER)0 0 1 1 65= 
Brazil (BRA)0 0 1 1 65= 
Georgia (GEO)0 0 1 1 65= 
Guyana (GUY)0 0 1 1 65= 
India (IND)0 0 1 1 65= 
Mauritius (MRI)0 0 1 1 65= 
Niger (NIG)0 0 1 1 65= 
Pakistan (PAK)0 0 1 1 65= 
Syria (SYR)0 0 1 1 65= 
Uruguay (URU)0 0 1 1 65= 
Zambia (ZAM)0 0 1 1 Total 226 226 389 841 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 
Afghanistan (AFG)3 1 2 Algeria (ALG)7 7 Argentina (ARG)1 10 8 8 8 6 1 Armenia (ARM)2 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 
Central African Republic (CAF)1 Chile (CHI)4 4 4 China (CHN)3 10 
Republic of China (ROC)2 Colombia (COL)2 5 
Croatia (CRO)2 Cuba (CUB)10 10 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 
Gambia (GAM)1 Georgia (GEO)2 2 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 
Indonesia (INA)2 
Iran (IRI)5 3 Ireland (IRL)7 8 4 1 5 Italy (ITA)5 16 7 8 8 6 6 Japan (JPN)2 5 5 2 Kazakhstan (KAZ)6 10 Kenya (KEN)3 4 
Kiribati (KIR)4 
Latvia (LAT)1 1 1 3 
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)1 
Lesotho (LES)2 1 
Lithuania (LTU)2 4 1 2 2 3 6 
Luxembourg (LUX)6 5 5 
Madagascar (MAD)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 3 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)10 11 
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)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)9 5 
Turkmenistan (TKM)1 Uganda (UGA)4 1 Ukraine (UKR)8 7 United States (USA)18 16 16 8 8 8 11 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 22 See also
- List of Olympic venues in boxing
References
External links
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