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Boxing at the Summer Olympics
IOC CodeBOX
Governing bodyNo body recognized
Events13 (men: 7; women: 6)
Summer Olympics

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.[1] The 2008 Summer Olympics were the final games with boxing as a male only event. Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing is part of the program.[2]

Summary

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1
2
3 1904 7  United States (1)
4 1908 5  Great Britain (1)
5
6
7 1920 8  United States (2)
8 1924 8  United States (3)
9 1928 8  Italy (1)
10 1932 8  Argentina (1)
11 1936 8  Germany (1)
12
13
14 1948 8  South Africa (1)
15 1952 10  United States (4)
16 1956 10  Soviet Union (1)
17 1960 10  Italy (2)
Games Year Events Best Nation
18 1964 10  Soviet Union (2)
19 1968 11  Soviet Union (3)
20 1972 11  Cuba (1)
21 1976 11  United States (5)
22 1980 11  Cuba (2)
23 1984 12  United States (6)
24 1988 12  United States (7)
25 1992 12  Cuba (3)
26 1996 12  Cuba (4)
27 2000 12  Cuba (5)
28 2004 11  Cuba (6)
29 2008 11  China (1)
30 2012 13  Great Britain (2)
31 2016 13  Uzbekistan (1)
32 2020 13  Cuba (7)
33 2024 13  Uzbekistan (2)

History

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Boxing made its first appearance at the 1904 Summer Olympics as a men's event. Due to few competitors at the time, only North American boxers competed for this edition.[3] Since the 1908 Olympics, boxing has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games besides the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, because Swedish law banned the martial arts at the time.[1]

Until 1948, losing semi-finalists competed in a match for a bronze medal. However, in 1950 the International Boxing Association (IBA) decided to discontinue the bronze medal match as the short time interval between the semi-finals and the third-place match allowed limited time for competitors to recover. In 1970, the IBA proposed for both losing semi-finalists to receive a bronze medals, which was accepted by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and implemented since the 1972 Summer Olympics. Losing semi-finalists from 1952 to 1968 were also retroactively awarded bronze medals after initially only receiving Olympic diplomas.[4][5]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing events were added to the programme for the first time.[2]

In 2016, the IBA allowed professional boxers to compete in Olympic events, previously being limited to amateur or state-funded boxers, for the first time.[6][7]

Events

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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 7 for men and 6 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.

On 23 March 2013, the International Boxing Association instituted significant changes to the format. The World Series of Boxing, AIBA's pro team league which started in 2010, already enabled team members to retain 2012 Olympic eligibility. The newer AIBA Pro Boxing Tournament, consisting of boxers who sign 5-year contracts with AIBA and compete on pro cards leading up to the tournament, also provides a pathway for new pros to retain their Olympic eligibility and retain ties with national committees.[8][9]

From the 2016 Summer Olympics, male athletes no longer have to wear protective headgear in competition, due to a ruling by the AIBA and the IOC that it contributes to greater concussion risk. Female athletes will continue to wear the headgear, due to "lack of data" on the effectiveness of it on women.[10] Also from 2016 onwards, the "10-point must" scoring system was used.[8]

Medal table

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The following table is ranked by the number of golds, then silvers, then bronzes.[15] Until 1948, losing semi-finalists held a bronze medal playoff; since 1952, both losing semi-finalists have received bronze medals.

As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, considering stripped and reallocated medals as of 31 December 2021.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)502741118
2 Cuba (CUB)42191980
3 Great Britain (GBR)20152863
4 Italy (ITA)15151848
5 Soviet Union (URS)14191851
6 Russia (RUS)1051530
7 Hungary (HUN)102820
 Uzbekistan (UZB)102820
9 Poland (POL)8102644
10 Kazakhstan (KAZ)781126
11 Argentina (ARG)771024
12 France (FRA)6111128
13 China (CHN)67619
14 South Africa (RSA)64919
15 Bulgaria (BUL)551020
16 Ukraine (UKR)54716
17 East Germany (GDR)52613
18 Germany (GER)491124
19 Ireland (IRL)451019
20 Thailand (THA)44816
21 South Korea (KOR)371121
22 Canada (CAN)37818
23 Yugoslavia (YUG)32611
24 Czechoslovakia (TCH)3126
25 Japan (JPN)3058
26 Mexico (MEX)24814
27 North Korea (PRK)2349
28 Brazil (BRA)2259
29 Finland (FIN)211316
30 Algeria (ALG)2057
31 Romania (ROU)191525
32 Denmark (DEN)15612
33 Turkey (TUR)15410
34 United Team of Germany (EUA)1326
 Venezuela (VEN)1326
36 Netherlands (NED)1258
37 Mongolia (MGL)1247
38 Norway (NOR)1225
39 Kenya (KEN)1157
40 ROC (ROC)1146
41 Belgium (BEL)1124
 New Zealand (NZL)1124
43 West Germany (FRG)1056
44 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1034
 Dominican Republic (DOM)1034
46 Sweden (SWE)05611
47 Philippines (PHI)04610
48 Nigeria (NGR)0336
 Spain (ESP)0336
50 Uganda (UGA)0314
51 Azerbaijan (AZE)02810
52 Belarus (BLR)0202
53 Australia (AUS)0167
54 Puerto Rico (PUR)0156
55 Colombia (COL)0145
56 Egypt (EGY)0134
 Ghana (GHA)0134
58 Chile (CHI)0123
59 Cameroon (CMR)0112
 Unified Team (EUN)0112
61 Australasia (ANZ)0101
 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)0101
 Panama (PAN)0101
 Tonga (TGA)0101
67 Morocco (MAR)0044
68 India (IND)0033
69 Armenia (ARM)0022
 Georgia (GEO)0022
 Moldova (MDA)0022
 Tajikistan (TJK)0022
 Tunisia (TUN)0022
74 Bermuda (BER)0011
 Cape Verde (CPV)0011
 Croatia (CRO)0011
 Guyana (GUY)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Mauritius (MRI)0011
 Niger (NIG)0011
 Pakistan (PAK)0011
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
 Zambia (ZAM)0011
Totals (85 entries)2782784921,048

Nations

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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 16 20 24 Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)       3 1 1 3
 Algeria (ALG)       2 1 2 7 6 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 5 14
 American Samoa (ASA)       2 2 1 3
 Andorra (AND)       1 1
 Angola (ANG)       3 3 1 3
 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)       2 1 2
 Argentina (ARG)       1 10 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 10 8 5 3 6 4 3 5 7 1 1 2 6 4 23
 Armenia (ARM)       4 3 1 4 1 5 3 1 8
 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 3 5 12 22
 Austria (AUT)       3 1 6 5 4 1 5 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 14
 Azerbaijan (AZE)       2 5 9 2 8 11 5 5 8
 Bahamas (BAH)       2 3 1 1 1 5
 Barbados (BAR)       2 2 2 2 1 5
 Belarus (BLR)       5 1 6 4 3 3 4 7
 Belgium (BEL)       13 10 6 8 8 5 1 4 1 1 3 11
 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 2 8
 Brazil (BRA)       3 6 2 5 3 2 2 4 4 3 4 6 6 5 6 10 9 7 10 19
 Bulgaria (BUL)       4 2 6 6 9 9 11 11 11 7 6 3 5 2 4 3 3 5 18
 Burkina Faso (BUR)       2 1 1 1 4
 Burundi (BDI)       1 1
 Cambodia (CAM)       4 1 2
 Cameroon (CMR)       4 3 4 6 4 4 2 3 3 5 4 3 12
 Canada (CAN)       8 9 7 7 4 7 7 6 4 4 4 5 9 10 10 10 11 7 5 1 3 3 5 2 24
 Cape Verde (CPV)       1 1 1 2 4
 Central African Republic (CAF)       2 2 1 1 4
 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 11 6 8 10
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)       1 2 7 3 1 2 2 1 2 4 6 11
 Colombia (COL)       7 5 5 2 3 4 3 5 5 3 5 6 5 13
 Republic of the 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 2 2 1 7
 Cuba (CUB)       1 6 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 11 10 8 10 7 5 15
 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 1 20
 Dominican Republic (DOM)       2 6 1 6 5 6 6 3 5 6 3 2 7 3 14
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)       6 5 1 1 1 4 2 7
 East Germany (GDR)       8 8 8 10 11 5
 Ecuador (ECU)       2 1 3 1 2 1 3 7 4 4 3 11
 Egypt (EGY)       1 4 5 7 8 5 6 3 6 4 3 4 7 6 3 5 4 2 3 19
 El Salvador (ESA)       2 1 2
 Estonia (EST)       1 1 2 3
 Swaziland (SWZ)       3 2 1 1 1 1 6
 Ethiopia (ETH)       3 4 6 8 2 2 2 7
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)       1 1
 Fiji (FIJ)       2 2 1 3
 Finland (FIN)       3 2 6 6 10 3 7 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 1 1 1 1 1 19
 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 11 6 8 26
 Gabon (GAB)       1 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 8
 The Gambia (GAM)       1 1
 Georgia (GEO)       5 2 2 2 3 2 6
 Germany (GER)       8 8 8 10 12 8 8 4 4 4 6 3 2 12
 Ghana (GHA)       6 7 7 6 6 4 5 2 4 6 3 1 3 13
 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 12 11 6 26
 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 1 9
 Haiti (HAI)       3 1 1 1 1 1 6
 Honduras (HON)       2 2 1 1 4
 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 2 1 3 23
 India (IND)       7 4 3 2 3 2 3 5 3 4 4 5 8 3 9 6 16
 Independent 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 1 2 14
 Iraq (IRQ)       2 2 7 3 3 2 1 1 1 9
 Ireland (IRL)       7 8 4 8 8 7 10 5 6 6 5 7 6 7 6 4 1 1 5 6 8 7 10 23
 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 7 4 8 25
 Jamaica (JAM)       1 2 3 1 3 3 4 2 3 1 10
 Japan (JPN)       2 5 5 2 3 5 9 4 4 6 7 7 4 3 2 1 2 4 2 5 2 21
 Jordan (JOR)       2 1 2 5 3 5
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)       8 7 8 10 11 12 9 10 8
 Kenya (KEN)       5 4 8 10 12 5 5 4 4 2 3 4 11
 Kosovo (KOS)       1 1 2
 Kuwait (KUW)       3 1
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)       3 5 2 1 1 1 5
 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 2 5
 Liberia (LBR)       4 1
 Lithuania (LTU)       2 4 1 2 2 3 2 2 8
 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 1 5
 Mauritius (MRI)       1 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 8
 Mexico (MEX)       4 6 4 1 3 3 5 11 8 3 4 6 6 4 8 6 5 3 2 6 3 4 22
 Moldova (MDA)       2 1 2 2 1 5
 Mongolia (MGL)       9 6 7 7 6 3 1 1 4 4 6 3 2 13
 Montenegro (MNE)       1 1 1 3
 Morocco (MAR)       7 2 5 3 5 4 7 7 6 5 7 10 8 10 7 3 16
 Mozambique (MOZ)       3 1 1 2 2 5
 Myanmar (MYA)       2 3 4 3 3 2 2 1 8
 Namibia (NAM)       1 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 8
 Nepal (NEP)       4 3 3 5 4
 Netherlands (NED)       8 9 6 8 6 5 3 4 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 1 16
 New Zealand (NZL)       1 2 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 16
 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 1 3 15
 North Korea (PRK)       2 3 6 6 2 1 2 1 2 2 10
 Norway (NOR)       14 9 5 6 4 4 2 1 4 3 1 1 2 13
 Oman (OMA)       2 1
 Pakistan (PAK)       3 4 6 4 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 4 5 13
 Palestine (PLE)       1 1
 Panama (PAN)       1 2 1 1 1 1 5
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)       2 2 5 4 1 1 1 1 8
 Paraguay (PAR)       2 2 2
 Peru (PER)       3 2 2 1 2 5
 Philippines (PHI)       4 5 5 5 5 1 6 5 4 3 3 6 6 5 4 4 1 1 2 4 5 24
 Poland (POL)       5 4 7 6 10 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 7 8 4 5 3 2 1 2 4 5 22
 Portugal (POR)       1 1
 Puerto Rico (PUR)       3 3 1 6 6 10 3 11 10 8 7 5 5 5 5 1 1 2 18
 Qatar (QAT)       2 1
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)       2 2 2
 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 1 2 1 20
 Russia (RUS)       9 12 11 11 10 11 11 6
 Saar (SAA)       3 1
 Samoa (SAM)       4 7 3 2 1 1 2 1 8
 Senegal (SEN)       4 1 1 3
 Serbia (SRB)       1 1 3 3
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)       1 1
 Seychelles (SEY)       2 4 2 3 1 1 1 7
 Sierra Leone (SLE)       1 2 2 2 1 1 6
 Singapore (SIN)       1 1
 Slovakia (SVK)       2 1 1 3
 Somalia (SOM)       1 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 2 2 18
 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 2 4 6 18
 Sri Lanka (SRI)       4 2 2 2 2 1 1 7
 Sudan (SUD)       3 3 5 4 5 5
 Sweden (SWE)       5 8 3 4 4 7 3 2 2 2 3 6 6 6 3 6 1 2 3 1 2 2 22
 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 1 3 3 7
 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 4 5 8 17
 Togo (TOG)       2 3 3 3
 Tonga (TGA)       7 3 2 1 1 5
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)       2 1 1 1 1 5
 Tunisia (TUN)       5 2 4 3 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 2 2 1 15
 Turkey (TUR)       6 7 3 6 4 1 8 9 7 5 6 6 6 7 14
 Turkmenistan (TKM)       1 2 1 2 1 5
 Uganda (UGA)       6 5 8 8 7 11 9 3 2 4 5 1 2 3 14
 Ukraine (UKR)       7 11 6 7 7 5 5 3 8
 Unified Team (EUN)       12 1
 United 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 8 10 8 25
 Uruguay (URU)       5 7 8 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 12
 Uzbekistan (UZB)       7 10 9 7 6 11 11 11 8
 Vanuatu (VAN)       1 1 2
 Venezuela (VEN)       5 2 3 4 7 10 9 3 6 3 2 4 7 6 3 8 4 2 18
 Vietnam (VIE)       2 2 2 2 4
 Virgin Islands (ISV)       1 2 1 2 1 2 1 7
 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 1 3 2 15
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)       3 3 2 3
No. of 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 74 81 68
No. of boxers - - 18 42 - 116 181 144 85 179 205 249 161 281 269 307 354 266 271 354 432 336 355 307 280 283 283 286 289 248
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 16 20 24

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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. ^ a b The division between Bantamweight and Featherweight was moved from 118 lb to 119 lb for 1932–1936.

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