Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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

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. Since the 2012 Summer Olympics, women's boxing is part of the program.

Boxing at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline Code	BOX
Governing body	AIBA (suspended) IOC (only 2020)
Events	13 (men: 7; women: 6)
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 2020 2024
Medalists

Summary

Games Year Events Best Nation 1 2 3 1904 7   United States 4 1908 5   Great Britain 5 6 7 1920 8   United States 8 1924 8   United States 9 1928 8   Italy 10 1932 8   Argentina 11 1936 8   Germany 12 13 14 1948 8   South Africa 15 1952 10   United States 16 1956 10   Soviet Union

Games Year Events Best Nation 17 1960 10   Italy 18 1964 10   Soviet Union 19 1968 11   Soviet Union 20 1972 11   Cuba 21 1976 11   United States 22 1980 11   Cuba 23 1984 12   United States 24 1988 12   United States 25 1992 12   Cuba 26 1996 12   Cuba 27 2000 12   Cuba 28 2004 11   Cuba 29 2008 11   China 30 2012 13   Great Britain 31 2016 13   Uzbekistan 32 2020 13   Cuba

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 8 for men and 5 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.

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.^[1]

Men's weight classes

1904^[a]	1908	1920–1936	1948	1952–1964	1968–1980	1984–2000	2004–2008^[2]	2012–2016^[3]	2020 ^[4]
Heavyweight +158 lb (+71.7 kg)		Heavyweight +175 lb (+79.4 kg)	Heavyweight +80 kg	Heavyweight +81 kg		Super-Heavyweight +91 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
							Welterweight 64–69 kg		Welterweight 63–69 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 57–63 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^[b]–126 lb (53.5–57.2 kg)
				Featherweight 54–57 kg					Featherweight 52–57 kg
Featherweight 115–125 lb (52.2–56.7 kg)								Bantamweight 52–56 kg
			Bantamweight 51–54 kg
		Bantamweight 112–118^[b] 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 48–52 kg
			Flyweight -51 kg		Flyweight 48–51 kg
		Flyweight –112 lb (-50.8 kg)						Light-Flyweight 46–49 kg
					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
Flyweight –105 lb (-47.6 kg)
7	5	8	8	10	11	12	11	10	8

Women's weight classes

1904	2012–2016	2020
demonstration bout	Middleweight 69–75 kg
		Welterweight 64–69 kg
	Lightweight 57–60 kg
		Featherweight 54–57 kg
	Flyweight 48–51 kg
—	3	5

Medal table

The following table is ranked by the number of golds, then silvers, then bronzes.^[5] Until 1948, losing semi-finalists held a bronze medal playoff; since 1952, both losing semi-finalists have received bronze medals.

As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, considering stripped and reallocated medals as of December 31, 2021.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	50	27	40	117
2	Cuba (CUB)	41	19	18	78
3	Great Britain (GBR)	20	15	27	62
4	Italy (ITA)	15	15	18	48
5	Soviet Union (URS)	14	19	18	51
6	Russia (RUS)	10	5	15	30
7	Hungary (HUN)	10	2	8	20
8	Poland (POL)	8	9	26	43
9	Argentina (ARG)	7	7	10	24
	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	7	7	10	24
11	France (FRA)	6	9	10	25
12	South Africa (RSA)	6	4	9	19
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	5	9	19
14	Uzbekistan (UZB)	5	2	8	15
15	East Germany (GDR)	5	2	6	13
16	Germany (GER)	4	9	10	23
17	Thailand (THA)	4	4	7	15
	Ukraine (UKR)	4	4	7	15
19	South Korea (KOR)	3	7	10	20
20	Canada (CAN)	3	7	7	17
21	Ireland (IRL)	3	5	10	18
22	China (CHN)	3	5	6	14
23	Yugoslavia (YUG)	3	2	6	11
24	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	3	1	2	6
25	Japan (JPN)	3	0	5	8
26	Mexico (MEX)	2	3	8	13
27	North Korea (PRK)	2	3	3	8
28	Brazil (BRA)	2	2	4	8
29	Finland (FIN)	2	1	13	16
30	Romania (ROU)	1	9	15	25
31	Denmark (DEN)	1	5	6	12
32	Turkey (TUR)	1	3	3	7
33	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	3	2	6
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	3	2	6
35	Netherlands (NED)	1	2	5	8
36	Mongolia (MGL)	1	2	4	7
37	Norway (NOR)	1	2	2	5
38	Kenya (KEN)	1	1	5	7
39	ROC	1	1	4	6
40	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	2	4
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	2	4
42	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	5	6
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
44	Dominican Republic (DOM)	1	0	1	2
45	Sweden (SWE)	0	5	6	11
46	Philippines (PHI)	0	4	4	8
47	Nigeria (NGR)	0	3	3	6
48	Uganda (UGA)	0	3	1	4
49	Spain (ESP)	0	2	2	4
50	Belarus (BLR)	0	2	0	2
51	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	1	8	9
52	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	5	6
53	Australia (AUS)	0	1	4	5
	Colombia (COL)	0	1	4	5
55	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	3	4
	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	3	4
57	Chile (CHI)	0	1	2	3
58	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
60	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
64	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	4	4
65	India (IND)	0	0	3	3
66	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	2	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
69	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Croatia (CRO)	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
Totals (81 entries)		265	265	466	996

Nations

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	Years
Afghanistan (AFG)																			3						1		1			3
Algeria (ALG)																2	1		2	7	6	8	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	13
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	7
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	21
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	7
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								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		2	8
Brazil (BRA)											3	6	2	5	3	2	2	4	4		3	4	6	6	5	6	10	9	7	18
Bulgaria (BUL)												4	2	6	6	9	9	11	11		11	7	6	3	5	2	4	3	3	17
Burkina Faso (BUR)																					2		1	1					1	4
Cambodia (CAM)															4		1												3	3
Cameroon (CMR)																4	3		4	6	4		4	2	3	3	5	4		11
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	23
Cape Verde (CPV)																									1			1	1	3
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	9
Chinese Taipei (TPE)													1	2	7	3	1			2	2		1					2	4	10
Colombia (COL)																	7	5		5	2	3	4	3	5	5	3	5	6	12
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	6
Cuba (CUB)														1	6	11	11	11	11			12	12	12	11	10	8	10	7	14
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	2	7	13
Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)																				6	5	1				1	1		4	6
East Germany (GDR)																8	8	8	10		11									5
Ecuador (ECU)																2	1		3		1		2		1	3	7	4	4	10
Egypt (EGY)							1			4	5	7			8	5	6	3		6	4	3	4	7	6	3	5	4	2	18
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	18
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	25
Gabon (GAB)																	1			2	1	1	2	1	2		2			8
The Gambia (GAM)																										1				1
Georgia (GEO)																							5	2	2	2			3	5
Germany (GER)								8	8	8		10										12	8	8	4	4	4	6	3	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	25
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	5
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	22
India (IND)											7	4					3	2	3	2	3	5	3	4	4	5	8	3	9	15
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	22
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	24
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	20
Jordan (JOR)																					2						1	2	5	4
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																							8	7	8	10	11	12	9	7
Kenya (KEN)															5	4	8			10	12	5	5	4		4	2	3	4	11
Kosovo (KOS)																													1	1
Kuwait (KUW)																					3									1
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																							3	5	2	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									4
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	21
Moldova (MDA)																							2	1	2	2	1			5
Mongolia (MGL)																	9	6	7		7	6	3	1	1	4	4	6	3	12
Montenegro (MNE)																										1	1			2
Morocco (MAR)														7	2	5	3	5		4	7	7	6	5	7	10	8	10	7	15
Mozambique (MOZ)																					3		1				1		2	4
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	15
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		14
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	1	1	5
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																		2			2	5	4			1		1	1	7
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	23
Poland (POL)							5	4		7	6	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11		7	8	4	5	3	2	1	2	4	21
Portugal (POR)																			1											1
Puerto Rico (PUR)											3	3			1	6	6	10	3	11	10	8	7	5	5	5	5	1	1	17
Qatar (QAT)																												2		1
Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)																													2	1
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	19
Russia (RUS)																							9	12	11	11	10	11	11	6
Saar (SAA)												3																		1
Samoa (SAM)																				4	7	3	2	1		1			2	8
Senegal (SEN)																	4	1						1						3
Serbia (SRB)																											1		1	2
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	2
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	17
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	17
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	21
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	6
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	16
Togo (TOG)																	2			3	3									3
Tonga (TGA)																				7	3		2		1					4
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	14
Turkey (TUR)																6	7	3		6	4	1	8	9	7	5	6	6	6	13
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	7
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	24
Uruguay (URU)							5			7	8	2		3	1	4	1	1		1	2	2								12
Uzbekistan (UZB)																							7	10	9	7	6	11	11	7
Vanuatu (VAN)																					1							1		2
Venezuela (VEN)												5	2	3		4	7	10	9	3	6	3	2	4	7	6	3	8	4	17
Vietnam (VIE)												2									2								2	3
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	14
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
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
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

See also

•  Martial arts portal

• List of Olympic medalists in boxing
• List of Olympic venues in boxing
• Boxing at the Youth Olympic Games

Notes

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

References

1. "(Male) Olympic Boxers Will No Longer Wear Ridiculous and Dangerous Headgear - FIGHTLAND".
2. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-20. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
3. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
4. "Qualification System Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 Boxing".
5. "Olympic Analytics - Medals by Countries". olympanalyt.com. Retrieved 2022-01-31.