Boxing at the Summer Olympics

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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]

Boxing at the Summer Olympics
IOC Discipline CodeBOX
Governing bodyAIBA (suspended)
IOC (only 2020)
Events13 (men: 7; women: 6)
Games

Summary

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GamesYearEventsBest Nation
1
2
319047  United States
419085  Great Britain
5
6
719208  United States
819248  United States
919288  Italy
1019328  Argentina
1119368  Germany
12
13
1419488  South Africa
15195210  United States
16195610  Soviet Union
GamesYearEventsBest Nation
17196010  Italy
18196410  Soviet Union
19196811  Soviet Union
20197211  Cuba
21197611  United States
22198011  Cuba
23198412  United States
24198812  United States
25199212  Cuba
26199612  Cuba
27200012  Cuba
28200411  Cuba
29200811  China
30201213  Great Britain
31201613  Uzbekistan
32202013  Cuba

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]

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 March 23, 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.[7][8]

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.[9] Also from 2016 onwards, the "10-point must" scoring system was used.[7]

Men's weight classes
1904[a]19081920–193619481952–19641968–19801984–20002004–2008[10]2012–2016[11]2020 [12]
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)
758810111211108
Women's weight classes
19042012–20162020
demonstration boutMiddleweight
69–75 kg
Welterweight
64–69 kg
Lightweight
57–60 kg
Featherweight
54–57 kg
Flyweight
48–51 kg
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Medal table

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The following table is ranked by the number of golds, then silvers, then bronzes.[13] 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.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States (USA)502740117
2  Cuba (CUB)41191878
3  Great Britain (GBR)20152762
4  Italy (ITA)15151848
5  Soviet Union (URS)14191851
6  Russia (RUS)1051530
7  Hungary (HUN)102820
8  Poland (POL)892643
9  Argentina (ARG)771024
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)771024
11  France (FRA)691025
12  South Africa (RSA)64919
13  Bulgaria (BUL)55919
14  Uzbekistan (UZB)52815
15  East Germany (GDR)52613
16  Germany (GER)491023
17  Thailand (THA)44715
 Ukraine (UKR)44715
19  South Korea (KOR)371020
20  Canada (CAN)37717
21  Ireland (IRL)351018
22  China (CHN)35614
23  Yugoslavia (YUG)32611
24  Czechoslovakia (TCH)3126
25  Japan (JPN)3058
26  Mexico (MEX)23813
27  North Korea (PRK)2338
28  Brazil (BRA)2248
29  Finland (FIN)211316
30  Romania (ROU)191525
31  Denmark (DEN)15612
32  Turkey (TUR)1337
33  United Team of Germany (EUA)1326
 Venezuela (VEN)1326
35  Netherlands (NED)1258
36  Mongolia (MGL)1247
37  Norway (NOR)1225
38  Kenya (KEN)1157
39  ROC1146
40  Belgium (BEL)1124
 New Zealand (NZL)1124
42  Algeria (ALG)1056
 West Germany (FRG)1056
44  Dominican Republic (DOM)1012
45  Sweden (SWE)05611
46  Philippines (PHI)0448
47  Nigeria (NGR)0336
48  Uganda (UGA)0314
49  Spain (ESP)0224
50  Belarus (BLR)0202
51  Azerbaijan (AZE)0189
52  Puerto Rico (PUR)0156
53  Australia (AUS)0145
 Colombia (COL)0145
55  Egypt (EGY)0134
 Ghana (GHA)0134
57  Chile (CHI)0123
58  Cameroon (CMR)0112
 Unified Team (EUN)0112
60  Australasia (ANZ)0101
 Czech Republic (CZE)0101
 Estonia (EST)0101
 Tonga (TGA)0101
64  Morocco (MAR)0044
65  India (IND)0033
66  Armenia (ARM)0022
 Moldova (MDA)0022
 Tunisia (TUN)0022
69  Bermuda (BER)0011
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Croatia (CRO)0011
 Georgia (GEO)0011
 Guyana (GUY)0011
 Lithuania (LTU)0011
 Mauritius (MRI)0011
 Niger (NIG)0011
 Pakistan (PAK)0011
 Syria (SYR)0011
 Tajikistan (TJK)0011
 Uruguay (URU)0011
 Zambia (ZAM)0011
Totals (81 entries)265265466996

Nations

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Nation9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)   3113
 Algeria (ALG)   212768677788813
 American Samoa (ASA)   2213
 Andorra (AND)   11
 Angola (ANG)   3313
 Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)   212
 Argentina (ARG)   110888810101010853643571126423
 Armenia (ARM)   43141537
 Aruba (ARU)   21
 Australasia (ANZ)  1 1
 Australia (AUS)   33759101044425468999113521
 Austria (AUT)   3165415321212114
 Azerbaijan (AZE)   259281157
 Bahamas (BAH)   231115
 Barbados (BAR)   222215
 Belarus (BLR)   51643347
 Belgium (BEL)   13106885141110
 Belize (BIZ)   11
 Benin (BEN)   27314
 Bermuda (BER)   1213
 Bolivia (BOL)   11
 Botswana (BOT)   211122128
 Brazil (BRA)   362532244346656109718
 Bulgaria (BUL)   4266991111117635243317
 Burkina Faso (BUR)   21114
 Cambodia (CAM)   4133
 Cameroon (CMR)   4346442335411
 Canada (CAN)   89774776444591010101175133523
 Cape Verde (CPV)   1113
 Central African Republic (CAF)   22114
 Chad (CHA)   11
 Chile (CHI)   4445334631111
 China (CHN)   243361091169
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)   127312212410
 Colombia (COL)   75523435535612
 Republic of the Congo (CGO)   31
 Cook Islands (COK)   31
 Costa Rica (CRC)   212
 Ivory Coast (CIV)   3323
 Croatia (CRO)   1122226
 Cuba (CUB)   16111111111212121110810714
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)   38555355233412
 Czech Republic (CZE)   4213
 Denmark (DEN)  2 128628653542333542119
 Dominican Republic (DOM)   261656635632713
 Democratic Republic of the Congo (COD)   6511146
 East Germany (GDR)   88810115
 Ecuador (ECU)   213121374410
 Egypt (EGY)   14578563643476354218
 El Salvador (ESA)   212
 Estonia (EST)   1123
 Swaziland (SWZ)   3211116
 Ethiopia (ETH)   34682227
 Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)   11
 Fiji (FIJ)   2213
 Finland (FIN)   326610375545553111118
 France (FRA)  7 151686681068466624457869511625
 Gabon (GAB)   121121228
 The Gambia (GAM)   11
 Georgia (GEO)   522235
 Germany (GER)   8881012884446312
 Ghana (GHA)   677664524631313
 Great Britain (GBR)  32 16168388107108997912810221710121125
 Greece (GRE)   1212343211236214
 Grenada (GRN)   4413
 Guam (GUM)   11
 Guatemala (GUA)   211215
 Guinea (GUI)   32114
 Guyana (GUY)   1224332119
 Haiti (HAI)   311115
 Honduras (HON)   22114
 Hong Kong (HKG)   21
 Hungary (HUN)   142669265668998535532122
 India (IND)   74323235344583915
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA)   11
 Indonesia (INA)   3223224219
 Iran (IRI)   8645565431341214
 Iraq (IRQ)   2273321119
 Ireland (IRL)   7848871056657676411568722
 Israel (ISR)   2313
 Italy (ITA)   5167888108101011864775566677424
 Jamaica (JAM)   123133423110
 Japan (JPN)   2552359446774321242520
 Jordan (JOR)   21254
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)   87810111297
 Kenya (KEN)   5481012554423411
 Kosovo (KOS)   11
 Kuwait (KUW)   31
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)   352115
 Laos (LAO)   6213
 Latvia (LAT)   1113
 Lebanon (LIB)   1112136
 Lesotho (LES)   232125
 Liberia (LBR)   41
 Lithuania (LTU)   241223228
 Luxembourg (LUX)   6554456
 Madagascar (MAD)   33211117
 Malaysia (MAS)   212
 Malawi (MAW)   3673
 Mali (MLI)   11114
 Mauritius (MRI)   133122228
 Mexico (MEX)   464133511834664865326321
 Moldova (MDA)   212215
 Mongolia (MGL)   96776311446312
 Montenegro (MNE)   112
 Morocco (MAR)   7253547765710810715
 Mozambique (MOZ)   31124
 Myanmar (MYA)   234332218
 Namibia (NAM)   121232218
 Nepal (NEP)   43354
 Netherlands (NED)   89686534222253215
 New Zealand (NZL)   123312222231112116
 Nicaragua (NCA)   32123217
 Niger (NIG)   1242316
 Nigeria (NGR)   4456867945743114
 North Korea (PRK)   2366212129
 Norway (NOR)   149564421431112
 Oman (OMA)   21
 Pakistan (PAK)   346442242444513
 Panama (PAN)   121115
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)   22541117
 Paraguay (PAR)   222
 Peru (PER)   322125
 Philippines (PHI)   4555516543366544112423
 Poland (POL)   547610910101111111178453212421
 Portugal (POR)   11
 Puerto Rico (PUR)   3316610311108755551117
 Qatar (QAT)   21
 Refugee Olympic Team (EOR)   21
 Republic of China (ROC)   21
 Rhodesia (RHO)   2413
 Romania (ROU)   41049991111116256103221219
 Russia (RUS)   91211111011116
 Saar (SAA)   31
 Samoa (SAM)   47321128
 Senegal (SEN)   4113
 Serbia (SRB)   112
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)   11
 Seychelles (SEY)   24231117
 Sierra Leone (SLE)   1222116
 Singapore (SIN)   11
 Slovakia (SVK)   212
 Somalia (SOM)   11
 South Africa (RSA)   74656887825331215
 South Korea (KOR)   345687669121199752217
 South Yemen (YMD)   21
 Solomon Islands (SOL)   11
 Soviet Union (URS)   1010101011111111129
 Spain (ESP)   7688465545711122417
 Sri Lanka (SRI)   42222117
 Sudan (SUD)   335455
 Sweden (SWE)   58344732223666361231221
 Switzerland (SUI)   1784662139
 Syria (SYR)   82322117
 Tajikistan (TJK)   1134136
 Tanzania (TAN)   189645218
 Thailand (THA)   545375566696834516
 Togo (TOG)   2333
 Tonga (TGA)   73214
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)   211115
 Tunisia (TUN)   5243133455552214
 Turkey (TUR)   673641897566613
 Turkmenistan (TKM)   121215
 Uganda (UGA)   65887119324512314
 Ukraine (UKR)   711677557
 Unified Team (EUN)   121
 United Team of Germany (EUA)   810103
 United Arab Republic (UAR)   41
 United States (USA)  18 1616888810810101111111211121212981281024
 Uruguay (URU)   57823141112212
 Uzbekistan (UZB)   71097611117
 Vanuatu (VAN)   112
 Venezuela (VEN)   52347109363247638417
 Vietnam (VIE)   2223
 Virgin Islands (ISV)   12121217
 West Germany (FRG)   896865
 Yugoslavia (YUG)   345379778
 Zambia (ZAM)   2448974422311314
 Zimbabwe (ZIM)   3323
No. of nations--14-1227291831394334545665805451811067897757277777481
No. of boxers--1842-11618114485179205249161281269307354266271354432336355307280283283286289
Year9600040812202428323648525660646872768084889296000408121620

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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