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. 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 programme.
For a list of medalists from past Summer Olympic Games, see Olympic medalists in boxing.

[edit] 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.

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.

[edit] Medal Table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	48	23	38	109
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
	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
	Mongolia (MGL)	1	1	2	4
36	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
37	Algeria (ALG)	1	0	5	6
	West Germany (FRG)	1	0	5	6
	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
	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
	Egypt (EGY)	0	1	3	4
52	Chile (CHI)	0	1	2	3
	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	2	3
54	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	1	2
	Unified Team (EUN)	0	1	1	2
56	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
60	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	4	4
61	Colombia (COL)	0	0	3	3
	Morocco (MAR)	0	0	3	3
63	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	2	2
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	2	2
65	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Bermuda (BER)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Georgia (GEO)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	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
	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Total		226	226	390	842

[edit] 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
Algeria (ALG)																								7
Argentina (ARG)						1	10	8	8	8														6
Armenia (ARM)																								2
Australasia (ANZ)				1
Australia (AUS)							3			3														8
Austria (AUT)							3	1		6
Azerbaijan (AZE)																								4
Barbados (BAR)																								1
Belarus (BLR)																								1
Belgium (BEL)						13	10	6		8
Botswana (BOT)																								1
Brazil (BRA)																								6
Bulgaria (BUL)																								3
Burkina Faso (BUR)																								1
Cameroon (CMR)																								2
Canada (CAN)						8	9	7	7	4														6
Chile (CHI)							4	4		4
China (CHN)																								3
Republic of China (ROC)										2
Colombia (COL)																								2
Cuba (CUB)																								10
Czechoslovakia (TCH)								3		8
Czech Republic (CZE)																								1
Denmark (DEN)				2		12	8	6	2	8
Dominican Republic (DOM)																								3
Egypt (EGY)							1			4														5
Estonia (EST)							1	1		2
Ethiopia (ETH)																								4
Finland (FIN)								3	2	6														1
France (FRA)				7		15	16	8	6	6														7
Gabon (GAB)																								1
Georgia (GEO)																								2
Germany (GER)								8	8	8														8
Ghana (GHA)																								4
Great Britain (GBR)				32		16	16	8	3	8														2
Greece (GRE)							1	2	1															2
Guinea (GUI)																								1
Hungary (HUN)							1	4	2	6
India (IND)																								3
Indonesia (INA)																								2
Iran (IRI)																								5
Ireland (IRL)							7	8	4															1
Italy (ITA)						5	16	7	8	8														6
Japan (JPN)								2	5	5														2
Kazakhstan (KAZ)																								6
Kenya (KEN)																								3
Kiribati (KIR)																								4
Latvia (LAT)							1
Lesotho (LES)																								2
Lithuania (LTU)								2																2
Luxembourg (LUX)							6	5		5
Madagascar (MAD)																								1
Maldives (MDV)																								1
Mauritius (MRI)																								3
Morocco (MAR)																								3
Mexico (MEX)								4	6	4														6
Mongolia (MGL)																								1
Namibia (NAM)																								1
Netherlands (NED)						8	9	6		8
New Zealand (NZL)							1	2	3	3														1
Nigeria (NGR)																								1
North Korea (PRK)																								1
Norway (NOR)						14	9	5		6												1
Pakistan (PAK)																								3
Philippines (PHI)									4	5														3
Poland (POL)							5	4		7														5
Puerto Rico (PUR)																								5
Rhodesia (RHO)								2
Romania (ROU)										4														10
Russia (RUS)																								10
Samoa (SAM)																								1
Singapore (SIN)																								1
South Africa (RSA)						7	4	6	5	6														2
South Korea (KOR)																								7
Spain (ESP)							7	6
Sweden (SWE)							5	8	3	4
Switzerland (SUI)						1	7			8
Syria (SYR)																								2
Thailand (THA)																								6
Tunisia (TUN)																								4
Turkey (TUR)																								9
Uganda (UGA)																								4
Ukraine (UKR)																								8
United States (USA)			18			16	16	8	8	8														11
Uruguay (URU)							5			7
Uzbekistan (UZB)																								10
Venezuela (VEN)																								4
Yugoslavia (YUG)																								1
Zambia (ZAM)																								1
Nations	-	-	1	4	-	12	27	29	18	31
Boxers	-	-	18	42	-	116	181	144	85	179														268
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

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