Boxing at the Olympics

The boxing competitions at the Olympic Games are by far the most important and important competitions in amateur boxing . They are organized by AIBA .

The 1st competitions were held in the US city ​​of St. Louis in 1904 . It was boxed in only seven weight classes. No boxing tournaments were held at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm because boxing was banned in Sweden at the time . Since 1936, the “best technician” (regardless of weight class) has been awarded the Val Barker Cup .

The Hungarian semi -middle and middleweight László Papp and the Cuban heavyweight stars Teófilo Stevenson and Félix Savón are the most successful participants with three gold medals each . The United States are (total 114) with 50 gold, 24 silver and 40 bronze medals, the most successful participants nation.

The US-American Oliver Kirk is the only boxer so far who could win two gold medals in two different weight classes in one tournament. He succeeded in doing this in the 1st boxing competitions in bantam and featherweight . Back then, a boxer in a lighter weight class was also allowed to compete in a higher weight class, which later changed.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London , women's competitions were held for the first time, but only in three weight classes. In 2010, boxing competitions took place in Singapore for the first time at the Youth Olympic Games . The first girls competitions were in 2014 in the Chinese Nanjing held in three weight classes. In this category, the most successful participating nation so far with 5 gold and one silver medal is Cuba .

For the first time, professionals were allowed to take part in the 25th Olympic boxing competition , which was held in the Brazilian city ​​of Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . This was decided by AIBA on February 24, 2016 in Manchester at its Joint Commission meeting. "The International Olympic Committee wants to see the best athletes at the Games, and the AIBA is so far the only trade association that does not allow that," AIBA President Wu Ching-Kuo was quoted as saying. In addition, this tournament was the first time since Los Angeles 1984 to box without the previously mandatory head protection .

In Tokyo 2020, the number of men's weight classes is expected to be reduced by two classes - the new division of classes has not yet been decided. At the same time, the weight classes for women are increased by two.

Olympic boxing competitions

No.	year	place	country	items
01	1904	St. Louis	United States	Details
02	1908	London	United Kingdom	Details
03	1920	Antwerp	Belgium	Details
04th	1924	Paris	France	Details
05	1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Details
06th	1932	los Angeles	United States	Details
07th	1936	Berlin	Germany	Details
08th	1948	London	United Kingdom	Details
09	1952	Helsinki	Finland	Details
10	1956	Melbourne	Australia	Details
11	1960	Rome	Italy	Details
12	1964	Tokyo	Japan	Details
13	1968	Mexico city	Mexico	Details
14th	1972	Munich	Germany	Details
15th	1976	Montreal	Canada	Details
16	1980	Moscow	Soviet Union	Details
17th	1984	los Angeles	United States	Details
18th	1988	Seoul	South Korea	Details
19th	1992	Barcelona	Spain	Details
20th	1996	Atlanta	United States	Details
21st	2000	Sydney	Australia	Details
22nd	2004	Athens	Greece	Details
23	2008	Beijing	People's Republic of China	Details
24	2012	London	United Kingdom	Details
25th	2016	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Details

Olympic champions who were also amateur world champions

The following Olympic champions were also amateur world champions: Zhou Shiming (3), Teófilo Stevenson (3), Félix Savón (6), Roberto Balado (3), Odlanier Solís (3), Mario Kindelán (3), Jorge Hernández , Howard Davis , Emilio Correa Vaillant , Mate Parlov , Ángel Herrera (2), José Gómez Mustelier , Iwajlo Marinow , Mark Breland , Tyrell Biggs , István Kovács (2), Juan Carlos Lemus , Héctor Vinent (2), Ariel Hernández (2), Daniel Petrow , Maikro Romero , Oleg Saitov , Alexander Borisovich Lebsjak , Muhammadqodir Abdullayev , Yan Bartelemí , Guillermo Rigondeaux (2), Somjit Jongjohor , Alexander Povetkin , Aleksei Tishchenko , Serik Sapiyev (2), Roberto Cammarelle (2), Vasyl Lomachenko (2) , Roniel Iglesias , Yegor Leonidowitsch Mechonzew , Oleksandr Ussyk , Danijar Jeleussinow , Arlen López , Julio César La Cruz (4), Evgeni Andrejewitsch Tischtschenko , Tony Yoka .

See also

• List of Olympic champions in boxing

Web links

• Official website of the AIBA
• Olympic Games