List of Olympic champions in boxing
The list of Olympic champions in boxing lists all winners as well as the second and third placed boxing competitions at the Summer Olympics . It is broken down by gender as well as current and previous weight classes. The following section lists the most successful boxers who have won at least two gold medals. The national ranking forms the end.
Men
Current weight classes
Light flyweight
- up to 48 kg (1968–2008)
- up to 49 kg (since 2012)
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Flyweight
- up to 47.63 kg (1904)
- up to 50.8 kg (1920–1936)
- up to 51 kg (1948–2008)
- up to 52 kg (since 2012)
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Bantamweight
- up to 52.16 kg (1904)
- up to 52.62 kg (1908)
- up to 53.5 kg (1920–1928)
- up to 54 kg (1932-2008)
- up to 56 kg (since 2012)
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lightweight
- up to 61.24 kg (1904, 1920–1936)
- up to 63.50 kg (1908)
- up to 62 kg (1948)
- up to 60 kg (since 1952)
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Light welterweight
- up to 63.5 kg (1952–2000)
- up to 64 kg (since 2004)
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Welterweight
- up to 65.27 kg (1904)
- up to 66.68 kg (1920–1936)
- up to 67 kg (1948–2000)
- up to 69 kg (since 2004)
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medium weight
- up to 71.67 kg (1904–1908)
- up to 72.57 kg (1920–1936)
- up to 73 kg (1948)
- up to 75 kg (since 1952)
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Light heavyweight
- up to 79.38 kg (1920–1936)
- up to 80 kg (1948)
- up to 81 kg (since 1952)
Heavyweight
- over 71.67 kg (1904–1908)
- over 79.38 kg (1920–1936)
- over 80 kg (1948)
- over 81 kg (1952–1980)
- up to 91 kg (since 1984)
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Super heavyweight
- over 91 kg (since 1984)
Previous weight classes
Featherweight
- up to 56.70 kg (1904)
- up to 57.15 kg (1908–1936)
- up to 58 kg (1948)
- up to 57 kg (1952–2008)
Light middleweight
- up to 71 kg (1952–2000)
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Women
Flyweight
- 48 to 51 kg (since 2012)
| Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |
 Nicola Adams
|
 Ren Cancan
|
 Marlen Esparza Mary Com
|
| 2016 |
Nicola Adams
|
 Sarah Ourahmoune
|
Ren Cancan Ingrit Valencia
|
lightweight
- 57 to 60 kg (since 2012)
| Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |
 Katie Taylor
|
 Sofja Otschigawa
|
 Adriana Araújo Mawsuna Choryeva
|
| 2016 |
Estelle Mossely
|
Yin Junhua
|
Anastassija Beljakowa Mira Potkonen
|
medium weight
- 69 to 75 kg (since 2012)
| Olympia | gold | silver | bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |
Claressa Shields
|
Nadezhda Torlopova
|
 Marina Wolnowa Li Jinzi
|
| 2016 |
Claressa Shields
|
 Nouchka Fontijn
|
Dariga Shakimova Li Qian
|
Most successful participant
- Place: order of the athletes. This is determined by the number of gold medals. If the number is the same, the silver medals are compared, then the bronze medals.
- Name: Name of the athlete
- Country: Country for which the athlete started. When changing nationality, the country for which the athlete won the last medal is named.
- From: Winning the first medal
- Until: last medal won
- Gold: Number of gold medals won
- Silver: Number of silver medals won
- Bronze: Number of bronze medals won
- Total: Number of all medals won
| space | Surname | country | From | To | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | László cardboard |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
1948 | 1956 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 1 | Félix Savón |
 Cuba
|
1992 | 2000 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 1 | Teófilo Stevenson |
Cuba
|
1972 | 1980 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 4th | Boris Lagutin |
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|
1960 | 1968 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 4th | Oleg Saitov |
Russia
|
1996 | 2004 | 2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 6th | Nicola Adams |
United Kingdom
|
2012 | 2016 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Ariel Hernández |
Cuba
|
1992 | 1996 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Ángel Herrera |
Cuba
|
1976 | 1980 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Mario Kindelán |
Cuba
|
2000 | 2004 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Oliver Kirk |
United States
|
1904 | 1904 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Jerzy Kulej |
 Poland
|
1964 | 1968 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Vasyl Lomatschenko |
 Ukraine
|
2008 | 2012 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Harry Mallin |
 United Kingdom
|
1920 | 1924 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Robeisy Ramírez |
Cuba
|
2012 | 2016 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Guillermo Rigondeaux |
Cuba
|
2000 | 2004 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Claressa Shields |
United States
|
2012 | 2016 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Alexei Tishchenko |
Russia
|
2004 | 2008 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Héctor Vinent |
Cuba
|
1992 | 1996 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| 6th | Zhou Shiming |
People's Republic of China
|
2008 | 2012 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
Nations ranking
Status: up to and including 2016
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
United States
|
50 | 24 | 40 | 114 |
| 2 |
Cuba
|
37 | 19th | 17th | 73 |
| 3 |
United Kingdom
|
18th | 13 | 25th | 56 |
| 4th |
 Italy
|
15th | 15th | 17th | 47 |
| 5 |
 Soviet Union
|
14th | 19th | 18th | 51 |
| 6th |
Russia
|
10 | 6th | 15th | 31 |
| 7th |
 Hungary
|
10 | 2 | 8th | 20th |
| 8th |
Poland
|
8th | 9 | 26th | 43 |
| 9 |
 Argentina
|
7th | 7th | 10 | 24 |
| 10 |
Kazakhstan
|
7th | 7th | 8th | 22nd |
| 11 |
France
|
6th | 9 | 10 | 25th |
| 12 |
 South Africa
|
6th | 4th | 9 | 19th |
| 13 |
 Germany
|
5 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 14th |
 GDR
|
5 | 2 | 6th | 13 |
| 15th |
 Bulgaria
|
4th | 5 | 9 | 18th |
| 16 |
 Thailand
|
4th | 4th | 6th | 14th |
| 17th |
Ukraine
|
4th | 3 | 7th | 14th |
| 18th |
 Uzbekistan
|
4th | 2 | 8th | 14th |
| 19th |
 South Korea
|
3 | 7th | 10 | 20th |
| 20th |
 Canada
|
3 | 7th | 7th | 17th |
| 21st |
People's Republic of China
|
3 | 3 | 6th | 12 |
| 22nd |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
3 | 2 | 6th | 11 |
| 23 |
 Czechoslovakia
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 6th |
| 24 |
Ireland
|
2 | 5 | 9 | 16 |
| 25th |
 Mexico
|
2 | 3 | 8th | 13 |
| 26th |
 North Korea
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
| 27 |
Finland
|
2 | 1 | 12 | 15th |
| 28 |
 Japan
|
2 | - | 3 | 5 |
| 29 |
 Romania
|
1 | 9 | 15th | 25th |
| 30th |
 Denmark
|
1 | 5 | 6th | 12 |
| 31 |
 Mongolia
|
1 | 2 | 4th | 7th |
| 31 |
Netherlands
|
1 | 2 | 4th | 7th |
| 31 |
 Venezuela
|
1 | 2 | 4th | 7th |
| 34 |
 Norway
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 35 |
 Kenya
|
1 | 1 | 5 | 7th |
| 36 |
Brazil
|
1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 |
 Belgium
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 38 |
 New Zealand
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 39 |
 Algeria
|
1 | - | 5 | 6th |
| 39 |
 BR Germany
|
1 | - | 5 | 6th |
| 41 |
 Dominican Republic
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 42 |
 Sweden
|
- | 5 | 6th | 11 |
| 43 |
 Nigeria
|
- | 3 | 3 | 6th |
| 44 |
 Uganda
|
- | 3 | 1 | 4th |
| 45 |
 Philippines
|
- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 45 |
 Turkey
|
- | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 47 |
 Spain
|
- | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| 48 |
 Belarus
|
- | 2 | - | 2 |
| 49 |
 Azerbaijan
|
- | 1 | 7th | 8th |
| 50 |
 Puerto Rico
|
- | 1 | 5 | 6th |
| 51 |
 Australia
|
- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 52 |
Colombia
|
- | 1 | 3 | 4th |
| 53 |
 Egypt
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 53 |
 Chile
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 53 |
 Ghana
|
- | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 56 |
 Cameroon
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 56 |
 United team
|
- | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 58 |
 Australasia
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 58 |
 Estonia
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 58 |
 Czech Republic
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 58 |
 Tonga
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 62 |
 Morocco
|
- | - | 4th | 4th |
| 63 |
India
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 63 |
 Moldova
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 63 |
 Tunisia
|
- | - | 2 | 2 |
| 66 |
 Armenia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Bermuda
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Georgia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Guyana
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Croatia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Lithuania
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Mauritius
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Niger
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Pakistan
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Zambia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Syria
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
Tajikistan
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
 Uruguay
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
| 66 |
United Arab Republic
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 .
- Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
- Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
- Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
See also
Web links
- Results database of the International Olympic Committee (English)
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