Boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

has been contested at every Summer Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games

The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an international multi-sport event, occurring every four years, organized by the International Olympic Committee. Medals are awarded in each event, with gold medals for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition that...

since its introduction to the program at the 1904 Summer Olympics

1904 Summer Olympics

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...

, except for the 1912 Summer Olympics

1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 5 May and 27 July 1912. Twenty-eight nations and 2,407 competitors, including 48 women, competed in 102 events in 14 sports...

 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, because Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 law banned the sport at the time. The 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 was the final games with boxing as a male only event. Beginning with the 2012 Summer Olympics

2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the "London 2012 Olympic Games", are scheduled to take place in London, England, United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012...

, women's boxing will be included in the program.

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

Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the Imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement...

, and from 1948 onwards, weights were measured in kilograms.

1904	1908	1920-1936	1948	1952-1964	1968-1980	1984-2000	2004-2008 http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_1056.pdf
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 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 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
			Featherweight 54-58 kg
	Featherweight 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg)	Featherweight 118-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg)
				Featherweight 54-57 kg
Featherweight 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg)
			Bantamweight 51-54 kg
		Bantamweight 112-118 lb (50.8-53.5 kg)
	Bantamweight -116 lb (-52.6 kg)
Bantamweight 105-115 lb (47.6-52.2 kg)
			Flyweight -51 kg		Flyweight 48-51 kg
		Flyweight -112 lb (-50.8 kg)
					Light-Flyweight -48 kg
Flyweight -105 lb (-47.6 kg)
7	5	8	8	10	11	12	11

Medal table

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

1	United States	48	23	37	108
2	Cuba	32	19	12	63
3	Italy	15	13	16	44
4	Soviet Union	14	19	18	51
5	United Kingdom	14	11	23	48
6	Hungary	10	2	8	20
7	Poland	8	9	26	43
8	Russia	8	3	9	20
9	Argentina	7	7	10	24
10	South Africa	6	4	9	19
11	Kazakhstan	5	4	4	13
12	German Democratic Republic	5	2	6	13
13	Germany	4	9	9	22
14	France	4	7	8	19
15	Bulgaria	4	5	8	17
16	Thailand	4	3	6	13
17	Canada	3	7	7	17
18	South Korea	3	6	10	19
19	Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	3	2	6	11
20	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	6
21	Mexico	2	3	7	12
22	North Korea	2	3	3	8
23	Ukraine	2	2	5	9
24	Finland	2	1	11	14
25	People's Republic of China	2	1	2	5
26	Romania	1	9	15	25
27	Denmark	1	5	6	12
28	Republic of Ireland	1	4	7	12
29		1	3	2	6
30=	Norway	1	2	2	5
30=	Venezuela	1	2	2	5
32	Kenya	1	1	5	7
33	Netherlands	1	1	4	6
34=	Belgium	1	1	2	4
34=	Mongolia	1	1	2	4
36	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
37=	Algeria	1	0	5	6
37=	West Germany	1	0	5	6
37=	Uzbekistan	1	0	5	6
40	Japan	1	0	2	3
41	Dominican Republic	1	0	1	2
42	Sweden	0	5	6	11
43	Nigeria	0	3	3	6
44	Uganda	0	3	1	4
45=	Philippines	0	2	3	5
45=	Turkey	0	2	3	5
47	Spain	0	2	2	4
48	Belarus	0	2	0	2
49	Puerto Rico	0	1	5	6
50=	Australia	0	1	3	4
50=	Egypt	0	1	3	4
52=	Chile	0	1	2	3
52=	Ghana	0	1	2	3
54=	Cameroon	0	1	1	2
54=		0	1	1	2
56=		0	1	0	1
56=	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
56=	Estonia	0	1	0	1
56=	Tonga	0	1	0	1
60	Azerbaijan	0	0	4	4
61=	Colombia	0	0	3	3
61=	Morocco	0	0	3	3
63=	Moldova	0	0	2	2
63=	Tunisia	0	0	2	2
65=	Armenia	0	0	1	1
65=	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
65=	Brazil	0	0	1	1
65=	Georgia (country)	0	0	1	1
65=	Guyana	0	0	1	1
65=	India	0	0	1	1
65=	Mauritius	0	0	1	1
65=	Niger	0	0	1	1
65=	Pakistan	0	0	1	1
65=	Syria	0	0	1	1
65=	Uruguay	0	0	1	1
65=	Zambia	0	0	1	1
	Total	226	226	389	841

Number of boxers by nation

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Nations	-	-	1	4	-	12	27	29	18	31																77
Boxers	-	-	18	42	-	116	181	144	85	179														268		283

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