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Boxing — Bantamweight, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 604
Total countries 121

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Bantamweight (≤115 pounds), Men Olympic 2 1
1908 Bantamweight (≤116 pounds), Men Olympic 6 2
1920 Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 12 7
1924 Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 21 15
1928 Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 18 18
1932 Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 10 10
1936 Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 24 24
1948 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1952 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 23 23
1956 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 18
1960 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
1964 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
1968 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 39 39
1972 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 38 38
1976 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
1980 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
1984 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 35 35
1988 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 48 48
1992 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
1996 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
2000 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2004 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2008 Bantamweight (≤54 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2012 Bantamweight (≤56 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2016 Bantamweight (≤56 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Oliver KirkUSA George FinneganUSA ——
1908 Harry ThomasGBR Johnny CondonGBR Wally WebbGBR
1920 Sal WalkerRSA Cliff GrahamCAN George McKenzieGBR
1924 Willie SmithRSA Al TripoliUSA Jean CesFRA
1928 Vittorio TamagniniITA John DaleyUSA Harry IsaacsRSA
1932 Lefty GwynneCAN Hans ZiglarskiGER José Luis VillanuevaPHI
1936 Ulderico SergoITA Jackie WilsonUSA Fidel OrtizMEX
1948 Tibor CsíkHUN Gianni ZuddasITA Juan VenegasPUR
1952 Pentti HämäläinenFIN John McNallyIRL Gang Jun-Ho
Gennady Garbuzov		KOR
URS
1956 Wolfgang BehrendtGER Song Sun-CheonKOR Claudio Barrientos
Freddie Gilroy		CHI
IRL
1960 Oleg GrigoryevURS Primo ZampariniITA Ollie Taylor
Brunon Bendig		AUS
POL
1964 Takao SakuraiJPN Jeong Sin-JoKOR Juan Fabila
Washington Rodríguez		MEX
URU
1968 Valerian SokolovURS Eridadi MukwangaUGA Eiji Morioka
Jang Sun-Gil		JPN
KOR
1972 Orlando MartínezCUB Alfonso ZamoraMEX George Turpin
Ricardo Carreras		GBR
USA
1976 Gu Yong-JoPRK Charlie MooneyUSA Pat Cowdell
Viktor Rybakov		GBR
URS
1980 Juan Hernández PérezCUB Bernardo PiñangoVEN Michael Parris
Dumitru Cipere		GUY
ROU
1984 Maurizio SteccaITA Héctor LópezMEX Dale Walters
Pedro Nolasco		CAN
DOM
1988 Kennedy McKinneyUSA Aleksandar HristovBUL Jorge Julio
Phajol Moolsan		COL
THA
1992 Joel CasamayorCUB Wayne McCulloughIRL Mohamed Achik
Li Gwang-Sik		MAR
PRK
1996 István KovácsHUN Arnaldo MesaCUB Raimkul Malakhbekov
Vichai Khadpo		RUS
THA
2000 Guillermo RigondeauxCUB Raimkul MalakhbekovRUS Serhiy Danylchenko
Clarence Vinson		UKR
USA
2004 Guillermo RigondeauxCUB Worapoj PetchkoomTHA Ağası Məmmədov
Bakhodirdzhon Sultanov		AZE
UZB
2008 Enkhbatyn Badar-UuganMGL Yankiel LeónCUB Veaceslav Gojan
Bruno Julie		MDA
MRI
2012 Luke CampbellGBR John Joe NevinIRL Lázaro Álvarez
Satoshi Shimizu		CUB
JPN
2016 Robeisy RamírezCUB Shakur StevensonUSA Vladimir Nikitin
Murodzhon Akhmadaliyev		RUS
UZB

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Cuba CUB 6 2 1 9
Italy ITA 3 2 0 5
United States USA 2 6 2 10
Great Britain GBR 2 1 4 7
Soviet Union URS 2 0 2 4
South Africa RSA 2 0 1 3
Hungary HUN 2 0 0 2
Canada CAN 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 1 0 2
Japan JPN 1 0 2 3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1 0 1 2
Finland FIN 1 0 0 1
Mongolia MGL 1 0 0 1
Ireland IRL 0 3 1 4
Mexico MEX 0 2 2 4
Republic of Korea KOR 0 2 2 4
Russian Federation RUS 0 1 2 3
Thailand THA 0 1 2 3
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 0 1
Uganda UGA 0 1 0 1
Venezuela VEN 0 1 0 1
Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 2 2
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 1 1
Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
Colombia COL 0 0 1 1
Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Guyana GUY 0 0 1 1
Mauritius MRI 0 0 1 1
Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
Philippines PHI 0 0 1 1
Poland POL 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1
Ukraine UKR 0 0 1 1
Uruguay URU 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Guillermo Rigondeaux CUB 2 0 0 2
Lefty Gwynne CAN 1 0 0 1
Joel Casamayor CUB 1 0 0 1
Juan Hernández Pérez CUB 1 0 0 1
Orlando Martínez CUB 1 0 0 1
Pentti Hämäläinen FIN 1 0 0 1
Harry Thomas GBR 1 0 0 1
Wolfgang Behrendt GDR
GER		 1 0 0 1
Tibor Csík HUN 1 0 0 1
István Kovács HUN 1 0 0 1
Ulderico Sergo ITA 1 0 0 1
Maurizio Stecca ITA 1 0 0 1
Vittorio Tamagnini ITA 1 0 0 1
Takao Sakurai JPN 1 0 0 1
Gu Yong-Jo PRK 1 0 0 1
Willie Smith RSA 1 0 0 1
Sal Walker RSA 1 0 0 1
Oleg Grigoryev RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Valerian Sokolov RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Oliver Kirk USA 1 0 0 1
Kennedy McKinney USA 1 0 0 1
Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan MGL 1 0 0 1
Luke Campbell GBR 1 0 0 1
Robeisy Ramírez CUB 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1980 Summer Olympics Ahmad Nesar =17 See all
Algeria ALG 2012 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ouadahi =5 See all
Angola ANG 1980 Summer Olympics José Luís de Almeida =17 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1988 Summer Olympics Lionel Francis =33 See all
Argentina ARG 1924 Summer Olympics Benjamín Pertuzzo =5 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Carmelo Robledo =5
1932 Summer Olympics Carlos Pereyra =5
1956 Summer Olympics Adolfo Tomaselli =5
1984 Summer Olympics Pedro Décima =5
1992 Summer Olympics Remigio Molina =5
2016 Summer Olympics Alberto Melián =5
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Aram Avagyan =9 See all
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Ollie Taylor =3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Walter Mathä =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Peter Weiss =9
Azerbaijan AZE 2004 Summer Olympics Ağası Məmmədov =3 Bronze See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Khavazhi Khatsihau =9 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Dzmitry Asanau =9
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Henri Hébrans 4 See all
Belize BIZ 1984 Summer Olympics Hugh Dyer =17 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Firmin Abissi =17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Firmin Abissi =17
Botswana BOT 2008 Summer Olympics Khumiso Ikgopoleng =5 See all
Brazil BRA 1956 Summer Olympics Éder Jofre =5 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Robenílson de Jesus =5
Bulgaria BUL 1988 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Hristov 2 Silver See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1976 Summer Olympics Yassia Ouedraogo DNS See all
Cambodia CAM 1964 Summer Olympics Ek Sam An =17 See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Joseph Ahanda =9 See all
Canada CAN 1932 Summer Olympics Lefty Gwynne 1 Gold See all
Chile CHI 1956 Summer Olympics Claudio Barrientos =3 Bronze See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Wang Chee-Yen =9 See all
Colombia COL 1988 Summer Olympics Jorge Julio =3 Bronze See all
Cuba CUB 1972 Summer Olympics Orlando Martínez 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Juan Hernández Pérez 1 Gold
1992 Summer Olympics Joel Casamayor 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Guillermo Rigondeaux 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Guillermo Rigondeaux 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Robeisy Ramírez 1 Gold
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics František Majdloch =5 See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1984 Summer Olympics Bararq Bahtobe =17 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1976 Summer Olympics Gu Yong-Jo 1 Gold See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1984 Summer Olympics Tshoza Mukuta =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Ibibongo Nduita =17
Denmark DEN 1928 Summer Olympics Aage Fahrenholtz =9 See all
1956 Summer Olympics Henrik Ottesen =9
Dominican Republic DOM 1984 Summer Olympics Pedro Nolasco =3 Bronze See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Stefan Förster =5 See all
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Rafael Anchundia =17 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Jorge Monar =17
Egypt EGY 1952 Summer Olympics Ibrahim Abdrabbou =9 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Ayele Mohamed =9 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Pentti Hämäläinen 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1924 Summer Olympics Jean Ces 3 Bronze See all
Gabon GAB 2004 Summer Olympics Petit Jesús Ngnitedem =17 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Roméo Lemboumba =17
Georgia GEO 2000 Summer Olympics Teimuraz Khurtsilava =9 See all
Germany GER 1956 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Behrendt 1 Gold See all
Ghana GHA 1964 Summer Olympics Isaac Aryee =9 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Sulley Shittu =9
1972 Summer Olympics Joe Destimo =9
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics Harry Thomas 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Luke Campbell 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1960 Summer Olympics Panagiotis Kostarellos =17 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Angelos Theotokatos =17
1996 Summer Olympics Agathangelos Tsiripidis =17
2000 Summer Olympics Artour Mikaelian =17
Grenada GRN 1988 Summer Olympics Tad Joseph =33 See all
Guatemala GUA 1988 Summer Olympics Giovanni Pérez =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Magno Ruiz =17
Guinea GUI 1980 Summer Olympics Samba Jacob Diallo =17 See all
Guyana GUY 1980 Summer Olympics Michael Parris =3 Bronze See all
Hong Kong, China HKG 1964 Summer Olympics Law Hon Pak =9 See all
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics Tibor Csík 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics István Kovács 1 Gold
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Akhil Kumar =5 See all
Indonesia INA 1972 Summer Olympics Ferry Moniaga =5 See all
Iraq IRQ 1992 Summer Olympics Ahmed Aboud =9 See all
Ireland IRL 1952 Summer Olympics John McNally 2 Silver See all
1992 Summer Olympics Wayne McCullough 2 Silver
2012 Summer Olympics John Joe Nevin 2 Silver
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1952 Summer Olympics Fazlolah Nickhah =9 See all
Italy ITA 1928 Summer Olympics Vittorio Tamagnini 1 Gold See all
1936 Summer Olympics Ulderico Sergo 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Maurizio Stecca 1 Gold
Jamaica JAM 1968 Summer Olympics Kenneth Campbell =17 See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Takao Sakurai 1 Gold See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2008 Summer Olympics Kanat Abutalipov =9 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Kanat Abutalipov =9
2016 Summer Olympics Kayrat Yeraliyev =9
Kenya KEN 1968 Summer Olympics Samuel Mbugua =5 See all
1972 Summer Olympics John Nderu =5
1988 Summer Olympics Steve Mwema =5
Kuwait KUW 1988 Summer Olympics Saud Al-Muwaizri =33 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Taalaybek Kadyraliyev =9 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Souneat Ouphaphone =17 See all
Lesotho LES 2008 Summer Olympics Emanuel Nketu =17 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Inkululeko Suntele =17
Liberia LBR 1988 Summer Olympics Thomas Stephens =33 See all
Libya LBA 1976 Summer Olympics Giubran Zugdani DNS See all
Luxembourg LUX 1948 Summer Olympics Roger Behm =17 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Charles Reiff =17
Mali MLI 1980 Summer Olympics Moussa Sangare =32 See all
Mauritius MRI 2008 Summer Olympics Bruno Julie =3 Bronze See all
Mexico MEX 1972 Summer Olympics Alfonso Zamora 2 Silver See all
1984 Summer Olympics Héctor López 2 Silver
Mongolia MGL 2008 Summer Olympics Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan 1 Gold See all
Morocco MAR 1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Achik =3 Bronze See all
Mozambique MOZ 1988 Summer Olympics Alberto Machaze =9 See all
Myanmar MYA 1960 Summer Olympics Thein Myint =5 See all
Namibia NAM 2012 Summer Olympics Jonas Matheus =17 See all
Nepal NEP 1988 Summer Olympics Ram Bahadur Giri =17 See all
Netherlands NED 1924 Summer Olympics Arij Smit =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Jan de Rooij =9
New Zealand NZL 1948 Summer Olympics Bob Goslin DNS See all
Nicaragua NCA 1972 Summer Olympics René Silva =17 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Ernesto Alguera =17
1984 Summer Olympics Gustavo Herrera =17
Niger NIG 1972 Summer Olympics Mayaki Seydou =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Moumouni Siuley =17
Nigeria NGR 1964 Summer Olympics Karimu Young =5 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Mohammed Sabo =5
2004 Summer Olympics Nestor Bolum =5
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics John Koss =5 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Ahmed Rashid =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Nasir =9
1984 Summer Olympics Barbar Ali Khan =9
2004 Summer Olympics Mehrullah Lassi =9
Panama PAN 1972 Summer Olympics Luis Ávila =33 See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1976 Summer Olympics Tumat Sogolik =15 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Zhang Jiawei =5 See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Salvador Rivera =9 See all
Philippines PHI 1932 Summer Olympics José Luis Villanueva 3 Bronze See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Brunon Bendig =3 Bronze See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1948 Summer Olympics Juan Venegas 3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1956 Summer Olympics Song Sun-Cheon 2 Silver See all
1964 Summer Olympics Jeong Sin-Jo 2 Silver
Republic of Moldova MDA 2008 Summer Olympics Veaceslav Gojan =3 Bronze See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Dumitru Cipere =3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Raimkul Malakhbekov 2 Silver See all
Samoa SAM 1988 Summer Olympics Tiui Faamaoni =33 See all
Senegal SEN 1972 Summer Olympics Pierre Amont N'Diaye =17 See all
Slovakia SVK 1996 Summer Olympics Gabriel Križan =9 See all
South Africa RSA 1920 Summer Olympics Sal Walker 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Willie Smith 1 Gold
South Vietnam VNM 1952 Summer Olympics Tiến Vình =17 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Oleg Grigoryev 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Valerian Sokolov 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1948 Summer Olympics Álvaro Vicente 4 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1948 Summer Olympics Albert Perera =5 See all
Sudan SUD 1988 Summer Olympics Peter Anok =33 See all
Sweden SWE 1924 Summer Olympics Oscar Andrén 4 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Stig Cederberg 4
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Jämes Weidel =9 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Karl Kummer =9
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Fayez Zaghloul =9 See all
Tajikistan TJK 1996 Summer Olympics Khurshed Hasanov =9 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Anvar Yunusov =9
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Worapoj Petchkoom 2 Silver See all
Togo TOG 1988 Summer Olympics Ayewoubo Akomatsri =17 See all
Tunisia TUN 1992 Summer Olympics Kalai Riadh =9 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Kalai Riadh =9
2016 Summer Olympics Bilel Mhamdi =9
Türkiye TUR 2000 Summer Olympics Ağası Agagüloğlu 5 See all
Uganda UGA 1968 Summer Olympics Eridadi Mukwanga 2 Silver See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Serhiy Danylchenko =3 Bronze See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Vladislav Antonov =17 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Geraldi Issaick =5 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Oliver Kirk 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Kennedy McKinney 1 Gold
Uruguay URU 1964 Summer Olympics Washington Rodríguez =3 Bronze See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2004 Summer Olympics Bakhodirdzhon Sultanov =3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Murodzhon Akhmadaliyev =3 Bronze
Vanuatu VAN 2016 Summer Olympics Boe Warawara =17 See all
Venezuela VEN 1980 Summer Olympics Bernardo Piñango 2 Silver See all
West Germany FRG 1968 Summer Olympics Horst Rascher =5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Fazlija Šaćirović =17 See all
Zambia ZAM 1984 Summer Olympics Star Zulu =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Justin Chikwanda =9
1992 Summer Olympics Oscar Chongo =9
Zimbabwe ZIM 1984 Summer Olympics Ndaba Dube =5 See all