Boxing — Light-Welterweight, Men

Times held 17
Total participants 495
Total countries 120

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1952 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
1956 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 22
1960 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 34 34
1964 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 35 35
1968 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 35 35
1972 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
1976 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
1980 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1984 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 37 37
1988 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 45 45
1992 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1996 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
2000 Light-Welterweight (≤63.5 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2004 Light-Welterweight (≤64 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2008 Light-Welterweight (≤64 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2012 Light-Welterweight (≤64 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2016 Light-Welterweight (≤64 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1952 Chuck AdkinsUSA Viktor MednovURS Erkki Mallenius
Bruno Visintin
FIN
ITA
1956 Vladimir EngibaryanURS Franco NenciITA Constantin Dumitrescu
Henry Loubscher
ROU
RSA
1960 Bohumil NěmečekTCH Ike QuarteyGHA Marian Kasprzyk
Quincey Daniels
POL
USA
1964 Jerzy KulejPOL Yevgeny FrolovURS Eddie Blay
Habib Galhia
GHA
TUN
1968 Jerzy KulejPOL Enrique RegüeiferosCUB Arto Nilsson
Jim Wallington
FIN
USA
1972 Ray SealesUSA Angel AngelovBUL Issaka Daboré
Zvonko Vujin
NIG
YUG
1976 Sugar Ray LeonardUSA Andrés AldamaCUB Vladimir Kolev
Kazimierz Szczerba
BUL
POL
1980 Patrizio OlivaITA Serik KonakbayevURS José Aguilar
Tony Willis
CUB
GBR
1984 Jerry PageUSA Thawee UmponmahaTHA Mircea Fulger
Mirko Puzović
ROU
YUG
1988 Vyacheslav YanovskyURS Grahame CheneyAUS Reiner Gies
Lars Myrberg
FRG
SWE
1992 Héctor VinentCUB Mark LeducCAN Jyri Kjäll
Leonard Doroftei
FIN
ROU
1996 Héctor VinentCUB Oktay UrkalGER Bolat Niyazymbetov
Fathi Missaoui
KAZ
TUN
2000 Mukhammad Kadyr AbdullayevUZB Ricardo Williams, Jr.USA Mohamed Allalou
Diógenes Luna
ALG
CUB
2004 Manut BoonjumnongTHA Yudel JohnsonCUB Boris Georgiev
Ionuț Gheorghe
BUL
ROU
2008 Félix DíazDOM Manut BoonjumnongTHA Roniel Iglesias
Alexis Vastine
CUB
FRA
2012 Roniel IglesiasCUB Denys BerinchykUKR Vincenzo Mangiacapre
Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene
ITA
MGL
2016 Fazliddin GaybnazarovUZB Lorenzo SotomayorAZE Artem Harutyunyan
Vitaly Dunaytsev
GER
RUS

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 4 1 2 7
Cuba CUB 3 3 3 9
Soviet Union URS 2 3 0 5
Poland POL 2 0 2 4
Uzbekistan UZB 2 0 0 2
Thailand THA 1 2 0 3
Italy ITA 1 1 2 4
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
Dominican Republic DOM 1 0 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 1 2 3
Germany GER 0 1 1 2
Ghana GHA 0 1 1 2
Australia AUS 0 1 0 1
Azerbaijan AZE 0 1 0 1
Canada CAN 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Romania ROU 0 0 4 4
Finland FIN 0 0 3 3
Tunisia TUN 0 0 2 2
Yugoslavia YUG 0 0 2 2
Algeria ALG 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1
Great Britain GBR 0 0 1 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 0 1 1
Mongolia MGL 0 0 1 1
Niger NIG 0 0 1 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Héctor Vinent CUB 2 0 0 2
Jerzy Kulej POL 2 0 0 2
Manut Boonjumnong THA 1 1 0 2
Roniel Iglesias CUB 1 0 1 2
Patrizio Oliva ITA 1 0 0 1
Bohumil Němeček CZE
TCH
1 0 0 1
Vyacheslav Yanovsky BLR
URS
1 0 0 1
Vladimir Engibaryan ARM
URS
1 0 0 1
Chuck Adkins USA 1 0 0 1
Sugar Ray Leonard USA 1 0 0 1
Jerry Page USA 1 0 0 1
Ray Seales USA 1 0 0 1
Mukhammad Kadyr Abdullayev UZB 1 0 0 1
Félix Díaz DOM 1 0 0 1
Fazliddin Gaybnazarov UZB 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 2000 Summer Olympics Mohamed Allalou =3 Bronze See all
Argentina ARG 1956 Summer Olympics Antonio Marcilla =5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Luis Portillo =5
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Hovhannes Bachkov =9 See all
Aruba ARU 1988 Summer Olympics Hubert Wester =32 See all
Australia AUS 1988 Summer Olympics Grahame Cheney 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1956 Summer Olympics Leo Potesil =9 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Christian Sittler =9
Azerbaijan AZE 2016 Summer Olympics Lorenzo Sotomayor 2 Silver See all
Barbados BAR 1992 Summer Olympics Christopher Henry =9 See all
Belarus BLR 2000 Summer Olympics Siarhei Bykouski 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1952 Summer Olympics Jean Paternotte =5 See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Aurélien Agnan =17 See all
Bermuda BER 1972 Summer Olympics Roy Johnson =17 See all
Brazil BRA 1964 Summer Olympics João da Silva =5 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Angel Angelov 2 Silver See all
Burkina Faso BUR 1976 Summer Olympics Hamidou Yagho DNS See all
Cambodia CAM 1964 Summer Olympics Touch Nol =9 See all
Cameroon CMR 1984 Summer Olympics Jean-Pierre Mbereke-Baban =5 See all
Canada CAN 1992 Summer Olympics Mark Leduc 2 Silver See all
Chile CHI 1968 Summer Olympics Enrique González =17 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1964 Summer Olympics Chang Pin-Cheng =17 See all
Colombia COL 1972 Summer Olympics Emiliano Villa =9 See all
Congo CGO 2016 Summer Olympics Dival Malonga =17 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1968 Summer Olympics Isaac Marín =17 See all
Cuba CUB 1992 Summer Olympics Héctor Vinent 1 Gold See all
1996 Summer Olympics Héctor Vinent 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Roniel Iglesias 1 Gold
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Lukáš Konečný =17 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Zdeněk Chládek =17
Czechoslovakia TCH 1960 Summer Olympics Bohumil Němeček 1 Gold See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1988 Summer Olympics Kouassi Kouassi =32 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1980 Summer Olympics Ryu Bun-Hwa =9 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1984 Summer Olympics Muenge Kafuanka =33 See all
Denmark DEN 1956 Summer Olympics Hans Petersen =9 See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2008 Summer Olympics Félix Díaz 1 Gold See all
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Peter Tiepold =5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Ulrich Beyer =5
Ecuador ECU 1968 Summer Olympics Samuel Valencia =17 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Anderson Rojas =17
Egypt EGY 2000 Summer Olympics Saleh Khoulef 8 See all
Eswatini SWZ 1984 Summer Olympics Bhutana Magwaza =17 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1964 Summer Olympics Tadesse Gebregiorgis =17 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Fekrou Gabreselassie =17
1980 Summer Olympics Ebrahim Saide =17
Fiji FIJ 1956 Summer Olympics Thomas Schuster =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Apete Temo =17
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Erkki Mallenius =3 Bronze See all
1968 Summer Olympics Arto Nilsson =3 Bronze
1992 Summer Olympics Jyri Kjäll =3 Bronze
France FRA 2008 Summer Olympics Alexis Vastine =3 Bronze See all
Gabon GAB 1988 Summer Olympics Desiré Ollo DNS See all
Georgia GEO 1996 Summer Olympics Besik Vardzelashvili =17 See all
Germany GER 1996 Summer Olympics Oktay Urkal 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 1960 Summer Olympics Ike Quartey 2 Silver See all
Great Britain GBR 1980 Summer Olympics Tony Willis =3 Bronze See all
Greece GRE 1960 Summer Olympics Dimitrios Michail =17 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Spyros Ioannidis =17
Guinea GUI 1996 Summer Olympics Aboubacar Diallo =17 See all
Guyana GUY 1988 Summer Olympics Adrian Carew =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Dillon Carew =9
Haiti HAI 2016 Summer Olympics Richardson Hitchins =17 See all
Hungary HUN 1976 Summer Olympics József Nagy =5 See all
1992 Summer Olympics László Szűcs =5
India IND 2012 Summer Olympics Manoj Kumar =9 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Manoj Kumar =9
Indonesia INA 1976 Summer Olympics Syamsul Harahap =9 See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Farouk Chanchoun =5 See all
Ireland IRL 1952 Summer Olympics Terry Milligan =5 See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2008 Summer Olympics Morteza Sepahvandi =5 See all
Italy ITA 1980 Summer Olympics Patrizio Oliva 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1984 Summer Olympics Anthony Rose =33 See all
Japan JPN 1972 Summer Olympics Kyoji Shinohara =5 See all
Jordan JOR 2016 Summer Olympics Obada Al-Kasbeh =17 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Bolat Niyazymbetov =3 Bronze See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics David Kamau =9 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics M. Kampanath =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Khamsavath Vilayphone =17
Lebanon LBN 1952 Summer Olympics Sarkis Moussa =17 See all
Lithuania LTU 2008 Summer Olympics Egidijus Kavaliauskas =17 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Evaldas Petrauskas =17
Luxembourg LUX 1952 Summer Olympics Fernand Backes =9 See all
Malawi MAW 1988 Summer Olympics Lyton Mphande =9 See all
Malaysia MAS 1964 Summer Olympics Gopalan Ramakrishnan =17 See all
Mauritius MRI 2008 Summer Olympics Richarno Colin =9 See all
2012 Summer Olympics Richarno Colin =9
Mexico MEX 1988 Summer Olympics Humberto Rodríguez =5 See all
Mongolia MGL 2012 Summer Olympics Uranchimegiin Mönkh-Erdene =3 Bronze See all
Morocco MAR 2004 Summer Olympics Hicham Nafil =9 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Driss Moussaid =9
Myanmar MYA 1952 Summer Olympics Stanley Majid =9 See all
Namibia NAM 2016 Summer Olympics Jonas Jonas =17 See all
Nepal NEP 1964 Summer Olympics Om Prasad Pun =9 See all
Netherlands NED 1952 Summer Olympics Piet van Klaveren =9 See all
New Zealand NZL 1964 Summer Olympics Brian Maunsell =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Trevor Shailer =17
Niger NIG 1972 Summer Olympics Issaka Daboré =3 Bronze See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Charles Nwokolo =9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ajose Olusegun =9
Norway NOR 1984 Summer Olympics Javid Aslam =9 See all
Oman OMA 1988 Summer Olympics Handhal Mohamed Al-Harithy =32 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Rehmat Gul =17 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Malang Baloch =17
1996 Summer Olympics Usman Ullah Khan =17
2000 Summer Olympics Ghulam Shabbir =17
2004 Summer Olympics Faisal Karim =17
Papua New Guinea PNG 1992 Summer Olympics Hubert Meta =9 See all
Paraguay PAR 1988 Summer Olympics Miguel González =17 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2016 Summer Olympics Hu Qianxun =5 See all
Philippines PHI 1956 Summer Olympics Manuel de los Santos =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Arlo Chavez =9
2004 Summer Olympics Romeo Brin =9
Poland POL 1964 Summer Olympics Jerzy Kulej 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Jerzy Kulej 1 Gold
Puerto Rico PUR 1980 Summer Olympics José Ángel Molina =5 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Jorge Maysonet =5
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Thulasi Tharumalingam =17 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1956 Summer Olympics Hwang Ui-Gyeong =5 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Kim Deuk-Bong =5
1968 Summer Olympics Kim Sa-Yong =5
1984 Summer Olympics Kim Dong-Gil =5
Rhodesia RHO 1960 Summer Olympics Jaggie van Staden =9 See all
Romania ROU 1956 Summer Olympics Constantin Dumitrescu =3 Bronze See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mircea Fulger =3 Bronze
1992 Summer Olympics Leonard Doroftei =3 Bronze
2004 Summer Olympics Ionuț Gheorghe =3 Bronze
Russian Federation RUS 2016 Summer Olympics Vitaly Dunaytsev =3 Bronze See all
Samoa SAM 1984 Summer Olympics Apelu Ioane =17 See all
Senegal SEN 1972 Summer Olympics Abdou Fall =17 See all
Seychelles SEY 1996 Summer Olympics Gerry Legras =9 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1988 Summer Olympics Basil Maelagi DNS See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Henry Loubscher =3 Bronze See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Vladimir Engibaryan 1 Gold See all
1988 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Yanovsky 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1960 Summer Olympics Carmelo García =17 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Miguel Velázquez =17
1968 Summer Olympics Mariano Pérez =17
1992 Summer Olympics Sergio Rey =17
2012 Summer Olympics Jonathan Alonso =17
Sudan SUD 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Rizgalla =17 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Timsah Okalo Mulwal =17
Sweden SWE 1988 Summer Olympics Lars Myrberg =3 Bronze See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Farez Halabi =9 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Manut Boonjumnong 1 Gold See all
The Bahamas BAH 1984 Summer Olympics Steve Larrimore =9 See all
Togo TOG 1988 Summer Olympics Anoumou Aguiar =17 See all
Tonga TGA 1984 Summer Olympics Lisiate Lavulo =17 See all
Tunisia TUN 1964 Summer Olympics Habib Galhia =3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Fathi Missaoui =3 Bronze
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Serdar Hudaýberdiýew =17 See all
Türkiye TUR 2016 Summer Olympics Batuhan Gözgeç =5 See all
Uganda UGA 1968 Summer Olympics Alex Odhiambo =9 See all
1980 Summer Olympics John Munduga =9
Ukraine UKR 2012 Summer Olympics Denys Berinchyk 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Oleg Nikolayev =5 See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Sayed El-Nahas =5 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics William Lyimo =5 See all
United States USA 1952 Summer Olympics Chuck Adkins 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Ray Seales 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Sugar Ray Leonard 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Jerry Page 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1984 Summer Olympics Clifton Charleswell =17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Jacobo Garcia =17
Uruguay URU 1968 Summer Olympics Carlos Casal =17 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Mukhammad Kadyr Abdullayev 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Fazliddin Gaybnazarov 1 Gold
Venezuela VEN 1952 Summer Olympics Salomón Carrizales =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Miguel Amarista =9
1968 Summer Olympics Nelson Ruiz =9
2008 Summer Olympics Jonny Sánchez =9
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Reiner Gies =3 Bronze See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Zvonko Vujin =3 Bronze See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mirko Puzović =3 Bronze
Zambia ZAM 1988 Summer Olympics Anthony Mwamba =5 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1988 Summer Olympics Duke Chinyadza =9 See all