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Boxing — Middleweight, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 536
Total countries 114

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Middleweight (≤158 pounds), Men Olympic 2 1
1908 Middleweight (≤158 pounds), Men Olympic 10 3
1920 Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 17 9
1924 Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 23 14
1928 Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 17 17
1932 Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 10 10
1936 Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 19 19
1948 Middleweight (≤73 kilograms), Men Olympic 25 25
1952 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 23 23
1956 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 14 14
1960 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 25 25
1964 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 20 20
1968 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 22
1972 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 22
1976 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1980 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1984 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
1988 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
1992 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
1996 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
2000 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2004 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2008 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2012 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2016 Middleweight (≤75 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2020 Middleweight (69-75 kilograms), Men Olympic 25 25

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Charles MayerUSA Ben SpradlingUSA ——
1908 John DouglasGBR Snowy BakerANZ William PhiloGBR
1920 Harry MallinGBR Art Prud'hommeCAN Moe HerscovitchCAN
1924 Harry MallinGBR Jack ElliottGBR Joseph BeekenBEL
1928 Piero ToscaniITA Jan HeřmánekTCH Léonard SteyaertBEL
1932 Carmen BarthUSA Amado AzarARG Eddie PeirceRSA
1936 Jean DespeauxFRA Henry TillerNOR Raúl VillarrealARG
1948 László PappHUN Johnny WrightGBR Ivano FontanaITA
1952 Floyd PattersonUSA Vasile TițăROU Boris Nikolov
Stig Sjölin		BUL
SWE
1956 Gennady ShatkovURS Ramón TapiaCHI Víctor Zalazar
Gilbert Chapron		ARG
FRA
1960 Eddie CrookUSA Tadeusz WalasekPOL Ion Monea
Yevgeny Feofanov		ROU
URS
1964 Valery PopenchenkoURS Emil SchulzGER Franco Valle
Tadeusz Walasek		ITA
POL
1968 Chris FinneganGBR Aleksey KiselyovURS Agustín Zaragoza
Al Jones		MEX
USA
1972 Vyacheslav LemeshevURS Reima VirtanenFIN Prince Amartey
Marvin Johnson		GHA
USA
1976 Michael SpinksUSA Rufat RiskiyevURS Luis Felipe Martínez
Alec Năstac		CUB
ROU
1980 José GómezCUB Viktor SavchenkoURS Jerzy Rybicki
Valentin Silaghi		POL
ROU
1984 Sin Jun-SeopKOR Virgil HillUSA Mohamed Zaoui
Ariéstides González		ALG
PUR
1988 Henry MaskeGDR Egerton MarcusCAN Chris Sande
Syed Hussain Shah		KEN
PAK
1992 Ariel HernándezCUB Chris ByrdUSA Chris Johnson
Lee Seung-Bae		CAN
KOR
1996 Ariel HernándezCUB Malik BeyleroğluTUR Mohamed Bahari
Rhoshii Wells		ALG
USA
2000 Jorge GutiérrezCUB Gaydarbek GaydarbekovRUS Vüqar Mursal Ələkbərov
Zsolt Erdei		AZE
HUN
2004 Gaydarbek GaydarbekovRUS Gennady GolovkinKAZ Suriya Prasathinphimai
Andre Dirrell		THA
USA
2008 James DeGaleGBR Emilio Correa, Jr.CUB Vijender Singh
Darren Sutherland		IND
IRL
2012 Ryota MurataJPN Esquiva FlorentinoBRA Anthony Ogogo
Abbos Atoyev		GBR
UZB
2016 Arlen LópezCUB Bektemir MelikuziyevUZB Kamran Şahsuvarlı
Misael Rodríguez		AZE
MEX
2020 Hebert ConceiçãoBRA Oleksandr KhyzhniakUKR Eumir Marcial
Gleb Bakshi		PHI
ROC

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 5 3 4 12
Great Britain GBR 5 2 2 9
Cuba CUB 5 1 1 7
Soviet Union URS 3 3 1 7
Brazil BRA 1 1 0 2
Russian Federation RUS 1 1 0 2
Italy ITA 1 0 2 3
France FRA 1 0 1 2
Hungary HUN 1 0 1 2
Republic of Korea KOR 1 0 1 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
Canada CAN 0 2 2 4
Romania ROU 0 1 3 4
Argentina ARG 0 1 2 3
Poland POL 0 1 2 3
Uzbekistan UZB 0 1 1 2
Australasia ANZ 0 1 0 1
Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 0 1 0 1
Finland FIN 0 1 0 1
Germany GER 0 1 0 1
Kazakhstan KAZ 0 1 0 1
Norway NOR 0 1 0 1
Türkiye TUR 0 1 0 1
Ukraine UKR 0 1 0 1
Algeria ALG 0 0 2 2
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 2 2
Belgium BEL 0 0 2 2
Mexico MEX 0 0 2 2
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 1 1
Ghana GHA 0 0 1 1
India IND 0 0 1 1
Ireland IRL 0 0 1 1
Kenya KEN 0 0 1 1
Pakistan PAK 0 0 1 1
Philippines PHI 0 0 1 1
Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
South Africa RSA 0 0 1 1
Sweden SWE 0 0 1 1
Thailand THA 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Ariel Hernández CUB 2 0 0 2
Harry Mallin GBR 2 0 0 2
Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov RUS 1 1 0 2
José Gómez CUB 1 0 0 1
Jean Despeaux FRA 1 0 0 1
John Douglas GBR 1 0 0 1
Chris Finnegan GBR 1 0 0 1
Henry Maske GDR 1 0 0 1
László Papp HUN 1 0 0 1
Piero Toscani ITA 1 0 0 1
Sin Jun-Seop KOR 1 0 0 1
Vyacheslav Lemeshev RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Valery Popenchenko RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Gennady Shatkov RUS
URS		 1 0 0 1
Carmen Barth USA 1 0 0 1
Eddie Crook USA 1 0 0 1
Charles Mayer USA 1 0 0 1
Floyd Patterson USA 1 0 0 1
Michael Spinks USA 1 0 0 1
Jorge Gutiérrez CUB 1 0 0 1
James DeGale GBR 1 0 0 1
Ryota Murata JPN 1 0 0 1
Arlen López CUB 1 0 0 1
Hebert Conceição BRA 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Zaoui =3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Mohamed Bahari =3 Bronze
Argentina ARG 1932 Summer Olympics Amado Azar 2 Silver See all
Armenia ARM 2020 Summer Olympics Arman Darchinyan =5 See all
Australasia ANZ 1908 Summer Olympics Snowy Baker 2 Silver See all
Australia AUS 1952 Summer Olympics Tony Madigan =5 See all
Austria AUT 1936 Summer Olympics Hans Zehetmayer =9 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Robert Pfitscher =9
Azerbaijan AZE 2000 Summer Olympics Vüqar Mursal Ələkbərov =3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Kamran Şahsuvarlı =3 Bronze
Barbados BAR 1984 Summer Olympics Edward Neblett =17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Marcus Thomas =17
Belarus BLR 2020 Summer Olympics Vital Bandarenka =17 See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Joseph Beeken 3 Bronze See all
1928 Summer Olympics Léonard Steyaert 3 Bronze
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Étienne Loco Gbodolle =17 See all
Brazil BRA 2020 Summer Olympics Hebert Conceição 1 Gold See all
Bulgaria BUL 1952 Summer Olympics Boris Nikolov =3 Bronze See all
Cameroon CMR 2004 Summer Olympics Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam =5 See all
Canada CAN 1920 Summer Olympics Art Prud'homme 2 Silver See all
1988 Summer Olympics Egerton Marcus 2 Silver
Chile CHI 1956 Summer Olympics Ramón Tapia 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1960 Summer Olympics Chang Lo-Pu =5 See all
Colombia COL 2016 Summer Olympics Jorge Luis Vivas =16 See all
Congo CGO 2016 Summer Olympics Mpi Ngamissengue =16 See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics José Gómez 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Ariel Hernández 1 Gold
1996 Summer Olympics Ariel Hernández 1 Gold
2000 Summer Olympics Jorge Gutiérrez 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Arlen López 1 Gold
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Ľudovít Plachetka =9 See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1928 Summer Olympics Jan Heřmánek 2 Silver See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1980 Summer Olympics Jang Bong-Mun =5 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1988 Summer Olympics Serge Kabongo =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Mohamed Siluvangi =9
2020 Summer Olympics David Tshama =9
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Martin Olsen =5 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Poul Knudsen =5
Dominican Republic DOM 2020 Summer Olympics Euri Cedeño =5 See all
East Germany GDR 1988 Summer Olympics Henry Maske 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 2008 Summer Olympics Carlos Góngora =5 See all
Egypt EGY 1964 Summer Olympics Ahmed Mahir =5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Ramadan Yasser =5
2016 Summer Olympics Hosam Bakr Abdin =5
Eswatini SWZ 1996 Summer Olympics Dan Mathunjawa =17 See all
Finland FIN 1972 Summer Olympics Reima Virtanen 2 Silver See all
France FRA 1936 Summer Olympics Jean Despeaux 1 Gold See all
Georgia GEO 1996 Summer Olympics Ak'ak'i K'ak'auridze =9 See all
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Emil Schulz 2 Silver See all
Ghana GHA 1972 Summer Olympics Prince Amartey =3 Bronze See all
Great Britain GBR 1908 Summer Olympics John Douglas 1 Gold See all
1920 Summer Olympics Harry Mallin 1 Gold
1924 Summer Olympics Harry Mallin 1 Gold
1968 Summer Olympics Chris Finnegan 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics James DeGale 1 Gold
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Antonios Giannoulas =9 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Georgios Gazis =9
Grenada GRN 1984 Summer Olympics Chris Collins =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics John Tobin =17
Guyana GUY 1968 Summer Olympics Charles Amos =9 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Alfred Thomas =9
Haiti HAI 2020 Summer Olympics Darrelle Valsaint, Jr. =5 See all
Honduras HON 1988 Summer Olympics Roberto Martínez =17 See all
Hungary HUN 1948 Summer Olympics László Papp 1 Gold See all
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Vijender Singh =3 Bronze See all
Indonesia INA 1992 Summer Olympics Albert Papilaya =5 See all
Iraq IRQ 2016 Summer Olympics Waheed Abdulridha =16 See all
Ireland IRL 2008 Summer Olympics Darren Sutherland =3 Bronze See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1948 Summer Olympics Hussain Tousi =9 See all
Israel ISR 1988 Summer Olympics Aharon Jacobashvili =32 See all
Italy ITA 1928 Summer Olympics Piero Toscani 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1968 Summer Olympics Oliver Wright =9 See all
Japan JPN 2012 Summer Olympics Ryota Murata 1 Gold See all
Jordan JOR 1988 Summer Olympics Omar Dabaj =17 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Gennady Golovkin 2 Silver See all
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Chris Sande =3 Bronze See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Vladislav Vizilter =9 See all
Lebanon LBN 1988 Summer Olympics Mirwan Kassouf =32 See all
Lesotho LES 1984 Summer Olympics Tsiu Monne =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Sello Mojela =9
Liberia LBR 1988 Summer Olympics Simeon Stubblefield =17 See all
Libya LBA 1976 Summer Olympics Maatouk El-Sadek DNS See all
Luxembourg LUX 1928 Summer Olympics Georges Pixius =9 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Jeannot Welter =9
Malawi MAW 1988 Summer Olympics Helman Palije =17 See all
Mauritius MRI 2016 Summer Olympics Merven Clair =16 See all
Mexico MEX 1968 Summer Olympics Agustín Zaragoza =3 Bronze See all
2016 Summer Olympics Misael Rodríguez =3 Bronze
Mongolia MGL 1992 Summer Olympics Bandiin Altangerel =17 See all
Morocco MAR 1964 Summer Olympics Lahcen Ahidous =9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Mohamed Mesbahi =9
Namibia NAM 2012 Summer Olympics Mujandjae Kasuto =8 See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Tin Dekkers =5 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Jan Schubart =5
1952 Summer Olympics Leen Jansen =5
1984 Summer Olympics Pedro van Raamsdonk =5
New Zealand NZL 1932 Summer Olympics Bert Lowe =9 See all
Nigeria NGR 1984 Summer Olympics Jerry Okorodudu =5 See all
Norway NOR 1936 Summer Olympics Henry Tiller 2 Silver See all
Pakistan PAK 1988 Summer Olympics Syed Hussain Shah =3 Bronze See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1992 Summer Olympics Chao Lu =9 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Tuohetaerbieke Tanglatihan =9
Peru PER 1968 Summer Olympics Marcelo Quiñones =16 See all
Philippines PHI 2020 Summer Olympics Eumir Marcial =3 Bronze See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Tadeusz Walasek 2 Silver See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1984 Summer Olympics Ariéstides González =3 Bronze See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Gleb Bakshi =3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics Sin Jun-Seop 1 Gold See all
Romania ROU 1952 Summer Olympics Vasile Tiță 2 Silver See all
Russian Federation RUS 2004 Summer Olympics Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov 1 Gold See all
Samoa SAM 1984 Summer Olympics Paulo Tuvale =9 See all
Serbia SRB 2012 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Drenovak =8 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1988 Summer Olympics Samuel Simbo =17 See all
Slovakia SVK 2020 Summer Olympics Andrej Csemez =9 See all
South Africa RSA 1932 Summer Olympics Eddie Peirce 3 Bronze See all
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Gennady Shatkov 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Valery Popenchenko 1 Gold
1972 Summer Olympics Vyacheslav Lemeshev 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1928 Summer Olympics César Campuzano =9 See all
Sudan SUD 1972 Summer Olympics Abdel Wahab Abdullah Salih =17 See all
Sweden SWE 1952 Summer Olympics Stig Sjölin =3 Bronze See all
Switzerland SUI 1960 Summer Olympics Hans Büchi =5 See all
Tajikistan TJK 2012 Summer Olympics Sobirjon Nazarov =16 See all
Thailand THA 2004 Summer Olympics Suriya Prasathinphimai =3 Bronze See all
The Bahamas BAH 1972 Summer Olympics Nat Knowles =9 See all
The Gambia GAM 2008 Summer Olympics Badou Jack =17 See all
Tonga TGA 1984 Summer Olympics Otosilo Havili =17 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Filipo Palako Vaka =17
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2020 Summer Olympics Aaron Prince =17 See all
Tunisia TUN 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ben Gandoubi =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Lotfi Missaoui =17
2004 Summer Olympics Mohammed Sahraoui =17
Turkmenistan TKM 2012 Summer Olympics Nursähet Pazzyýew =16 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Arslanbek Açylow =16
Türkiye TUR 1996 Summer Olympics Malik Beyleroğlu 2 Silver See all
Uganda UGA 1980 Summer Olympics Peter Odhiambo =5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Franco Wanyama =5
Ukraine UKR 2020 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Khyzhniak 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Lebzyak =9 See all
United Arab Republic UAR 1960 Summer Olympics Moussa El-Gelidi =9 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1972 Summer Olympics Titus Simba =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Makoye Isangura =9
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Charles Mayer 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Carmen Barth 1 Gold
1952 Summer Olympics Floyd Patterson 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Eddie Crook 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Michael Spinks 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1972 Summer Olympics William Peets =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Gilberto Brown =9
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Dogomar Martínez =5 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2016 Summer Olympics Bektemir Melikuziyev 2 Silver See all
Vanuatu VAN 1988 Summer Olympics James Iahuat =17 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics Alfonso Blanco =5 See all
West Germany FRG 1988 Summer Olympics Sven Ottke =5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1968 Summer Olympics Mate Parlov =5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Dragan Vujković =5
1984 Summer Olympics Damir Škaro =5
Zambia ZAM 1984 Summer Olympics Moses Mwaba =5 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1984 Summer Olympics Arigoma Chiponda =17 See all
Équipe Olympique des Réfugies EOR 2020 Summer Olympics Eldric Sella =17 See all