Boxing — Light-Heavyweight, Men

Times held 25
Total participants 484
Total countries 109

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1920 Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 11 6
1924 Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 20 14
1928 Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 16 16
1932 Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 8 8
1936 Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 21 21
1948 Light-Heavyweight (≤80 kilograms), Men Olympic 24 24
1952 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 18
1956 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 11 11
1960 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1964 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 19 19
1968 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 18
1972 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
1976 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 18
1980 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 15 15
1984 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 24 24
1988 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 26
1992 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 26
1996 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
2000 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2004 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2008 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2012 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 26
2016 Light-Heavyweight (≤81 kilograms), Men Olympic 25 25
2020 Light-Heavyweight (75-81 kilograms), Men Olympic 22 22
2024 Light-Heavyweight (71-80 kilograms), Men Olympic 18 18

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1920 Eddie EaganUSA Sverre SørsdalNOR Harry FranksGBR
1924 Harry MitchellGBR Thyge PetersenDEN Sverre SørsdalNOR
1928 Víctor AvendañoARG Ernst PistullaGER Karel MiljonNED
1932 Dave CarstensRSA Gino RossiITA Peter JørgensenDEN
1936 Roger MichelotFRA Richard VogtGER Francisco RisiglioneARG
1948 George HunterRSA Don ScottGBR Mauro CíaARG
1952 Norvel LeeUSA Antonio PacenzaARG Harry Siljander
Anatoly Perov
FIN
URS
1956 Jim BoydUSA Gheorghe NegreaROU Carlos Lucas
Romualdas Murauskas
CHI
URS
1960 Cassius ClayUSA Zbigniew PietrzykowskiPOL Tony Madigan
Giulio Saraudi
AUS
ITA
1964 Cosimo PintoITA Aleksey KiselyovURS Aleksandar Nikolov
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
BUL
POL
1968 Danas PozniakasURS Ion MoneaROU Georgi Stankov
Stanisław Dragan
BUL
POL
1972 Mate ParlovYUG Gilberto CarrilloCUB Isaac Ikhouria
Janusz Gortat
NGR
POL
1976 Leon SpinksUSA Sixto SoriaCUB Janusz Gortat
Costică Dafinoiu
POL
ROU
1980 Slobodan KačarYUG Paweł SkrzeczPOL Ricardo Rojas
Herbert Bauch
CUB
GDR
1984 Ante JosipovićYUG Kevin BarryNZL Mustapha Moussa
Evander Holyfield
ALG
USA
1988 Andrew MaynardUSA Nurmagomed ShanavazovURS Henryk Petrich
Damir Škaro
POL
YUG
1992 Torsten MayGER Rostyslav ZaulychnyiEUN Zoltán Béres
Wojciech Bartnik
HUN
POL
1996 Vasily ZhirovKAZ Lee Seung-BaeKOR Thomas Ulrich
Antonio Tarver
GER
USA
2000 Aleksandr LebzyakRUS Rudi KrajCZE Andriy Fedchuk
Sergey Mikhaylov
UKR
UZB
2004 Andre WardUSA Mahamed AryphadzhyeuBLR Ahmed Ismail
Utkirbek Khaydarov
EGY
UZB
2008 Zhang XiaopingCHN Kenny EganIRL Tony Jeffries
Yerkebulan Shynaliyev
GBR
KAZ
2012 Yegor MekhontsevRUS Adilbek NiyazymbetovKAZ Yamaguchi Falcão
Oleksandr Hvozdyk
BRA
UKR
2016 Julio César la CruzCUB Adilbek NiyazymbetovKAZ Mathieu Bauderlique
Joshua Buatsi
FRA
GBR
2020 Arlen LópezCUB Ben WhittakerGBR Loren Alfonso
Imam Khatayev
AZE
ROC
2024 Oleksandr KhyzhniakUKR Nurbek OralbayKAZ Arlen López
Cristian Pinales
CUB
DOM

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 7 0 2 9
Yugoslavia YUG 3 0 1 4
Cuba CUB 2 2 2 6
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 0 2
South Africa RSA 2 0 0 2
Kazakhstan KAZ 1 3 1 5
Great Britain GBR 1 2 3 6
Soviet Union URS 1 2 2 5
Germany GER 1 2 1 4
Argentina ARG 1 1 2 4
Italy ITA 1 1 1 3
Ukraine UKR 1 0 2 3
France FRA 1 0 1 2
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
Poland POL 0 2 6 8
Romania ROU 0 2 1 3
Denmark DEN 0 1 1 2
Norway NOR 0 1 1 2
Belarus BLR 0 1 0 1
Czechia CZE 0 1 0 1
Ireland IRL 0 1 0 1
New Zealand NZL 0 1 0 1
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
Bulgaria BUL 0 0 2 2
Uzbekistan UZB 0 0 2 2
Algeria ALG 0 0 1 1
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Azerbaijan AZE 0 0 1 1
Brazil BRA 0 0 1 1
Chile CHI 0 0 1 1
Dominican Republic DOM 0 0 1 1
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Egypt EGY 0 0 1 1
Finland FIN 0 0 1 1
Hungary HUN 0 0 1 1
Netherlands NED 0 0 1 1
Nigeria NGR 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Arlen López CUB 1 0 1 2
Roger Michelot FRA 1 0 0 1
Víctor Avendaño ARG 1 0 0 1
Harry Mitchell GBR 1 0 0 1
Torsten May GER 1 0 0 1
Cosimo Pinto ITA 1 0 0 1
Vasily Zhirov KAZ 1 0 0 1
Dave Carstens RSA 1 0 0 1
George Hunter RSA 1 0 0 1
Aleksandr Lebzyak RUS
EUN
1 0 0 1
Danas Pozniakas LTU
URS
1 0 0 1
Jim Boyd USA 1 0 0 1
Cassius Clay USA 1 0 0 1
Eddie Eagan USA 1 0 0 1
Norvel Lee USA 1 0 0 1
Andrew Maynard USA 1 0 0 1
Leon Spinks USA 1 0 0 1
Ante Josipović YUG 1 0 0 1
Slobodan Kačar SRB
YUG
1 0 0 1
Mate Parlov CRO
YUG
1 0 0 1
Andre Ward USA 1 0 0 1
Zhang Xiaoping CHN 1 0 0 1
Yegor Mekhontsev RUS 1 0 0 1
Julio César la Cruz CUB 1 0 0 1
Oleksandr Khyzhniak UKR 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Algeria ALG 1984 Summer Olympics Mustapha Moussa =3 Bronze See all
American Samoa ASA 1988 Summer Olympics Mika Masoe =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Mika Masoe =9
Andorra AND 1976 Summer Olympics Joan Claudi Montane =9 See all
Argentina ARG 1928 Summer Olympics Víctor Avendaño 1 Gold See all
Aruba ARU 1988 Summer Olympics Jeffrey Nedd =17 See all
Australia AUS 1960 Summer Olympics Tony Madigan =3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1952 Summer Olympics Franz Pfitscher =9 See all
1968 Summer Olympics Kurt Baumgartner =9
Azerbaijan AZE 2020 Summer Olympics Loren Alfonso =3 Bronze See all
Barbados BAR 2000 Summer Olympics Shawn Cox =17 See all
Belarus BLR 2004 Summer Olympics Mahamed Aryphadzhyeu 2 Silver See all
Belgium BEL 1948 Summer Olympics Vital L'Host =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Yvon Becaus =9
Bermuda BER 1976 Summer Olympics Robert Burgess =5 See all
Botswana BOT 1992 Summer Olympics France Mabiletsa =17 See all
Brazil BRA 2012 Summer Olympics Yamaguchi Falcão =3 Bronze See all
Bulgaria BUL 1964 Summer Olympics Aleksandar Nikolov =3 Bronze See all
1968 Summer Olympics Georgi Stankov =3 Bronze
Cabo Verde CPV 2004 Summer Olympics Flávio Furtado =17 See all
Cameroon CMR 1984 Summer Olympics Jean-Paul Nanga-Ntsah =5 See all
Canada CAN 1928 Summer Olympics Don Carrick =5 See all
Chad CHA 1972 Summer Olympics Hassan Nour-el-Din Aman =17 See all
Chile CHI 1956 Summer Olympics Carlos Lucas =3 Bronze See all
Colombia COL 2008 Summer Olympics Eléider Álvarez =9 See all
2016 Summer Olympics Juan Carlos Carrillo =9
Congo CGO 1980 Summer Olympics Anaclet Wamba =9 See all
Croatia CRO 2024 Summer Olympics Gabrijel Veočić =5 See all
Cuba CUB 2016 Summer Olympics Julio César la Cruz 1 Gold See all
2020 Summer Olympics Arlen López 1 Gold
Czechia CZE 2000 Summer Olympics Rudi Kraj 2 Silver See all
Czechoslovakia TCH 1936 Summer Olympics František Havelka =5 See all
1964 Summer Olympics František Poláček =5
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1964 Summer Olympics Firmin N'Guia =9 See all
Democratic People's Republic of Korea PRK 1992 Summer Olympics Kim Gil-Nam =17 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1988 Summer Olympics Rund Kanika =17 See all
Denmark DEN 1924 Summer Olympics Thyge Petersen 2 Silver See all
Dominican Republic DOM 2024 Summer Olympics Cristian Pinales =3 Bronze See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Herbert Bauch =3 Bronze See all
Ecuador ECU 2016 Summer Olympics Carlos Mina =5 See all
Egypt EGY 2004 Summer Olympics Ahmed Ismail =3 Bronze See all
Ethiopia ETH 1972 Summer Olympics Seifu Mekonnen =9 See all
Finland FIN 1952 Summer Olympics Harry Siljander =3 Bronze See all
France FRA 1936 Summer Olympics Roger Michelot 1 Gold See all
Gabon GAB 2004 Summer Olympics Taylor Mabika =17 See all
Germany GER 1992 Summer Olympics Torsten May 1 Gold See all
Ghana GHA 1964 Summer Olympics Thomas Arimi =9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Charles Adamu =9
2008 Summer Olympics Bastie Samir =9
2020 Summer Olympics Shakul Samed =9
Great Britain GBR 1924 Summer Olympics Harry Mitchell 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 1932 Summer Olympics Nikolaos Mastoridis =5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Ilias Pavlidis =5
Grenada GRN 1988 Summer Olympics Chris Collins =9 See all
Guyana GUY 1960 Summer Olympics Carl Crawford =17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics John Douglas =17
Haiti HAI 2024 Summer Olympics Cédrick Belony-Dulièpre =9 See all
Hungary HUN 1992 Summer Olympics Zoltán Béres =3 Bronze See all
India IND 2000 Summer Olympics Gurcharan Singh 8 See all
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Ismail Salman =9 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Ismail Salman =9
Ireland IRL 2008 Summer Olympics Kenny Egan 2 Silver See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 2012 Summer Olympics Ehsan Rouzbahani =5 See all
Italy ITA 1964 Summer Olympics Cosimo Pinto 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1964 Summer Olympics Ronald Holmes =9 See all
Jordan JOR 2012 Summer Olympics Ihab Darwish =9 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Hussein Iashaish =9
Kazakhstan KAZ 1996 Summer Olympics Vasily Zhirov 1 Gold See all
Kenya KEN 1984 Summer Olympics Sylvanus Okello =5 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Joseph Akhasamba =5
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksey Katulevsky =9 See all
Latvia LAT 1924 Summer Olympics Vilis Heince DNS See all
Lebanon LBN 1988 Summer Olympics Ahmed El-Masri =17 See all
Lithuania LTU 1928 Summer Olympics Juozas Vinča =5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1924 Summer Olympics Michel Maurer =9 See all
1924 Summer Olympics Jean Welter =9
1928 Summer Olympics Jean Welter =9
1936 Summer Olympics Jim Graser =9
1960 Summer Olympics Ray Cillien =9
Malawi MAW 1984 Summer Olympics Drake Thadzi =9 See all
Mali MLI 1968 Summer Olympics Soungalo Bagayogo =17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Djiguible Traoré =17
Mexico MEX 2020 Summer Olympics Rogelio Romero =5 See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Gombyn Zorig =17 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Damdingiin Zul =17
Montenegro MNE 2012 Summer Olympics Boško Drašković =17 See all
Morocco MAR 1976 Summer Olympics Abdel Latif Fatihi =14 See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Karel Miljon 3 Bronze See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Kevin Barry 2 Silver See all
Nicaragua NCA 2012 Summer Olympics Osmar Bravo =9 See all
Nigeria NGR 1972 Summer Olympics Isaac Ikhouria =3 Bronze See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Sverre Sørsdal 2 Silver See all
Pakistan PAK 1960 Summer Olympics Muhammad Safdar =9 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Asghar Changezi =9
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Zhang Xiaoping 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1936 Summer Olympics Eulogio Quiroz DNS See all
1948 Summer Olympics Vicente Quiroz DNS
Philippines PHI 2024 Summer Olympics Eumir Marcial =9 See all
Poland POL 1960 Summer Olympics Zbigniew Pietrzykowski 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Paweł Skrzecz 2 Silver
Puerto Rico PUR 1996 Summer Olympics Enrique Flores 5 See all
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Imam Khatayev =3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1996 Summer Olympics Lee Seung-Bae 2 Silver See all
Romania ROU 1956 Summer Olympics Gheorghe Negrea 2 Silver See all
1968 Summer Olympics Ion Monea 2 Silver
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Aleksandr Lebzyak 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Yegor Mekhontsev 1 Gold
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1988 Summer Olympics Hudson Nanton DNS See all
Samoa SAM 1988 Summer Olympics Pua Ulberg =17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Sam Leuii =17
2008 Summer Olympics Farani Tavui =17
Senegal SEN 2000 Summer Olympics Djibril Fall =17 See all
Seychelles SEY 1992 Summer Olympics Roland Raforme =5 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1996 Summer Olympics David Kowah =9 See all
Solomon Islands SOL 1988 Summer Olympics Tommy Bauro =17 See all
South Africa RSA 1932 Summer Olympics Dave Carstens 1 Gold See all
1948 Summer Olympics George Hunter 1 Gold
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Danas Pozniakas 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 2020 Summer Olympics Gazimagomed Jalidov =5 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Emil Johansson =9 See all
1952 Summer Olympics Rolf Storm =9
1956 Summer Olympics Lennart Risberg =9
1960 Summer Olympics Lars-Olof Norling =9
1984 Summer Olympics Christer Corpi =9
1996 Summer Olympics Ismael Koné =9
Switzerland SUI 1948 Summer Olympics Hans Schwerzmann =9 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Bela Horvath =9
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1996 Summer Olympics Adnan Kaddour =17 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ihab El-Youssef =17
Tajikistan TJK 2008 Summer Olympics Jahon Qurbanov =5 See all
Thailand THA 2024 Summer Olympics Weerapon Jongjohor =17 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1984 Summer Olympics Philip Pinder =17 See all
Tonga TGA 1984 Summer Olympics Fine Sani Vea =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Sione Vaveni Talia'uli =9
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1984 Summer Olympics Don Smith =17 See all
Tunisia TUN 2012 Summer Olympics Yahia El-Mekachari =9 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2004 Summer Olympics Shokhrat Kurbanov =17 See all
Türkiye TUR 2004 Summer Olympics İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan =5 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Bayram Malkan =5
Uganda UGA 1960 Summer Olympics George Oywello =9 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Henry Mugwanya =9
1984 Summer Olympics Jonathan Kiriisa =9
Ukraine UKR 2024 Summer Olympics Oleksandr Khyzhniak 1 Gold See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Rostyslav Zaulychnyi 2 Silver See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Michael Nassoro =9 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Michael Nassoro =9
United States USA 1920 Summer Olympics Eddie Eagan 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Norvel Lee 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Jim Boyd 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Cassius Clay 1 Gold
1976 Summer Olympics Leon Spinks 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Andrew Maynard 1 Gold
2004 Summer Olympics Andre Ward 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2008 Summer Olympics Julius Jackson =17 See all
Uruguay URU 1936 Summer Olympics Antonio Adipe =9 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Felipe Suárez =9
Uzbekistan UZB 2000 Summer Olympics Sergey Mikhaylov =3 Bronze See all
2004 Summer Olympics Utkirbek Khaydarov =3 Bronze
Venezuela VEN 1972 Summer Olympics Ernesto Sánchez =9 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Edgar Ramón Muñoz =9
2008 Summer Olympics Luis González =9
2016 Summer Olympics Albert Ramírez =9
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Rudi Hornig =5 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Gruber =5
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Mate Parlov 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Slobodan Kačar 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Ante Josipović 1 Gold