Boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Dates 15 – 20 July 1924
Medal Events 8

The Olympic boxing tournament was held in the Vélodrome d’Hiver in Paris. Matches at Paris were contested over three rounds, the first two lasting three minutes each and the last round of four minutes. Two judges and a referee judged each match. The judging was more multi-national than in previous Games with judges from Europe, North America and South Africa officiating. The number of competitors showed an increase with 181 taking part, over 50% more than in Antwerp. The competition ran between July 15th and 20th, two sessions being held every day except finals day. A total of 19,000 spectators were present over the course of the competition.

The tournament itself will go down as one of the most contentious in Olympic history, protests, withdrawals, demonstrations and near-riots occurred, usually directed at the standard of the officiating.

Events

Event Status Date Participants NOCs
Flyweight (≤112 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 19 13
Bantamweight (≤118 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 21 15
Featherweight (≤126 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 24 17
Lightweight (≤135 pounds), Men Olympic 16 – 20 July 1924 30 22
Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 29 18
Middleweight (≤160 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 23 14
Light-Heavyweight (≤175 pounds), Men Olympic 16 – 20 July 1924 20 14
Heavyweight (>175 pounds), Men Olympic 15 – 20 July 1924 15 10
181 (181/0) 27 (27/0)

Medals

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight, Men Fidel LaBarbaUSA Jim McKenzieGBR Ray FeeUSA
Bantamweight, Men Willie SmithRSA Al TripoliUSA Jean CesFRA
Featherweight, Men Jackie FieldsUSA Joe SalasUSA Pedro QuartucciARG
Lightweight, Men Hans NielsenDEN Alfredo CopelloARG Fred BoylsteinUSA
Welterweight, Men Jean DelargeBEL Héctor MéndezARG Doug LewisCAN
Middleweight, Men Harry MallinGBR Jack ElliottGBR Joseph BeekenBEL
Light-Heavyweight, Men Harry MitchellGBR Thyge PetersenDEN Sverre SørsdalNOR
Heavyweight, Men Otto von PoratNOR Søren PetersenDEN Alfredo PorzioARG

Medal table

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
United States USA 2 2 2 6
Great Britain GBR 2 2 0 4
Denmark DEN 1 2 0 3
Belgium BEL 1 0 1 2
Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
South Africa RSA 1 0 0 1
Argentina ARG 0 2 2 4
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
France FRA 0 0 1 1