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Boxing — Welterweight, Men

Times held 26
Total participants 650
Total countries 126

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1904 Welterweight (≤145 pounds), Men Olympic 4 1
1920 Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 18 11
1924 Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 29 18
1928 Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 22 22
1932 Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 16 16
1936 Welterweight (≤147 pounds), Men Olympic 24 24
1948 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 26 26
1952 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 29 29
1956 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 16 16
1960 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
1964 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1968 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 33 33
1972 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 37 37
1976 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 31 31
1980 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 29 29
1984 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 36 36
1988 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 44 44
1992 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 30 30
1996 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 32 32
2000 Welterweight (≤67 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2004 Welterweight (≤69 kilograms), Men Olympic 27 27
2008 Welterweight (≤69 kilograms), Men Olympic 29 29
2012 Welterweight (≤69 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2016 Welterweight (≤69 kilograms), Men Olympic 28 28
2020 Welterweight (63-69 kilograms), Men Olympic 23 23
2024 Welterweight (63.5-71 kilograms), Men Olympic 20 20

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1904 Al YoungUSA Harry SpanjerUSA Joe LydonUSA
1920 Bert SchneiderCAN Alex IrelandGBR Fred KolbergUSA
1924 Jean DelargeBEL Héctor MéndezARG Doug LewisCAN
1928 Ted MorganNZL Raúl LandiniARG Ray SmillieCAN
1932 Eddie FlynnUSA Erich CampeGER Bruno AhlbergFIN
1936 Sten SuvioFIN Michael MurachGER Gerhard PedersenDEN
1948 Július TormaTCH Hank HerringUSA Alessandro D'OttavioITA
1952 Zygmunt ChychłaPOL Sergey ShcherbakovURS Viktor Jørgensen
Günther Heidemann		DEN
GER
1956 Nicolae LincaROU Fred TiedtIRL Kevin Hogarth
Nicky Gargano		AUS
GBR
1960 Nino BenvenutiITA Yury RadonyakURS Jim Lloyd
Lech Drogosz		GBR
POL
1964 Marian KasprzykPOL Ričardas TamulisURS Pertti Purhonen
Silvano Bertini		FIN
ITA
1968 Manfred WolkeGDR Joseph BessalaCMR Mario Guilloti
Vladimir Musalimov		ARG
URS
1972 Emilio CorreaCUB János KajdiHUN Dick Murunga
Jesse Valdez		KEN
USA
1976 Jochen BachfeldGDR Pedro José GamarroVEN Reinhard Skricek
Victor Zilberman		FRG
ROU
1980 Andrés AldamaCUB John MugabiUGA Karl-Heinz Krüger
Kazimierz Szczerba		GDR
POL
1984 Mark BrelandUSA An Yeong-SuKOR Joni Nyman
Luciano Bruno		FIN
ITA
1988 Robert WangilaKEN Laurent BoudouaniFRA Jan Dydak
Kenny Gould		POL
USA
1992 Michael CarruthIRL Juan Hernández SierraCUB Aníbal Acevedo
Arkhom Chenglai		PUR
THA
1996 Oleg SaitovRUS Juan Hernández SierraCUB Daniel Santos
Marian Simion		PUR
ROU
2000 Oleg SaitovRUS Serhiy DotsenkoUKR Vitalie Grușac
Dorel Simion		MDA
ROU
2004 Bakhtiyar ArtayevKAZ Lorenzo AragónCUB Kim Jeong-Ju
Oleg Saitov		KOR
RUS
2008 Bakhyt SarsekbayevKAZ Carlos BanteurCUB Hanati Silamu
Kim Jeong-Ju		CHN
KOR
2012 Serik SapiyevKAZ Fred EvansGBR Andrey Zamkovoy
Taras Shelestiuk		RUS
UKR
2016 Daniyar YeleusinovKAZ Shakhram GiyasovUZB Souleymane Cissokho
Mohammed Rabii		FRA
MAR
2020 Roniel IglesiasCUB Pat McCormackGBR Aidan Walsh
Andrey Zamkovoy		IRL
ROC
2024 Asadkhuja MuydinkhujaevUZB Marco VerdeMEX Lewis Richardson
Omari Jones		GBR
USA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kazakhstan KAZ 4 0 0 4
Cuba CUB 3 4 0 7
United States USA 3 2 5 10
Poland POL 2 0 3 5
Russian Federation RUS 2 0 2 4
East Germany GDR 2 0 1 3
Ireland IRL 1 1 1 3
Uzbekistan UZB 1 1 0 2
Finland FIN 1 0 3 4
Italy ITA 1 0 3 4
Romania ROU 1 0 3 4
Canada CAN 1 0 2 3
Kenya KEN 1 0 1 2
Belgium BEL 1 0 0 1
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 0 0 1
New Zealand NZL 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 3 3 6
Soviet Union URS 0 3 1 4
Argentina ARG 0 2 1 3
Germany GER 0 2 1 3
Republic of Korea KOR 0 1 2 3
France FRA 0 1 1 2
Ukraine UKR 0 1 1 2
Cameroon CMR 0 1 0 1
Hungary HUN 0 1 0 1
Mexico MEX 0 1 0 1
Uganda UGA 0 1 0 1
Venezuela VEN 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 2 2
Puerto Rico PUR 0 0 2 2
Australia AUS 0 0 1 1
Morocco MAR 0 0 1 1
People's Republic of China CHN 0 0 1 1
ROC ROC 0 0 1 1
Republic of Moldova MDA 0 0 1 1
Thailand THA 0 0 1 1
West Germany FRG 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Oleg Saitov RUS 2 0 1 3
Bert Schneider CAN 1 0 0 1
Andrés Aldama CUB 1 0 0 1
Emilio Correa CUB 1 0 0 1
Sten Suvio FIN 1 0 0 1
Jochen Bachfeld GDR 1 0 0 1
Manfred Wolke GDR 1 0 0 1
Michael Carruth IRL 1 0 0 1
Nino Benvenuti ITA 1 0 0 1
Robert Wangila KEN 1 0 0 1
Ted Morgan NZL 1 0 0 1
Jean Delarge BEL 1 0 0 1
Zygmunt Chychła POL 1 0 0 1
Marian Kasprzyk POL 1 0 0 1
Nicolae Linca ROU 1 0 0 1
Július Torma TCH
SVK		 1 0 0 1
Mark Breland USA 1 0 0 1
Eddie Flynn USA 1 0 0 1
Al Young USA 1 0 0 1
Bakhtiyar Artayev KAZ 1 0 0 1
Serik Sapiyev KAZ 1 0 0 1
Roniel Iglesias CUB 1 0 0 1
Bakhyt Sarsekbayev KAZ 1 0 0 1
Daniyar Yeleusinov KAZ 1 0 0 1
Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev UZB 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 2004 Summer Olympics Basharmal Sultani =17 See all
Algeria ALG 1984 Summer Olympics Kamel Aboud =9 See all
American Samoa ASA 1988 Summer Olympics Maselino Masoe =9 See all
Angola ANG 1992 Summer Olympics Francisco Moniz =17 See all
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1988 Summer Olympics Daryl Joseph =17 See all
Argentina ARG 1924 Summer Olympics Héctor Méndez 2 Silver See all
1928 Summer Olympics Raúl Landini 2 Silver
Armenia ARM 2016 Summer Olympics Vladimir Margaryan =9 See all
Australia AUS 1956 Summer Olympics Kevin Hogarth =3 Bronze See all
Austria AUT 1924 Summer Olympics Alexander Decker =17 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Hans Fraberger =17
1960 Summer Olympics Franz Koschina =17
1984 Summer Olympics Conny König =17
Azerbaijan AZE 2000 Summer Olympics Ruslan Xeyirov 5 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Ruslan Xeyirov =5
Barbados BAR 1988 Summer Olympics Gregory Griffith =17 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Vadzim Miazha =9 See all
2020 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Radzivonau =9
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Jean Delarge 1 Gold See all
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Pierre Sotoumey =17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Georges Boco =17
Brazil BRA 1968 Summer Olympics Expedito Alencar =9 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1960 Summer Olympics Shishman Mitsev =5 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Plamen Yankov =5
1988 Summer Olympics Hristo Furnigov =5
2024 Summer Olympics Rami Kiwan =5
Burkina Faso BUR 1976 Summer Olympics Vincent Dabire DNS See all
Cameroon CMR 1968 Summer Olympics Joseph Bessala 2 Silver See all
Canada CAN 1920 Summer Olympics Bert Schneider 1 Gold See all
Central African Republic CAF 1988 Summer Olympics Fidèle Mohinga =17 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Bruno Bongongo =17
Chile CHI 1948 Summer Olympics Humberto Loayza =9 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1956 Summer Olympics Lee Shih-Chuan =9 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Kan Chia-Wei =9
Colombia COL 2004 Summer Olympics Juan Camilo Novoa =5 See all
Congo CGO 1980 Summer Olympics Georges Koffi =17 See all
Costa Rica CRC 1988 Summer Olympics Humberto Aranda =9 See all
Cuba CUB 1972 Summer Olympics Emilio Correa 1 Gold See all
1980 Summer Olympics Andrés Aldama 1 Gold
2020 Summer Olympics Roniel Iglesias 1 Gold
Czechoslovakia TCH 1948 Summer Olympics Július Torma 1 Gold See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1964 Summer Olympics Boniface Hié Toh =17 See all
Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 1984 Summer Olympics Kitenge Kitengewa =9 See all
Denmark DEN 1936 Summer Olympics Gerhard Pedersen 3 Bronze See all
1952 Summer Olympics Viktor Jørgensen =3 Bronze
Dominican Republic DOM 1992 Summer Olympics César Ramos =9 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Giovanni Lorenzo =9
2020 Summer Olympics Rohan Polanco =9
East Germany GDR 1968 Summer Olympics Manfred Wolke 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Jochen Bachfeld 1 Gold
Ecuador ECU 2024 Summer Olympics José Rodríguez =9 See all
Egypt EGY 2008 Summer Olympics Hosam Bakr Abdin =5 See all
Estonia EST 1928 Summer Olympics Valter Palm =9 See all
Eswatini SWZ 2020 Summer Olympics Thabiso Dlamini =17 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Kebede Sahilu =9 See all
Fiji FIJ 1956 Summer Olympics Hector Hatch =9 See all
Finland FIN 1936 Summer Olympics Sten Suvio 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1988 Summer Olympics Laurent Boudouani 2 Silver See all
Gabon GAB 2012 Summer Olympics Yannick Mitoumba =17 See all
Georgia GEO 2020 Summer Olympics Eskerkhan Madiev =5 See all
Germany GER 1932 Summer Olympics Erich Campe 2 Silver See all
1936 Summer Olympics Michael Murach 2 Silver
Ghana GHA 1960 Summer Olympics Joseph Lartey =9 See all
Great Britain GBR 1920 Summer Olympics Alex Ireland 2 Silver See all
2012 Summer Olympics Fred Evans 2 Silver
2020 Summer Olympics Pat McCormack 2 Silver
Greece GRE 1968 Summer Olympics Evangelos Oikonomakos =9 See all
Grenada GRN 1984 Summer Olympics Bernard Wilson =9 See all
Guyana GUY 1992 Summer Olympics Andrew Lewis =17 See all
Haiti HAI 1976 Summer Olympics Wesly Felix =9 See all
Hungary HUN 1972 Summer Olympics János Kajdi 2 Silver See all
India IND 1952 Summer Olympics Ron Norris =5 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Nishant Dev =5
Indonesia INA 1976 Summer Olympics Frans van Bronckhorst =17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Francisco Lisboa =17
Iraq IRQ 1980 Summer Olympics Sadie Jaffar Mohammed =9 See all
Ireland IRL 1992 Summer Olympics Michael Carruth 1 Gold See all
Islamic Republic of Iran IRI 1952 Summer Olympics George Issabeg =9 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Ghasem Yavarkandi =9
1972 Summer Olympics Vartex Parsanian =9
Italy ITA 1960 Summer Olympics Nino Benvenuti 1 Gold See all
Jamaica JAM 1976 Summer Olympics Mike McCallum =5 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Dwight Frazer =5
Japan JPN 1928 Summer Olympics Kintaro Usuda =5 See all
1964 Summer Olympics Kichijiro Hamada =5
Jordan JOR 2024 Summer Olympics Zeyad Eashash =5 See all
Kazakhstan KAZ 2004 Summer Olympics Bakhtiyar Artayev 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Bakhyt Sarsekbayev 1 Gold
2012 Summer Olympics Serik Sapiyev 1 Gold
2016 Summer Olympics Daniyar Yeleusinov 1 Gold
Kenya KEN 1988 Summer Olympics Robert Wangila 1 Gold See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 1996 Summer Olympics Nurbek Kasenov =9 See all
Lao People's Democratic Republic LAO 1980 Summer Olympics Outsana Dao =17 See all
Lebanon LBN 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Al Moukdad =17 See all
Lesotho LES 1984 Summer Olympics Lefa Tsapi =17 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Mosolesa Tsie =17
Libya LBA 1976 Summer Olympics Omar Shima DNS See all
Lithuania LTU 1992 Summer Olympics Vitalijus Karpačiauskas =5 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1936 Summer Olympics Metty Sancassiani =9 See all
1948 Summer Olympics Léon Roller =9
Madagascar MAD 1980 Summer Olympics Paul Rasamimanana =9 See all
Malawi MAW 1988 Summer Olympics Boston Simbeye =33 See all
Mauritius MRI 2020 Summer Olympics Merven Clair =5 See all
Mexico MEX 2024 Summer Olympics Marco Verde 2 Silver See all
Mongolia MGL 1972 Summer Olympics Damdinjavyn Bandi =9 See all
1988 Summer Olympics Khaidavyn Gantulga =9
2012 Summer Olympics Byambyn Tüvshinbat =9
2016 Summer Olympics Byambyn Tüvshinbat =9
Morocco MAR 2016 Summer Olympics Mohammed Rabii =3 Bronze See all
Mozambique MOZ 2024 Summer Olympics Tiago Muxanga =9 See all
Namibia NAM 1992 Summer Olympics Harry Simon =17 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Ali Nuumbembe =17
2008 Summer Olympics Mujandjae Kasuto =17
Nepal NEP 1984 Summer Olympics Manoj Bahadur Shrestha DNS See all
Netherlands NED 1928 Summer Olympics Cor Blommers =5 See all
1936 Summer Olympics Hens Dekkers =5
1952 Summer Olympics Moos Linnemann =5
New Zealand NZL 1928 Summer Olympics Ted Morgan 1 Gold See all
Nicaragua NCA 1992 Summer Olympics Mario Romero =9 See all
Niger NIG 1964 Summer Olympics Issaka Daboré =5 See all
Nigeria NGR 1988 Summer Olympics Adewale Adegbusi =5 See all
Norway NOR 1920 Summer Olympics Aage Steen =5 See all
1920 Summer Olympics Trygve Stokstad =5
Oman OMA 1988 Summer Olympics Abdullah Salim Al-Barwani =17 See all
Pakistan PAK 1956 Summer Olympics Bait Husain =9 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Abdul Rashid Baloch =9
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Hanati Silamu =3 Bronze See all
Peru PER 1972 Summer Olympics Carlos Burga =17 See all
Philippines PHI 1936 Summer Olympics Simplicio de Castro =5 See all
Poland POL 1952 Summer Olympics Zygmunt Chychła 1 Gold See all
1964 Summer Olympics Marian Kasprzyk 1 Gold
Puerto Rico PUR 1992 Summer Olympics Aníbal Acevedo =3 Bronze See all
1996 Summer Olympics Daniel Santos =3 Bronze
ROC ROC 2020 Summer Olympics Andrey Zamkovoy =3 Bronze See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1984 Summer Olympics An Yeong-Su 2 Silver See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2000 Summer Olympics Vitalie Grușac =3 Bronze See all
Romania ROU 1956 Summer Olympics Nicolae Linca 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 1996 Summer Olympics Oleg Saitov 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Oleg Saitov 1 Gold
Samoa SAM 1992 Summer Olympics Maselino Tuifao =9 See all
Serbia SRB 2024 Summer Olympics Vahid Abbasov =9 See all
Serbia and Montenegro SCG 2000 Summer Olympics Geard Ajetović =17 See all
Seychelles SEY 1980 Summer Olympics Michael Pillay =9 See all
Sierra Leone SLE 1980 Summer Olympics Ben Sisay =17 See all
South Africa RSA 1948 Summer Olympics Duggie Du Preez 4 See all
Soviet Union URS 1952 Summer Olympics Sergey Shcherbakov 2 Silver See all
1960 Summer Olympics Yury Radonyak 2 Silver
1964 Summer Olympics Ričardas Tamulis 2 Silver
Spain ESP 1948 Summer Olympics Aurelio Díaz =5 See all
1960 Summer Olympics Andrés Navarro =5
Sri Lanka SRI 1948 Summer Olympics Alex Obeysekera =9 See all
Sudan SUD 1960 Summer Olympics Mohamed Faragalla =17 See all
1972 Summer Olympics Mirgaani Gomaa Rizgalla =17
Sweden SWE 1984 Summer Olympics Vesa Koskela =5 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Sören Antman =5
Switzerland SUI 1924 Summer Olympics Théodore Stauffer =5 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1980 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ali El-Dahan =17 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Mohamed Ali El-Dahan =17
Thailand THA 1992 Summer Olympics Arkhom Chenglai =3 Bronze See all
The Bahamas BAH 2008 Summer Olympics Tureano Johnson =5 See all
Togo TOG 1988 Summer Olympics Abdoukerim Hamidou =9 See all
Tonga TGA 1984 Summer Olympics Saikoloni Hala =17 See all
1996 Summer Olympics Shane Heaps =17
Tunisia TUN 1996 Summer Olympics Kamel Chater 7 See all
Turkmenistan TKM 2004 Summer Olympics Aliasker Bashirov =9 See all
Türkiye TUR 1968 Summer Olympics Celal Sandal =5 See all
Uganda UGA 1980 Summer Olympics John Mugabi 2 Silver See all
Ukraine UKR 2000 Summer Olympics Serhiy Dotsenko 2 Silver See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Pestryayev =17 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Lucas Msomba =9 See all
United States USA 1904 Summer Olympics Al Young 1 Gold See all
1932 Summer Olympics Eddie Flynn 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Mark Breland 1 Gold
United States Virgin Islands ISV 2008 Summer Olympics John Jackson =9 See all
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Feliciano Rosano =9 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2024 Summer Olympics Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev 1 Gold See all
Venezuela VEN 1976 Summer Olympics Pedro José Gamarro 2 Silver See all
Vietnam VIE 1988 Summer Olympics Đỗ Tiến Tuấn =33 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Reinhard Skricek =3 Bronze See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1980 Summer Olympics Mehmet Bogujevci =5 See all
Zambia ZAM 1968 Summer Olympics Julius Luipa =9 See all
1980 Summer Olympics Peter Talanti =9
1988 Summer Olympics Dimus Chisala =9
2020 Summer Olympics Stephen Zimba =9
Zimbabwe ZIM 1928 Summer Olympics Len Hall =9 See all