| Boxing at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |
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| Dates | 7-12 August 1928 |
| Competitors | 144 from 29 nations |
| Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Medals were awarded in eight weight classes. The competitions were held from 7 to 12 August. [1]
A total of 144 boxers from 29 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:
 Argentina (8) |  Czechoslovakia (3) |  Germany (8) |  Italy (7) |  Netherlands (6) |  South Africa (6) |
 Austria (1) |  Denmark (6) |  Great Britain (8) |  Japan (2) |  New Zealand (2) |  Spain (6) |
 Belgium (6) |  Estonia (1) |  Greece (2) |  Lithuania (2) |  Norway (5) |  Sweden (8) |
 Canada (7) |  Finland (3) |  Hungary (4) |  Luxembourg (5) |  Poland (4) |  United States (8) |
 Chile (4) |  France (8) |  Ireland (8) |  Mexico (4) |  Rhodesia (2) | |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb) | Antal Kocsis  Hungary | Armand Apell  France | Carlo Cavagnoli  Italy |
| Bantamweight (−53.5 kg / 118 lb) | Vittorio Tamagnini Italy | John Daley  United States | Harry Isaacs  South Africa |
| Featherweight (−57.2 kg / 126 lb) | Bep van Klaveren  Netherlands | Víctor Peralta  Argentina | Harold Devine United States |
| Lightweight (−61.2 kg / 135 lb) | Carlo Orlandi Italy | Stephen Halaiko United States | Gunnar Berggren  Sweden |
| Welterweight (−66.7 kg / 147 lb) | Ted Morgan  New Zealand | Raúl Landini Argentina | Raymond Smillie  Canada |
| Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) | Piero Toscani Italy | Jan Heřmánek  Czechoslovakia | Léonard Steyaert  Belgium |
| Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb) | Víctor Avendaño Argentina | Ernst Pistulla  Germany | Karel Miljon Netherlands |
| Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) | Arturo Rodríguez Jurado Argentina | Nils Ramm Sweden | Michael Michaelsen  Denmark |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Argentina (ARG) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (14 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
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