Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	10-15 August 1936
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These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Medals were awarded in eight weight classes. The competitions were held from 10 to 15 August. ^[1]

The competition featured prominently in the French film L'as des as (1982), whose main character, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo, was the fictitious coach of the French boxing team.

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb) details	Willy Kaiser   Germany	Gavino Matta   Italy	Louis Laurie   United States
Bantamweight (−53.5 kg / 118 lb) details	Ulderico Sergo   Italy	Jack Wilson   United States	Fidel Ortiz   Mexico
Featherweight (−57.2 kg / 126 lb) details	Oscar Casanovas   Argentina	Charles Catterall   South Africa	Josef Miner   Germany
Lightweight (−61.2 kg / 135 lb) details	Imre Harangi   Hungary	Nikolai Stepulov   Estonia	Erik Ågren   Sweden
Welterweight (−66.7 kg / 147 lb) details	Sten Suvio   Finland	Michael Murach   Germany	Gerhard Pedersen   Denmark
Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) details	Jean Despeaux   France	Henry Tiller   Norway	Raúl Villarreal   Argentina
Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb) details	Roger Michelot   France	Richard Vogt   Germany	Francisco Risiglione   Argentina
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) details	Herbert Runge   Germany	Guillermo Lovell   Argentina	Erling Nilsen   Norway

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany  (GER)	2	2	1	5
2	France  (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	Argentina  (ARG)	1	1	2	4
4	Italy  (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Finland  (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary  (HUN)	1	0	0	1
7	Norway  (NOR)	0	1	1	2
	United States  (USA)	0	1	1	2
9	Estonia  (EST)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa  (RSA)	0	1	0	1
11	Denmark  (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico  (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden  (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		8	8	8	24

Participating nations

A total of 179 boxers from 31 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

•   Argentina  (8)
•   Australia  (3)
•   Austria  (6)
•   Belgium  (8)
•   Canada  (4)
•   Chile  (4)
•   Republic of China  (2)
•   Czechoslovakia  (8)
•   Denmark  (8)
•   Egypt  (4)
•   Estonia  (2)
•   Finland  (6)
•   France  (6)
•   Germany  (8)
•   Great Britain  (8)
•   Hungary  (6)
•   Italy  (8)
•   Japan  (5)
•   Luxembourg  (5)
•   Mexico  (4)
•   Netherlands  (8)
•   New Zealand  (3)
•   Norway  (6)
•   Philippines  (5)
•   Poland  (7)
•   Romania  (4)
•   South Africa  (6)
•   Sweden  (4)
•   Switzerland  (8)
•   United States  (8)
•   Uruguay  (7)

References

1. "Boxing at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

External links

• International Olympic Committee medal database

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