| Boxing at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |
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| Dates | 11-23 October 1964 |
| Competitors | 354 from 80 nations |
| Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
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| Flyweight | men |
| Bantamweight | men |
| Featherweight | men |
| Lightweight | men |
| Light welterweight | men |
| Welterweight | men |
| Light middleweight | men |
| Middleweight | men |
| Light heavyweight | men |
| Heavyweight | men |
The boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was held from 11 to 23 October. The competition was for men only and there were ten weight classes. [1]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Poland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 |  Italy | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 |  United States | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 |  United Team of Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Philippines | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
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