Cape Verde has sent athletes to every Summer Olympic Games held since 1996. No athletes from Cape Verde have competed in any Winter Olympic Games.
The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro. However, boxing at the games was overshadowed with controversy after there were doubts raised that results in certain bouts had been manipulated. These concerns were upheld in a report published in 2021.
The boxing tournaments at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 24 July to 8 August 2021 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan. Thirteen events were staged, the same number as in London in 2012 and Rio de Janeiro in 2016. However, for the first time since the London Games, the programme has been updated, with the number of men's events reduced by two and the number of women's events increased by the same number.
Mira Marjut Johanna Potkonen is a Finnish lightweight boxer. She won a bronze medal in the 60 kg category at the 2016 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships and the 2016 Summer Olympics, the latter being Finland's only medal at the 2016 Games.
Ingrit Lorena Valencia Victoria is a Colombian female boxer.
Leonel de los Santos Nunez is a boxer from the Dominican Republic. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's flyweight event, where he was eliminated in the round of 32.
Uzbekistan competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's seventh consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era.
Serbia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's fifth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation.
Uganda competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1956, Ugandan athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal because of its partial support of the African boycott.
Saken Ismadiyaruly Bibosinov is a Kazakh amateur boxer.
Carlo Paalam is a Filipino amateur boxer. He made his Olympic debut and won silver medal in the flyweight division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Thitisan Panmod is a Thai amateur boxer. As an amateur, he won 2018 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships.
Cape Verde competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the nation's seventh appearance at the Olympics, since its debut in 1996.
Nina Radovanović is a Serbian boxer.
Rajab Otukile Mahommed is a Botswana boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He lost to Yuberjen Martínez of Colombia in the first round.
Rodrigo Marte de la Rosa is a Dominican Republic boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Ramón Nicanor Quiroga is an Argentine boxer. He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Quiroga also won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games.
Miguelina Hernández García is a Dominican Republic boxer. She competed in the women's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Events in the year 2024 in Cape Verde.
Cape Verde competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, from 26 July to 11 August 2024, and it was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at these games.
