Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Boxing; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Dates	20 July-2 August 1980
Competitors	271 from 51 nations
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Dates20 July-2 August 1980

Competitors271 from 51 nations

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow from 20 July to 2 August. Eleven boxing events (all men's individual) were contested with the participation of 271 fighters from 51 countries.^[1]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight (48kg) details	Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union	Hipólito Ramos Cuba	Lee Byong-Uk North Korea Ismail Mustafov Bulgaria
Flyweight (51kg) details	Petar Lesov Bulgaria	Viktor Miroshnichenko Soviet Union	Hugh Russell Ireland János Váradi Hungary
Bantamweight (54kg) details	Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez Cuba	Bernardo Pinango Venezuela	Michael Anthony Guyana Dumitru Cipere Romania
Featherweight (57kg) details	Rudi Fink East Germany	Adolfo Horta Cuba	Viktor Rybakov Soviet Union Krzysztof Kosedowski Poland
Lightweight (60kg) details	Ángel Herrera Cuba	Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union	Kazimierz Adach Poland Richard Nowakowski East Germany
Light welterweight (63.5kg) details	Patrizio Oliva Italy	Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union	Tony Willis Great Britain José Aguilar Cuba
Welterweight (67kg) details	Andrés Aldama Cuba	John Mugabi Uganda	Karl-Heinz Krüger East Germany Kazimierz Szczerba Poland
Light middleweight (71kg) details	Armando Martínez Cuba	Aleksandr Koshkyn Soviet Union	Ján Franek Czechoslovakia Detlef Kästner East Germany
Middleweight (75kg) details	José Gómez Mustelier Cuba	Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union	Valentin Silaghi Romania Jerzy Rybicki Poland
Light heavyweight (81kg) details	Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia	Paweł Skrzecz Poland	Herbert Bauch East Germany Ricardo Rojas Cuba
Heavyweight (+81kg) details	Teófilo Stevenson Cuba	Pyotr Zayev Soviet Union	István Lévai Hungary Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	6	2	2	10
2	Soviet Union*	1	6	1	8
3	East Germany	1	0	5	6
4	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
5	Italy	1	0	0	1
5	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
7	Poland	0	1	4	5
8	Uganda	0	1	0	1
8	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
10	Hungary	0	0	2	2
10	Romania	0	0	2	2
12	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		11	11	22	44

NOC	48 kg	51 kg	54 kg	57 kg	60 kg	63.5 kg	67 kg	71 kg	75 kg	81 kg	+81 kg	Total
Afghanistan			X	X	X							3
Algeria	X					X				X		2
Angola			X	X	X							3
Australia					X					X		2
Austria									X			1
Benin			X	X	X	X	X	X	X			7
Brazil				X		X		X	X			4
Bulgaria	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Cameroon			X	X		X				X		4
Republic of the Congo					X		X			X		3
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Czechoslovakia				X			X	X				3
Denmark					X		X			X		3
Dominican Republic			X									1
East Germany	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10
Ecuador	X		X								X	3
Ethiopia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X				8
Finland	X		X	X			X		X			5
France			X	X								2
Great Britain		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		9
Guinea		X	X					X				3
Guyana			X	X		X			X			4
Hungary	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X	9
India	X	X	X									3
Iraq	X	X		X		X	X	X		X		7
Ireland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					7
Italy					X	X		X			X	4
Laos	X		X	X	X	X	X					6
Lebanon							X	X				2
Madagascar				X	X		X					3
Mali			X									1
Mexico	X	X	X	X								4
Mongolia	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					7
Nepal		X	X	X		X						3
Nicaragua		X	X									2
Nigeria			X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	8
North Korea	X	X		X	X	X			X			6
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Portugal	X											1
Puerto Rico		X		X		X						3
Romania	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Seychelles				X			X					2
Sierra Leone					X		X					2
Soviet Union	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Sweden				X	X	X		X	X		X	6
Syria	X	X	X	X		X	X	X			X	8
Tanzania		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	9
Uganda	X		X		X	X	X	X	X			7
Venezuela	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			9
Yugoslavia			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Zambia		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X			8
51 NOCs	22	22	33	35	29	30	29	23	19	15	14	271

v t e Val Barker Trophy winners
Awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games
Men	1936: Louis Laurie (USA) 1948: George Hunter (RSA) 1952: Norvel Lee (USA) 1956: Dick McTaggart (GBR) 1960: Giovanni Benvenuti (ITA) 1964: Valeri Popenchenko (URS) 1968: Philip Waruinge (KEN) 1972: Teófilo Stevenson (CUB) 1976: Howard Davis Jr. (USA) 1980: Patrizio Oliva (ITA) 1984: Paul Gonzales (USA) 1988: Roy Jones Jr. (USA) 1992: Roberto Balado (CUB) 1996: Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ) 2000: Oleg Saitov (RUS) 2004: Bakhtiyar Artayev (KAZ) 2008: Vasiliy Lomachenko (UKR) 2012: Serik Sapiyev (KAZ) 2016: Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB)
Women	2016: Claressa Shields (USA)

Medal table

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Light flyweight	men
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
Featherweight	men
Lightweight	men
Light welterweight	men
Welterweight	men
Light middleweight	men
Middleweight	men
Light heavyweight	men
Heavyweight	men
v t e

v t e Events at the 1980 Summer Olympics (Moscow)
Archery Athletics Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Volleyball Water polo Weightlifting Wrestling
Medal table List of medalists

v t e Boxing at the Summer Olympics
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