Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Arena México
Dates	October 13–26
Competitors	308 from 64 nations

The boxing programme of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the Arena México.

Medals were awarded in eleven events, with each event corresponding to a recognized weight division of male boxers. Two bronze medals were awarded, with both losing semi-finalists receiving a bronze medal, with no further play-off.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Light flyweight	Francisco Rodríguez  Venezuela	Jee Yong-ju  South Korea	Hubert Skrzypczak  Poland Harlan Marbley  United States
Flyweight	Ricardo Delgado  Mexico	Artur Olech  Poland	Servílio de Oliveira  Brazil Leo Rwabwogo  Uganda
Bantamweight	Valerian Sokolov  Soviet Union	Eridadi Mukwanga  Uganda	Eiji Morioka  Japan Chang Kyou-chul  South Korea
Featherweight	Antonio Roldán  Mexico	Al Robinson  United States	Philip Waruinge  Kenya Ivan Mihailov  Bulgaria
Lightweight	Ronnie Harris  United States	Józef Grudzień  Poland	Zvonimir Vujin  Yugoslavia Calistrat Cuțov  Romania
Light welterweight	Jerzy Kulej  Poland	Enrique Regüeiferos  Cuba	Arto Nilsson  Finland James Wallington  United States
Welterweight	Manfred Wolke  East Germany	Joseph Bessala  Cameroon	Mario Guilloti  Argentina
			Vladimir Musalimov  Soviet Union
Light middleweight	Boris Lagutin  Soviet Union	Rolando Garbey  Cuba	John Baldwin  United States
			Günther Meier  West Germany
Middleweight	Chris Finnegan  Great Britain	Aleksei Kiselyov  Soviet Union	Agustín Zaragoza  Mexico
			Alfred Jones  United States
Light heavyweight	Danas Pozniakas  Soviet Union	Ion Monea  Romania	Georgi Stankov  Bulgaria
			Stanisław Dragan  Poland
Heavyweight	George Foreman  United States	Jonas Čepulis  Soviet Union	Giorgio Bambini  Italy
			Joaquín Rocha  Mexico

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union (URS)	3	2	1	6
2	United States (USA)	2	1	4	7
3	Mexico (MEX)	2	0	2	4
4	Poland (POL)	1	2	2	5
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	1	0	0	1
8	Cuba (CUB)	0	2	0	2
9	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	1	2
	Romania (ROU)	0	1	1	2
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	1	2
12	Cameroon (CMR)	0	1	0	1
13	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	0	2	2
14	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	1	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	0	1	1

Participating nations

Nation	-48kg	-51kg	-54kg	-57kg	-60kg	-63.5kg	-67kg	-71kg	-75kg	-81kg	+81kg	Total
Algeria				X			X					2
Argentina	X	X	X	X	X		X	X				7
Australia	X	X	X			X						4
Austria								X		X		2
Brazil		X					X					2
Bulgaria	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	8
Burma	X				X							2
Cameroon					X	X	X		X			4
Canada		X			X	X	X					4
Ceylon	X											1
Chile			X		X	X	X	X	X			6
Chinese Taipei		X	X		X							3
Costa Rica						X		X				2
Cuba	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	10
Czechoslovakia						X	X	X	X	X		5
Denmark							X	X				2
Dominican Republic					X	X						2
Ecuador			X			X						2
East Germany	X		X		X	X	X	X		X	X	8
Egypt	X			X				X		X	X	5
Ethiopia				X	X		X	X				4
Finland			X	X	X	X	X					5
France			X	X	X		X	X		X		6
Ghana	X	X	X		X	X	X				X	7
Great Britain		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	9
Greece			X				X			X		3
Guatemala			X					X				2
Guyana			X						X			2
Hungary	X	X	X		X	X	X					6
Ireland		X	X	X	X	X		X				6
Italy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Jamaica				X					X			2
Japan	X	X	X	X								4
Kenya			X	X		X		X				4
Mali										X		1
Mexico	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Morocco	X	X		X			X		X			5
Netherlands									X		X	2
Nicaragua			X	X	X							3
Niger			X				X					2
Nigeria	X		X		X	X				X		5
Norway				X								1
Peru					X				X			2
Philippines	X	X	X	X	X							5
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Puerto Rico			X	X	X	X			X	X		6
Romania		X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	9
Sierra Leone											X	1
South Korea	X	X	X	X	X	X	X					7
Soviet Union	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Spain			X	X	X	X	X	X				6
Sudan				X	X			X				3
Sweden			X	X			X					3
Tanzania									X			1
Thailand		X	X			X						3
Tunisia			X	X	X	X						4
Turkey	X	X		X	X	X	X					6
Uganda	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X			8
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11
Uruguay					X	X		X	X			4
Venezuela	X	X			X	X						4
West Germany			X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Yugoslavia				X	X	X			X		X	5
Zambia	X	X	X				X					4
Total: 64 NOCs	24	25	39	32	37	35	33	27	22	18	16	308

Further reading

• Florio, John; Shapiro, Ouisie (2013). One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title. Lyons Press. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-7627-8300-7.

References

• Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, sports-reference.com.