Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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.

Boxing
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueArena México
DatesOctober 13–26
Competitors307 from 65 nations
← 1964
1972 →

Medal summary

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

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union (URS)3216
2  United States (USA)2147
3  Mexico (MEX)2024
4  Poland (POL)1225
5  East Germany (GDR)1001
  Great Britain (GBR)1001
  Venezuela (VEN)1001
8  Cuba (CUB)0202
9  Romania (ROU)0112
  South Korea (KOR)0112
  Uganda (UGA)0112
12  Cameroon (CMR)0101
13  Bulgaria (BUL)0022
14  Argentina (ARG)0011
  Brazil (BRA)0011
  Finland (FIN)0011
  Italy (ITA)0011
  Japan (JPN)0011
  Kenya (KEN)0011
  West Germany (FRG)0011
  Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (21 entries)11112244

Participating nations

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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

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  • 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

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