Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a stamp of the Netherlands

These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 7, 1928 to August 12, 1928.

Participating nations

A total of 144 boxers from 29 nations competed at the Amsterdam Games:

Argentina (8)	Czechoslovakia (3)	Germany (8)	Italy (7)	Netherlands (6)	South Africa (6)
Austria (1)	Denmark (6)	Great Britain (8)	Japan (2)	New Zealand (2)	Spain (6)
Belgium (6)	Estonia (1)	Greece (2)	Lithuania (2)	Norway (5)	Sweden (8)
Canada (7)	Finland (3)	Hungary (4)	Luxembourg (5)	Poland (4)	United States (8)
Chile (4)	France (8)	Ireland (8)	Mexico (4)	Rhodesia (2)

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (-50.8 kg / 112 lb)	Antal Kocsis  Hungary	Armand Apell  France	Carlo Cavagnoli  Italy
Bantamweight (-53.5 kg / 118 lb)	Vittorio Tamagnini  Italy	John Daley  United States	Harry Isaacs  South Africa
Featherweight (-57.2 kg / 126 lb)	Bep van Klaveren  Netherlands	Víctor Peralta  Argentina	Harold Devine  United States
Lightweight (-61.2 kg / 135 lb)	Carlo Orlandi  Italy	Stephen Halaiko  United States	Gunnar Berggren  Sweden
Welterweight (-66.7 kg / 147 lb)	Ted Morgan  New Zealand	Raúl Landini  Argentina	Raymond Smillie  Canada
Middleweight (-72.6 kg / 160 lb)	Piero Toscani  Italy	Jan Heřmánek  Czechoslovakia	Léonard Steyaert  Belgium
Light heavyweight (-79.4 kg / 175 lb)	Víctor Avendaño  Argentina	Ernst Pistulla  Germany	Karel Miljon  Netherlands
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb)	Arturo Rodríguez Jurado  Argentina	Nils Ramm  Sweden	Michael Michaelsen  Denmark

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Italy (ITA)	3	0	1	4
2	Argentina (ARG)	2	2	0	4
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	1	2
4	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	2	1	3
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
8	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	1	0	1
	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
11	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 nations)		8	8	8	24

References

• Boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games. sports-reference.com
• International Olympic Committee medal database
• Amateur Boxing

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