Boxing at the Summer Youth Olympics

Boxing has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games.

Boxing at the Summer Youth Olympics
Governing bodyAIBA
Events13 (men: 9; womens: 4)
Games

Editions

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Games Year Events Best Nation
1 2010 11 (11M 0W)   Cuba
2 2014 13 (10M 3W)   Cuba
3 2018 13 (9M 4W)   Russia
4 2026 10 (5M 5W)

Format

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The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years and the definition of each class has changed as shown in the following tables.

Men's weight classes
2010 2014 2018
Super Heavyweight
91 kg
Heavyweight
81–91 kg
Light Heavyweight
75–81 kg
Middleweight
69–75 kg
Welterweight
64–69 kg
Light Welterweight
60–64 kg
Lightweight
57–60 kg
Lightweight
56–60 kg
Featherweight
54–57 kg
Bantamweight
52–56 kg
Bantamweight
51–54 kg
Flyweight
48–51 kg
Flyweight
49–52
Light Flyweight
-48 kg
Light Flyweight
46–49 kg
11 10 9
Women's weight classes
2014 2018
Middleweight
69–75 kg
Lightweight
57–60 kg
Featherweight
54–57 kg
Flyweight
48–51 kg
3 4

Medal table

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As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cuba5106
2  Russia3216
3  Great Britain3036
4  Kazakhstan2316
5  Uzbekistan2248
6  Italy2215
  Thailand2215
8  Japan2114
  United States2114
10  Brazil2013
11  Germany2002
12  Azerbaijan1214
13  Ukraine1203
14  Ireland1124
15  Australia1113
16  Bulgaria1102
  China1102
  France1102
19  Argentina1034
20  Poland1012
  Puerto Rico1012
22  Algeria0202
23  Turkey0134
24  Croatia0112
  India0112
  Venezuela0112
27  Chinese Taipei0101
  Colombia0101
  Dominican Republic0101
  Mexico0101
  Morocco0101
  Nauru0101
  New Zealand0101
  Nigeria0101
35  Egypt0022
  Hungary0022
37  Armenia0011
  Moldova0011
  Sweden0011
  Turkmenistan0011
Totals (40 entries)373737111

Participating nations

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Nation 10 14 18 Years
  Afghanistan (AFG) 1 1 2
  Albania (ALB) 2 1
  Algeria (ALG) 1 4 2
  American Samoa (ASA) 1 1
  Argentina (ARG) 1 1 3 3
  Armenia (ARM) 1 2 2
  Australia (AUS) 2 2 2 3
  Azerbaijan (AZE) 3 3 2 3
  Belarus (BLR) 1 2 2
  Brazil (BRA) 1 3 2
  Bulgaria (BUL) 1 3 1 3
  Canada (CAN) 2 1
  Chile (CHI) 1 1
  China (CHN) 2 1
  Chinese Taipei (TPE) 2 1
  Colombia (COL) 1 1
  Croatia (CRO) 3 1
  Cuba (CUB) 3 3 2
  Czech Republic (CZE) 1 1 2
  Dominican Republic (DOM) 1 1
  Ecuador (ECU) 1 1
  Egypt (EGY) 1 3 2
  Finland (FIN) 1 1
  France (FRA) 1 1 1 3
  Georgia (GEO) 1 1
  Germany (GER) 3 1 2
  Great Britain (GBR) 1 3 4 3
  Greece (GRE) 1 1
  Grenada (GRN) 1 1
  Hungary (HUN) 2 3 1 3
  India (IND) 2 2 1 3
  Iran (IRI) 1 1 2
  Ireland (IRL) 2 3 3 3
  Italy (ITA) 1 4 2 3
  Japan (JPN) 3 1
  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 1 4 5 3
  Kosovo (KOS) 1 1
  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 1 1
  Lithuania (LTU) 2 1
  Mexico (MEX) 1 1 1 3
  Moldova (MDA) 1 1
  Mongolia (MGL) 1 1
  Morocco (MAR) 4 1
  Nauru (NRU) 1 1 2
  New Zealand (NZL) 1 2 2
  Nigeria (NGR) 1 2 2
  Norway (NOR) 1 1
  Poland (POL) 1 1 1 3
  Puerto Rico (PUR) 1 2 2
  Romania (ROU) 1 1
  Russia (RUS) 3 3 4 3
  Rwanda (RWA) 1 1
  Samoa (SAM) 3 1
  Saint Lucia (LCA) 1 1
  Seychelles (SEY) 1 1
  Singapore (SIN) 1 1
  Slovakia (SVK) 1 1 2
  South Korea (KOR) 1 1 2
  Sweden (SWE) 1 1
  Tajikistan (TJK) 1 1
  Thailand (THA) 5 1
  Tunisia (TUN) 1 1 2
  Turkey (TUR) 2 5 2
  Turkmenistan (TKM) 1 1
  Ukraine (UKR) 2 4 2 3
  United States (USA) 1 4 3 3
  Uzbekistan (UZB) 3 3 4 3
  Venezuela (VEN) 2 1 2
  Zambia (ZAM) 1 1
No. of boys boxers 66 60 54
No. of girls boxers 0 18 28
No. of boxers 66 78 82
No. of nations 48 36 38
No. of new nations 48 13 8

See also

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