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Olympic History -- Boxing

By United Press International

Winners of Olympic boxing medals:

Light-Flyweight

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1996: Gold - Daniel Petrov Bojilov, Bulgaria; Silver - Mansueto Velasco, Philippines; Bronze - Oleg Kiryukhin, Ukraine and Rafael Lozano, Spain.

1992: Gold - Rogelio Marcelo, Cuba; Silver - Daniel Bojinov, Bulgaria; Bronze - Noel Velasco, Philippines and Jan Quast, Germany.

1988: Gold - Ivailo Hristov, Bulgaria (also won bronze medal at 1980 Olympics under the name Ismail Hjuseinov); Silver - Michael Carbajal, United States; Bronze - Robert Isaszegi, Hungary.

1984: Gold - Paul Gonzalez, United States; Silver - Salvatore Todisco, Italy; Bronze - Jose Marcelino Bolivar, Venezuela and Keith Mwila, Zambia.

1980: Gold - Shamil Sabyrov, Soviet Union; Silver - Hiploito Ramos, Cuba; Bronze - Ismail Hjuseinov, Bulgaria and Li Byong-uk, North Korea.

1976: Gold - Jorge Hernandez, Cuba; Silver - Li Byong-uk, North Korea; Bronze - Orlando Maldonado, Puerto Rico and Payao Pooltarat, Thailand.

1972: Gold - Gyorgy Gedo, Hungary; Silver - U-Gil Kim, North Korea; Bronze - Ralph Evans, Great Britain.

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1968: - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuela; Silver - Jee Yong-ju, Korea; Bronze - Harlan Marbley, United States and Hubert Skrzypczak, Poland.

Bantamweight

1996: Gold - Istvan Kovacs, Hungary; Silver - Arnaldo Mesa, Cuba; Bronze - Raimkul Malakhbekov, Russia and Vichairachanon Khadpo, Thailand.

1992: Gold - Joel Casamayor, Cuba; Silver - Wayne McCullough, Ireland; Bronze - Mohammed Achik, Morocco and Li Kwang Sik, North Korea.

1988: Gold - Kennedy McKinney, United States; Silver - Alexander Hristov, Bulgaria; Bronze - Phajol Moolsan, Thailand and Jorge Julio Rocha, Colombia.

1984: Gold - Maurizio Stecca, Italy; Silver - Hector Lopez, Mexico; Bronze - Pedro Nolasco, Dominican Republic Dale Walters, Canada.

1980: Gold - Juan Hernandez, Cuba; Silver - Bernardo Jose Pinango, Venezuela; Bronze - Michael Anthony, Guyana and Dumitru Cippere, Romania.

1976: Gold - Gu Yong-ju, North Korea; Silver - Charles Mooney, United States; Bronze - Patrick Caldwell, Great Britain and Victor Rybakov, Soviet Union.

1972: Gold - Orlando Martinez, Cuba; Silver - Alfonso Zamora, Mexico; Bronze - Ricardo Carreras, United States and George Turpin, Great Britain.

1968: Gold - Valery Sokolov, Soviet Union; Silver - Eridari Mukwanga, Uganda; Bronze - Chang Kyou-chull, Korea and Eiji Morioka, Japan.

1964: Gold - Takao Sakurai, Japan; Silver - Chung Shin-cho, Korea; Bronze - Juan Fabila Mendoza, Mexico and Washington Rodriguez, Uruguay.

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1960: Gold - Oleg Grigoryev, Soviet Union; Silver - Primo Zamparini, Italy; Bronze - Brunon Bendig, Poland and Oliver Taylor, Austrailia.

1956: Gold - Wolfgamg Behrendt, East Germany; Silver - Soong Soon-chun, Korea; Bronze - Claudio Barientos, Chile and Frederick Gilroy, Ireland.

1952: Gold - Pentti Hamalainen, Finland; Silver - John McNally, Ireland; Bronze - Gennady Garbuzov, Soviet Union and Kang Joon-ho, Korea.

1948: Gold - Tibor Csik, Hungary; Silver - Giovanni Battista Zuddas, Italy; Bronze - Juan Venegas, Puerto Rico.

1936: Gold - Ulderico Sergo, Italy; Silver - Jack Wilson, United States; Bronze - Fidel Ortiz, Mexico.

1932: Gold - Horace Gwynne, Canada; Silver - Hans Ziglarski, Germany; Bronze - Jose Villanueva, Phillipines.

1928: Gold - Vittorio Tamagnini, Italy; Silver - John Daley, United States; Bronze - Harry Isaacs, South Africa.

1924: Gold - William Smith, South Africa; Silver - Salvatore Tripoli, United States; Bronze - Jean Ces, France.

1920: Gold - Clarence Walker, South Africa; Silver - Chris Graham, Canada; Bronze - James McKenzie, Great Britain.

1908: Gold - A. Henry Thomas, Britain; Silver - John Condon, Britain; Bronze - W. Weeb, Britain.

1904: Gold - Oliver Kirk, United States; Silver - George Finnegan, United States; Bronze - none.

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Flyweight

1996: Gold - Maikro Romero, Cuba; Silver - Bolat Dzumadilov, Kazakstan; Bronze - Albert Pakeev, Russia and Zoltan Lunka, Germany.

1992: Gold - Chol Su Choi, North Korea; Silver - Raul Gonzalez, Cuba; Bronze - Tim Austin, United States and Istvan Kovacs, Hungary.

1988: Gold - Kim Kwang-sun, South Korea; Silver - Andreas Tews, East Germany; Bronze - Mario Gonzalez, Mexico.

1984: Gold - Steven McCrory, United States; Silver - Redzep Redzepovski, Yugoslavia; Bronze - Ibrahim Bilali, Kenya and Eyup Can, Turkey.

1980: Gold - Peter Lessov, Bulgaria; Silver - Viktor Miroshnichenko, Soviet Union; Bronze - Hugh Rusell, Ireland and Janos Varadi, Hungary.

1976: Gold - Leo Randolph, United States; Silver - Ramon Duvalon, Cuba; Bronze - Leszek Blazynski, Poland and David Torosyan, Soviet Union.

1972: Gold - Georgi Kostadinov, Bulgaria; Silver - Leo Rwabwogo, Uganda; Bronze - Leszek Blazynski, Poland and Douglas Rodiguez, Cuba.

1968: Gold - Ricardo Delgado, Mexico; Silver - Artur Olech, Poland; Bronze - Sevilio Oliveira, Brazil and Leo Rwaobwogo, Uganda.

1964: Gold - Fernando Atzori, Italy; Silver - Artur Olech, Poland; Bronze - Robert Carmody, United States and Stanislav Sorokin, Soviet Union.

1960: Gold - Gyula Torok, Hungary; Silver - Sergei Sivko, Soviet Union; Bronze - Abdelmoneim Elguindi, United Arab Republic and Kiyoshi Tanabe, Japan.

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1956: Gold - Terence Spinks, Britain; Silver - Micrea Dobrescu, Romania; Bronze - John Caldwell, Ireland and Rene Libeer, France.

1952: Gold - Nathan Brooks, United States; Silver - Edgar Basel, Germany; Bronze - Anatoly Bulakov, Soviet Union and William Toweel, South Africa.

1948: Gold - Pascual Perez, Argentina; Silver - Spartaco Bandinelli, Italy; Bronze - Soo-Ann Han, Korea.

1936: Gold - Willi Kaiser, Germany; Silver - Gavino Matta, Italy; Bronze - Louis Daniel Laurie, Unites States.

1932: Gold - Istvan Enekes, Hungary; Silver - Francisco Cabanas, Mexico; Bronze - Louis Salica, United States.

1928: Gold - Antal Kocsis, Hungary; Silver - Armand Appell, France; Bronze - Carlo Cavagnoli, Italy.

1924: Gold - Fidel LaBarba, United States; Silver - James McKenzie, Britain; Bronze - Raymond Fee, United States.

1920: Gold - Frank Di Gennara, United States; Silver - Anders Petersen, Denmark; Bronze - William Cuthbertson, Great Britain.

1904: Gold - George Finnegan, United States; Silver - Miles Vurke, United States; Bronze - none.

Featherweight

1996: Gold - Kamsing Somluck, Thailand; Silver - Serafim Todorov, Bulgaria; Bronze - Floyd Mayweather, United States and Pablo Chacon, Argentina.

1992: Gold - Andreas Tews, Germany; Silver - Faustino Reyes, Spain; Bronze - Hocine Soltani, Algeria and Ramazi Paliani, Unified Team.

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1988: Gold - Giovanni Parisi, Italy; Silver - Daniel Dumitrescu, Romania; Bronze - Abdelhak Achik, Morocco and Lee Jae-hyuk, Korea.

1984: Gold - Meldrick Taylor, United States; Silver - Peter Konyegwachie, Nigeria; Bronze - Targut Ayac, Turkey and Omar Catari Peraza, Venezuela.

1980: Gold - Rudi Fink, East Germany; Silver - Adolfo Horta, Cuba; Bronze - Krzysztof Kosedowski Poland and Viktor Rybakov, Soviet Union.

1976: Gold - Angel Herrera, Cuba; Silver - Richard Nowakowski, East Germany; Bronze - Leszek Kosedowksi, Poland and Juabn Paredes, Mexico.

1972: Gold - Boris Kousnetsov, Soviet Union; Silver - Phillip Waruinge, Kenya; Bronze - Andras Botos, Hungary and Clemente Rojas, Colombia.

1968: Gold - Antonio Roldan, Mexico; Silver - Albert Robinson, United States; Bronze - Ivan Mihailov, Bulgaria and Phillip Waruinge, Kenya.

1964: Gold - Stanislav Stepashkin, Soviet Union; Silver - Anthony Vilaneuva, Philipines; Bronze - Charles Brown, United States and Heinz Schulz, East Germany.

1960: Gold - Francesco Musso, Italy; Silver - Jerry Adamski, Poland; Bronze - Jomma Limmonen, Finland and William Meyers, South Africa.

1956: Gold - Vladimir Safronov, Soviet Union; Silver - Thomas Nicholls, Britain; Bronze - Pentti Hamalainen, Finland and Henryk Niedzwiedzki, Poland.

1952: Gold - Jan Zachara, Czechoslovakia; Silver - Sergio Caprari, Italy; Bronze - Leonard Leisching, South Africa and Joseph Ventaja, France.

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1948: Gold - Ernesto Formenti, Italy; Silver - Dennis Shephard, South Africa; Bronze - Aleksy Antkiewicz, Poland.

1936: Gold - Oscar Casanovas, Argentina; Silver - Charles Catterall, South Africa; Bronze - Josef Miner, Germany.

1932: Gold - Carmelo Robledo, Argentina; Silver - Josef Schleinkofer, Germany; Bronze - Carl Carlsson, Sweden.

1928: Gold - Lambertus van Klaveren, Holland; Silver - Victor Peralta, Argentina; Bronze - Harold Devine, United States.

1924: Gold - John Fields, United States; Silver - Joseph Salas, United States; Bronze - Pedro Quartucci, Argentina.

1920: Gold - Paul Fritsch, France; Silver - Jean Gachet, France; Bronze - Edoardo Garzena, Italy.

1908: Richard Gunn, Britain; Silver - Charles Morris, Britain; Bronze - Hugh Roddin, Britain.

1904: Gold - Oliver Kirk, United States; Silver - Frank Haller, United States; Bronze - Fred Gilmore, United States.

Lightweight

1996: Gold - Hoeina Soltania, Algeria; Silver - Tontcho Tontchev, Bulgaria; Bronze - Terrance Cauthen, United States and Leonard Doroftei, Romania.

1992: Gold - Oscar de la Hoya, United States; Silver - Marco Rudolph, Germany; Bronze - Hong Sung, South Korea and Namjil Bayarsaikham, Mongolia.

1988: Gold - Andreas Zuelow, East Germany; Silver - George Cramne, Sweden; Bronze - Romallis Ellis, United States and Nerguy Enkhbat, Mongolia.

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1984: Gold - Pernell Whitaker, United States; Silver - Luis Ortiz, Pureto Rico; Bronze - Chun Chil-sung, Korea and Martin Ndongo Ebanga, Cameroon.

1980: Gold - Angel Hererra, Cuba; Silver - Viktor Demianenko, Soviet Union; Bronze - Kazimierz Adach, Poland and Richard Nowakowski, East Germany.

1976: Gold - Howard Davis, United States; Silver - Simion Cutov, Romania; Bronze - Ace Rusevski, Yugoslavia and Vassily Solomin, Soviet Union.

1972: Gold - Jan Szczepanski, Poland; Silver - Lazlo Orban, Hungary; Bronze - Samuel Mbugua, Kenya and Alfonso Perez, Colombia.

1968: Gold - Ronald W. Harris, United States; Silver - Jozef Grudzien, Poland; Bronze - Callistrat Cutov, Romania and Zvonimir Vujin, Yugoslavia.

1964: Gold - Jozef Grudzien, Poland; Silver - Velikton Barranikov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Ronald Allan Harris, United States and James McCourt, Ireland.

1960: Gold - Kazimierz Pazdzior, Poland; Silver - Sandro Lopopolo, Italy; Bronze - Abel Laudonio, Argentina and Richard McTaggart, Britain.

1956: Gold - Richard McTaggart, Britain; Silver - Harry Kurschat, Germany; Bronze - Anthony Byrne, Ireland and Anatoly Lagetko, Soviet Union.

1952: Gold - Aureliano Bolognesi, Italy; Silver - Aleksy Antkiewicz, Poland; Bronze - Gheorghe Fiat, Romania and Erkki Pakkanen, Finland.

1948: Gold - Gerald Dreyer, South Africa; Silver - Joseph Vissers, Belgium; Bronze - Svend Wad, Denmark.

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1936: Gold - Imre Harangi, Hungary; Silver - Nikolai Stepulov, Estonia; Bronze - Erik Agren, Sweden.

1932: Gold - Lawrence Stevens, South Africa; Silver - Thure Ahlqvist, Sweden; Bronze - Nathan Bor, United States.

1928: Gold - Carlo Orlandi, Italy; Silver - Stephen Michael Halaiko, United States; Bronze - Gunnar Berggren, Sweden.

1924: Gold - Hans Nielsen, Denmark; Silver - Alfredo Copello, Argentina; Bronze - Frederick Boylstein, United States.

1920: Gold - Samuel Mosberg, United States; Silver - Gotfred Johansen, Denmark; Bronze - Clarence Newton, Canada.

1908: Gold - Frederick Grace, Britain; Silver - Frederick Spiller, Britain; Bronze - H.H. Johnson, Britain.

1904: Gold - Harry Spanger, United States; Silver - James Eagan, United States; Bronze - Russell Van Horn, United States.

Light-Welterweight

1996: Gold - Hector Vinent, Cuba; Silver - Oktay Urkal, Germany; Bronze - Fethi Missaoui, Tunisia and Bolat Niyazymbet, Kazakhstan.

1992: Gold - Hector Vinent, Cuba; Silver - Mark Leduc, Canada; Bronze - Jyri Kjall, Finland and Leonard Dorrofel, Romania.

1988: Gold - Vyacheslav Yanovsky, Soviet Union; Silver - Grahame Cheaney, Austrailia; Bronze - Reiner Giles, Germany and Lars Myberg, Sweden.

1984: Gold - Jerry Page, United States; Silver - Dhawee Umponmaha, Thailand; Bronze - Mircea Folger, Romania and Mirko Puzovic, Yugoslavia.

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1980: Gold - Patrizio Oliva, Italy; Silver - Serik Koankbaev, Soviet Union; Bronze - Jose Aguilar, Cuba and Anthony Willis, Great Britain.

1976: Gold - Ray Leonard, United States; Silver - Andres Aldama, Cuba; Bronze - Vladimir Kolev, Bulgaria and Kazimierz Szczerba, Poland.

1972: Gold - Ray Seales, United States; Silver - Angel Angelov, Bulgaria; Bronze - Issaka Daborg, Nigeria and Zvonimir Vujin, Yugoslavia.

1968: Gold - Jerzy Kulej, Poland; Silver - Enrique Regueiferos, Cuba; Bronze - Arto Nilsson, Finland and James Wallington, United States.

1964: Gold - Jerzy Kulej, Poland; Silver - Yevgeny Frolov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Eddie Bay, Ghana and Habib Gakhia, Tunisia.

1960: Gold - Bohumil Nemecek, Czechoslovakia; Silver - Clement "Ike" Quartey, Ghana; Bronze - Quincey Daniels, United States and Marian Kasprzyk, Poland.

1956: Gold - Vladimir Yengibaryan, Soviet Union; Silver - Franco Nenci, Italy; Bronze - Constantin Dumitrescu, Romania and Henry Loubscher, South Africa.

1952: Gold - Charles Adkins, United States; Silver - Viktor Mednov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Erkki Mallenius, Finland and Bruno Visintin, Italy.

Welterweight

1996: Gold - Oleg Saitov, Russia; Silver - Juan Hernandez, Cuba; Bronze - Marian Simion, Romania and Daniel Santos, Puerto Rico.

1992: Gold - Michael Carruth, Ireland; Silver - Juan Hernandez, Cuba; Bronze - Arkom Chenglai, Thailand and Anibal Acevedo, Puerto Rico.

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1988: Gold - Robert Wangila, Kenya; Silver - Laurent Boudouani, France; Bronze - Jan Dydak, Poland and Kenneth Gould, United States.

1984: Gold - Mark Breland, United States; Silver - An Young-su, Korea; Bronze - Luciano Bruno, Italy and Joni Nyman, Finland.

1980: Gold - Andres Aldama, Cuba; Silver - John Mugabi, Uganda; Bronze - Karl-Heinz Kruger, East Germany and Kazimierz Szczerba, Poland.

1976: Gold - Jochen Bachfeld, East Germany; Silver - Pedro Gamarro, Venezuela; Bronze - Reinhard Skricek, West Germany and Victor Zilberman, Romania.

1972: Gold - Emilio Correa, Cuba; Silver - Janos Kajdi, Hungary; Bronze - Dick Tiger Murunga, Kenya and Jesse Valdez, United States.

1968: Gold - Manfred Wolke, East Germany; Silver - Joseph Bessala, Cambodia; Bronze - Mario Guilloti, Argentina and Vladimir Mussalimov, Soviet Union.

1964: Gold - Marian Kasprzyk, Poland; Silver - Ricardas Tamulis, Soviet Union; Bronze - Silvano Bertini, Italy and Pertti Purhonen, Finland.

1960: Gold - Giovanni Benvenuti, Italy; Silver - Yuri Radonyak, Soviet Union; Bronze - Leszek Drogosz, Poland and James Lloyd, Britain.

1956: Gold - Nicolae Linca, Romania; Silver - Frederick Tiedt, Ireland; Bronze - Nicholas Gargano, Great Britain and Kevin John Hogarth, Australia.

1952: Gold - Zygmunt Chychia, Poland; Silver - Sergei Scherbakov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Gunther Heidemann, West Germany and Victor Jorgensen, Denmark.

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1948: Gold - Julius Torma, Czechoslovakia; Silver - Horace Herring, United States; Bronze - Alessandro D'Ottavio, Italy.

1936: Gold - Sten Suvio, Finland; Silver - Michael Murach, West Germany; Bronze - Gerhard Petersen, Denmark.

1932: Gold - Edward Flynn, United States; Silver - Erich Campe, West Germany; Bronze - Bruno Ahlberg, Finland.

1928: Gold - Edward Morgan, New Zealand; Silver - Raul Landini, Argentina; Bronze - Raymond Smillie, Canada.

1924: Gold - Jean Delarge, Belgium; Silver - Hector Mendez, Argentina; Bronze - Douglas Lewis, Canada.

1920: Gold - Albert Schneider, Canada; Silver - Alexander Ireland, Britain; Bronze - Frederick Colberg, United States.

1904: Gold - Albert Young, United States; Silver - Harry Spanger, United States; Bronze - Jack Eagan, United States and Joseph Lydon, United States.

Light-Middleweight

1996: Gold - David Reid, United States; Silver - Alfredo Duvergel, Cuba; Bronze - Karim Tulaganov, Uzbekistan and Ermakhan Ibzaimov, Kazakstan.

1992: Gold - Juan Lemus, Cuba; Silver - Orhan Delibas, Netherlands; Bronze - Robin Reid, Britain and Gyorgi Mizsel, Hungary.

1988: Gold - Park Si-hun, South Korea; Silver - Roy Jones, United States; Bronze - Raymond Downey, Canada and Richard Woodhall, Britain.

1984: Gold - Frank Tate, United States; Silver - Shawn O'Sullivan, Canada; Bronze - Christophe Tiozzo, France and Manfred Zielonka, East Germany.

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1980: Gold - Armando Martinez, Cuba; Silver - Aleksandr Koshkin, Soviet Union; Bronze - Jan Franek Czechoslovakia and Detlef Kastner, West Germany.

1976: Gold - Jerzy Rybicki, Poland; Silver - Tadija Kacar, Yugoslavia; Bronze - Rolando Garbey, Cuba and Victor Savchenko, Soviet Union.

1972: Gold - Dieter Kottysch, East Germany; Silver - Wieslaw Rudkowski, Poland; Bronze - Alan Minter, Great Britain and Pieter Tiepold, East Germany.

1968: Gold - Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union; Silver - Rolando Garbey, Cuba; Bronze - John Baldwin, United States and Gunther Meier, East Germany.

1964: Gold - Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union; Silver - Jospeh Gonzales, France; Bronze - Joseph Grzesiak, Poland and Nojim Maiyyegun, Nigeria.

1960: Gold - Wilbert McClure, United States; Silver - Carmelo Bossi, Italy; Bronze - William Fisher, Britain and Boris Lagutin, Soviet Union.

1956: Gold - Laszlo Papp, Hungary; Silver - Jose Torres, United States; Bronze - John McCormack, Britain and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland.

1952: Gold - Laszlo Papp, Hungary; Silver - Theunis van Schalkwyk, South Africa; Bronze - Eladio Herrera, Argentina and Boris Tischin, Soviet Union.

Middleweight

1996: Gold - Ariel Hernandez, Cuba; Silver - Malik Beyleroglu, Turkey; Bronze - Rhoshii Wells, United States and Mohamed Bahari, Algeria.

1992: Gold - Ariel Hernandez, Cuba; Silver - Chris Byrd, United States; Bronze - Chris Johnson, Canada and Lee Seung-bae, South Korea.

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1988: Gold - Henry Maske, West Germany; Silver - Egerton Marcus, Canada; Bronze - Chris Sande, Kenya and Hussain Shah Syed, Pakistan.

1984: Gold - Shin Joon-sup, South Korea; Silver - Virgil Hill, United States; Bronze - Aristides Gonzalez, Puerto Rico and Mohamed Zaoui, Algeria.

1980: Gold - Jose Gomez, Cuba; Silver - Victor Savchenko, Soviet Union; Bronze - Jerzy Rybicki, Poland and Valentin Silaghi, Romania.

1976: Gold - Michael Spinks, United States; Silver - Rufat Riskiev, Soviet Union; Bronze - Luis Martinez, Cuba and Alec Nastac, Romania.

1972: Gold - Vyacheslav Lemechev, Soviet Union; Silver - Reima Virtanen, Finland; Bronze - Prince Amartey, Ghana and Marvin Johnson, United States.

1968: Gold - Christopher Finnegan, Britain; Silver - Aleksei Kisselyov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Alfred Jones, United States and Augustin Zaragoza, Mexico.

1964: Gold - Valery Popenchenko, Soviet Union; Silver - Emil Schulz, East Germany; Bronze - Franco Valle, Italy and Tadeusz Walasek, Poland.

1960: Gold - Edward Crook, United States; Silver - Tadeusz Walasek, Poland; Bronze - Evgeny Feofanov, Soviet Union and Ion Monea, Romania.

1956: Gold - Gennady Schatkov, Soviet Union; Silver - Ramon Tapia, Chile; Bronze - Gilbert Chapron, France and Victor Zalazar, Argentina.

1952: Gold - Floyd Patterson, United States; Silver - Vasile Tita, Romania; Bronze - Boris Georgiev, Bulgaria and Stig Sjolin, Sweden.

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1948: Gold - Laszlo Papp, Hunagry; Silver - John Wright, Great Britain; Bronze - Ivano Fontana, Italy.

1936: Gold - Jean Despeaux, France; Silver - Henry Tiller, Norway; Bronze - Raul Villareal, Argentina.

1932: Gold - Carmen Barth, United States; Silver - Amado Azar, Argentina; Bronze - Ernest Pierce, South Africa.

1928: Gold - Piero Toscani, Italy; Silver - Jan Hermanek, Czechoslovakia; Bronze - Leonard Steyaert, Belgium.

1924: Gold - Harry Mallin, Britain; Silver - John Elliott, Britain; Bronze - Jospeh Beecken, Belgium.

1920: Gold - Harry Mallin, Britain; Silver - Georges Prudhomme, Canada; Bronze - Montgomery "Moe" Herscovitch, Canada.

1908: Gold - John Douglas, Britain; Silver - Reginald Baker, Austria; Bronze - W. Philo, Britain.

1904: Gold - Charles Mayer, United States; Silver - Benjamin Spradley, United States; Bronze - none.

Light-Heavyweight

1996: Gold - Vassili Jirov, Kazakhstan; Silver - Lee Seung-Bae, South Korea; Bronze - Antonio Tarver, United States and Thomas Ulrich, Germany.

1992: Gold - Torsten May, Germany; Silver - Rostislav Zaoulitchnyi, Unified Team; Bronze - Zoltan Beres, Hungary and Wojiech Bartnik, Poland.

1988: Gold - Andrew Maynard, United States; Silver - Nuramgomed Shanavazov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Henryk Petrich, Poland and Damir Skaro, Yugoslavia.

1984: Gold - Anton Josipovic, Yugoslavia; Silver - Kevin Barry, New Zealand; Bronze - Evander Holyfield, United States and Mustapha Moussa, Algeria.

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1980: Gold - Slobadan Kacar, Yugoslavia; Silver - Pawel Skrzeck, Poland; Bronze - Hebert Bauch, East Germany and Ricardo Rojas, Cuba.

1976: Gold - Leon Spinks, United States; Silver - Sixto Soria, Cuba; Bronze - Costica Dafiniou, Romania and Janusz Gortat, Poland.

1972: Gold - Mate Parlov, Yugoslavia; Silver - Gilberto Carillo, Cuba; Bronze - Janusz Gortat, Poland and Isaac Ikhouria, Nigeria.

1968: Gold - Dan Poznjak, Soviet Union; Silver - Ion Monea, Romania; Bronze - Stanislaw Dragan, Poland and Georgi Stankov, Bulgaria.

1964: Gold - Cosimo Pinto, Italy; Silver - Aleksei Kisselyov, Soviet Union; Bronze - Alexander Nikolov, Bulgaria and Zbigniew Pietryzkowski, Poland.

1960: Gold - Cassius Clay, United States; Silver - Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, Poland; Bronze - Anthony Madigan, Australia and Giulio Saraudi, Italy.

1956: Gold - James Boyd, United States; Silver - Gheorghe Negrea, Romania; Bronze - Carlos Lucas, Chile and Romualdas Murauskas, Soviet Union.

1952: Gold - Norvel Lee, United States; Silver - Antonio Pacenza, Argentina; Bronze - Anatoly Perov, Soviet Union and Harry Silijander, Finland.

1948: Gold - George Hunter, South Africa; Silver - Donald Scott, Britain; Bronze - Maurio Cia, Argentina.

1936: Gold - Roger Michelot, France; Silver - Richard Vogt, Germany; Bronze - Francisco Risiglione, Argentina.

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1932: Gold - David Carstens, South Africa; Silver - Gino Rossi, Italy; Bronze - Peter Jorgensen, Denmark.

1928: Gold - Victor Avendano, Argentina; Silver -Ernst Pistulla, Germany; Bronze - Karl Leendert Miljon, Holland.

1924: Gold - Harry Mitchell, Britain; Silver - Thyge Petersen, Denmark; Bronze - Sverre Sorsdal, Norway.

1920: Gold - Edward Eagan, United States; Silver - Sverre Sorsdal, Norway; Bronze - H. Franks, Britain.

Heavyweight

1996: Gold - Felix Savon, Cuba; Silver - David Defiagbon, Canada; Bronze - Nate Jones, United States and Luan Krasniqi, Germany.

1992: Gold - Felix Savon, Cuba; Silver - David Izonritei, Nigeria; Bronze - Arnold van der Lijde, Netherlands and David Tua, New Zealand.

1988: Gold - Raymond Mercer, United States; Silver - Baik Hyan-man, South Korea; Bronze - Andrzej Golota, Poland and Arnold Vanderlijde, Holland.

1984: Gold - Henry Tillman, United States; Silver - William deWit, Canada; Bronze - Angelo Musone, Italy and Arnold Vanderlijde, Holland.

Super-Heavyweight

1996: Gold - Vladimir Klitchko, Ukraine; Silver - Paea Wolfgramm, Tonga; Bronze - Duncan Dokiwari, Nigeria and Alexei Lezin, Russia.

1992: Gold -- Roberto Balado, Cuba; Silver -- Richard Igbineghu, Nigeria; Bronze -- Brian Nielsen, Denmark and Svilen Russinov, Bulgaria.

1988: Gold - Lennox Lewis, Canada; Silver - Riddick Bowe, United States; Bronze - Aleksandr Miroshnichenko, Soviet Union and Janusz Zarenkiewicz, Poland.

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1984: Gold - Tyrell Biggs, United States; Silver - Francesco Damiani, Italy; Bronze - Salihu Azis, Yugoslavia and Robert Wells, Great Britain.

1980: Gold - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba; Silver - Pyotr Zaev, Soviet Union; Bronze - Jurgen Fanghanel, West Germany and Istvan Lebai, Hungary.

1976: Gold - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba; Silver - Mircea Simon, Romanial; Bronze - Clarence Hill, Bermuda and Johnny Tate, United States.

1972: Gold - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba; Silver - Ion Alexe, Romania; Bronze - Peter Hussing, East Germany and Hasse Thomsen, Sweden.

1968: Gold - George Foreman, United States; Silver - Jonas Cepulis, Soviet Union; Bronze - Giorgio Bambini, Italy and Joaquin Rocha, Mexico.

1964: Gold - Joseph Frazier, United States; Silver - Hans Huber, East Germany; Bronze - Giuseppe Ros, Italy and Vadim Yemelyanov, Soviet Union.

1960: Gold - Franco De Piccoli, Italy; Silver - Daniel Bekker, South Africa; Bronze - Josef Nemec, Czechoslovakia and Gunter Siegmund, West Germany.

1956: Gold - T. Peter Rademacher, United States; Silver - Lev Mukhin, Soviet Union; Bronze - Daniel Bekker, South Africa.

1952: Gold - H. Edward Sanders, United States; Silver - Ingemar Johansson, Sweden; Bronze - Ilkka Koski, Finland and Andries Nieman, South Africa.

1948: Gold - Rafael Iglesias, Argentina; Silver - Gunnar Nilsson, Sweden; Bronze - John Arthur, South Africa.

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1936: Gold - Herbert Runge, Germany; Silver - Guilllermo Lovell, Argentina; Bronze - Erling Nilsen, Norway.

1932: Gold - Santiago Lovell, Argentina; Silver - Luigi Rovati, Italy; Bronze - Frederick Feary, United States.

1928: Gold - Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, Argentina; Silver - Nils Ramm, Sweden; Bronze - M. Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark.

1924: Gold - Otto von Porat, Norway; Silver - Soren Petersen, Denmark; Bronze - Alfredo Porzio, Argentina.

1920: Gold - Ronald Rawson, Britain; Silver - Soren Petersen, Denmark; Bronze - Xavier Eluere, France.

1908: Gold - Albert Oldham, Britain; Silver - S.C.H. Evans, Britain; Bronze - Frederick Parks, Britain.

1904: Gold - Samuel Berger, United States; Silver - Charles Mayer, United States; Bronze - William Michales, United States.

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