Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....
competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics
1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands....
in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....
. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes

Boxing weight classes

Boxing body weight-class names are not always consistent, as shown in the following table:Current weight classes for boxing at the Summer Olympics:...
. The competitions were held from August 7, 1928 to August 12, 1928.

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Boxing weight classes

Medal summary

Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .... (-50.8 kg / 112 lb)
Bantamweight Bantamweight The term bantamweight usually refers to a boxing weight classes in boxing or boxers who human weight between 112 and 118 pound . Wrestling also has similar wrestling weight classes including bantamweight.... (-53.5 kg / 118 lb)
Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing and wrestling .... (-57.2 kg / 126 lb)
Lightweight Lightweight The word lightweight usually refers to a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight. It is also a slang term, indicating insignificance or ineptitude, for example having a low tolerance for liquor.... (-61.2 kg / 135 lb)
Welterweight Welterweight Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system.... (-66.7 kg / 147 lb)
Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or Boxing weight classes, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s.... (-72.6 kg / 160 lb)
Light heavyweight Light heavyweight In boxing, the light heavyweight division is the boxing weight classes between cruiserweight and super middleweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Muhammad Ali , Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr.... (-79.4 kg / 175 lb)
Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight is a division, or boxing weight classes, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Organization, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing Organization.... (over 79.4 kg/175 lb)

Participating nations

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

Medal table

1	3	0	1	4
2	2	2	0	4
3	1	0	1	2
4	1	0	0	1
4	1	0	0	1
6	0	2	1	3
7	0	1	1	2
8	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
11	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1
	0	0	1	1