Boxing at the Youth Olympic Games

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 Youth Olympic Games
Governing bodyAIBA
Events13 (boys: 9; girls: 4)
Games

Editions

Games Year Events Best Nation
1201011 (11M+0W) Cuba
2201413 (10M+3W) Cuba
3201813 (9M+4W) Russia
4202210 (5M+5W)

Format

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
201020142018
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
11109
Women's weight classes
20142018
Middleweight
69–75 kg
Lightweight
57–60 kg
Featherweight
54–57 kg
Flyweight
48–51 kg
34

Medal table

As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)5106
2 Russia (RUS)3216
3 Great Britain (GBR)3036
4 Kazakhstan (KAZ)2316
5 Uzbekistan (UZB)2248
6 Italy (ITA)2215
 Thailand (THA)2215
8 Japan (JPN)2114
 United States (USA)2114
10 Brazil (BRA)2013
11 Germany (GER)2002
12 Azerbaijan (AZE)1214
13 Ukraine (UKR)1203
14 Ireland (IRL)1124
15 Australia (AUS)1113
16 Bulgaria (BUL)1102
 China (CHN)1102
 France (FRA)1102
19 Argentina (ARG)1034
20 Poland (POL)1012
 Puerto Rico (PUR)1012
22 Algeria (ALG)0202
23 Turkey (TUR)0134
24 Croatia (CRO)0112
 India (IND)0112
 Venezuela (VEN)0112
27 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0101
 Colombia (COL)0101
 Dominican Republic (DOM)0101
 Mexico (MEX)0101
 Morocco (MAR)0101
 Nauru (NRU)0101
 New Zealand (NZL)0101
 Nigeria (NGR)0101
35 Egypt (EGY)0022
 Hungary (HUN)0022
37 Armenia (ARM)0011
 Moldova (MDA)0011
 Sweden (SWE)0011
 Turkmenistan (TKM)0011
Totals (40 nations)373737111

Participating nations

Nation101418Years
 Afghanistan (AFG)112
 Albania (ALB)21
 Algeria (ALG)142
 American Samoa (ASA)11
 Argentina (ARG)1133
 Armenia (ARM)122
 Australia (AUS)2223
 Azerbaijan (AZE)3323
 Belarus (BLR)122
 Brazil (BRA)132
 Bulgaria (BUL)1313
 Canada (CAN)21
 Chile (CHI)11
 China (CHN)21
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)21
 Colombia (COL)11
 Croatia (CRO)31
 Cuba (CUB)332
 Czech Republic (CZE)112
 Dominican Republic (DOM)11
 Ecuador (ECU)11
 Egypt (EGY)132
 Finland (FIN)11
 France (FRA)1113
 Georgia (GEO)11
 Germany (GER)312
 Great Britain (GBR)1343
 Greece (GRE)11
 Grenada (GRN)11
 Hungary (HUN)2313
 India (IND)2213
 Iran (IRI)112
 Ireland (IRL)2333
 Italy (ITA)1423
 Japan (JPN)31
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1453
 Kosovo (KOS)11
 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)11
 Lithuania (LTU)21
 Mexico (MEX)1113
 Moldova (MDA)11
 Mongolia (MGL)11
 Morocco (MAR)41
 Nauru (NRU)112
 New Zealand (NZL)122
 Nigeria (NGR)122
 Norway (NOR)11
 Poland (POL)1113
 Puerto Rico (PUR)122
 Romania (ROU)11
 Russia (RUS)3343
 Rwanda (RWA)11
 Samoa (SAM)31
 Saint Lucia (LCA)11
 Seychelles (SEY)11
 Singapore (SIN)11
 Slovakia (SVK)112
 South Korea (KOR)112
 Sweden (SWE)11
 Tajikistan (TJK)11
 Thailand (THA)51
 Tunisia (TUN)112
 Turkey (TUR)252
 Turkmenistan (TKM)11
 Ukraine (UKR)2423
 United States (USA)1433
 Uzbekistan (UZB)3343
 Venezuela (VEN)212
 Zambia (ZAM)11
No. of boys boxers666054
No. of girls boxers01828
No. of boxers667882
No. of nations483638
No. of new nations48138

See also

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