The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Boxing - Lightweight

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 15 Medals

CUBA - 8 Medals

POLAND - 6 Medals

Medal Table
Lightweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Light-Flyweight Light-Welterweight
Welterweight
Light-Middleweight
Middleweight
Light-Heavyweight Heavyweight Super-Heavyweight

Men's Lightweight  Women's Lightweight  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1904
Harry Spanjer - United States
Russell van Horn - United States
Peter Sturholdt - United States
1908
Frederick Grace - Great Britain
Frederick Spiller - Great Britain
Harry Johnson - Great Britain
1920
Samuel Mosberg - United States
Gotfred Johansen - Denmark
Clarence Newton - Canada
1924
Hans Jacob Nielson - Denmark
Alfredo Copello - Argentina
Frederick Boylstein - United States
1928
Carlo Orlandi - Italy
Stephen Halaiko - United States
Gunnar Berggren - Sweden
1932
Lawrence Stevens - South Africa
Thure Ahlqvist - Sweden
Nathan Bor - United States
1936
Imre Harangi - Hungary
Nikolai Stepulov - Estonia
Erik Agren - Sweden
1948
Gerald Dreyer - South Africa
Joseph Vissers - Belgium
Svend Wad - Denmark
1952
Aureliano Bolognesi - Italy
Aleksy Antkiewicz - Poland
Gheorghe Fiat - Romania
Erkki Pakkanen - Finland
1956
Richard McTaggart - Great Britain
Harry Kurschat - United Team of Germany
Anatoly Lagetko - Soviet Union
Anthony Byrne - Ireland
1960
Kazimierz Pazdzior - Poland
Sandro Lopopolo - Italy
Richard McTaggart - Great Britain
Abel Laudonio - Argentina
1964
Jozef Grudzien - Poland
Vellikton Barannikov - Soviet Union
Ronald Allen Harris - United States
Jim McCourt - Ireland
1968
Ronnie Harris - United States
Jozef Grudzien - Poland
Zvonimir Vujin - Yugoslavia
Calistrat Cutov - Romania
1972
Jan Szczepanski - Poland
Laszlo Orban - Hungary
Samuel Mbugua - Kenya
Alfonso Perez - Colombia
1976
Howard Davis - United States
Simion Cutov - Romania
Ace Ruseevski - Yugoslavia
Vassily Solomin - Soviet Union
1980
Angel Herrera - Cuba
Viktor Demyanenko - Soviet Union
Kazimierz Adach - Poland
Richard Nowakowski - East Germany
1984
Pernell Whitaker - United States
Luis Ortiz - Puerto Rico
Chun Chil-Sung - South Korea
Martin Ndongo-Ebanga - Cameroon
1988
Andreas Zulow - East Germany
George Cramme - Sweden
Nerguin Enkhbat - Mongolia
Romallis Ellis - United States
1992
Oscar De La Hoya - United States
Marco Rudolph - Germany
Namjilyn Bayarsaikhan - Mongolia
Hong Sung-Sik - South Korea
1996
Hocine Soltani - Algeria
Tontcho Tontchev - Bulgaria
Terrance Cauthen - United States
Leonard Doroftei - Romania
2000
Mario Kindelan - Cuba
Andriy Kotelnyk - Ukraine
Cristian Bejarano - Mexico
Aleksandr Maletin - Russia
2004
Mario Kindelan - Cuba
Amir Khan - Great Britain
Serik Yeleuov - Kazakhstan
Murat Khrachev - Russia
2008
Aleksei Tishchenko - Russia
Daouda Sow - France
Yordenis Ugas - Cuba
Hrachik Javakhyan - Armenia
2012
Vasyl Lomachenko - Ukraine
Han Soon-Chul - South Korea
Yasniel Toledo - Cuba
Evaldas Petrauskas - Lithuania
2016
Robson Conceição - Brazil
Sofiane Oumiha - France
Lázaro Álvarez - Cuba
Dorjnyambuugiin Otgondalai - Mongolia
2020
Andy Cruz - Cuba Keyshawn Davis - United States Hovhannes Bachkov - Armenia
Harry Garside - Australia
2024
Erislandy Álvarez - Cuba
Sofiane Oumiha - France
Wyatt Sanford - Canada
Lasha Guruli - Georgia

Women's Lightweight  Men's Lightweight  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2012
Katie Taylor - Ireland
Sofya Ochigava - Russia
Mavzuna Chorieva - Tajikistan
Adriana Araujo - Brazil
2016
Estelle Mossely - France
Yin Junhua - China
Mira Potkonen - Finland
Anastasia Belyakova - Russia
2020
Kellie Harrington - Ireland Beatriz Ferreira - Brazil Sudaporn Seesondee - Thailand
Mira Potkonen - Finland
2024
Kellie Harrington - Ireland Yang Wenlu - China
Wu Shih-yi - Chinese Taipei
Beatriz Ferreira - Brazil

Medal Total  Men's Lightweight  Women's Lightweight
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
6
3
6
15
2
Cuba 5
0
3
8
3
Poland
3
2
1
6
4
Great Britain
2
2
2
6
5
Ireland 3
0
2
5
6
Russia
1
1
3
5
7
France 1
3

4
8
Sweden
0
2
2
4
9
Soviet Union
0
2
2
4
10
Romania
0
1
3
4
11
Italy
2
1
0
3
12
Denmark
1
1
1
3
13
Brazil 1
1
1
3
14
South Korea
0
1
2
3
15
Mongolia
0
0
3
3
16
Finland 0
0
3
3
17
South Africa
2
0
0
2
18
Hungary
1
1
0
2
19
Ukraine
1
1
0
2
20
East Germany
1
0
1
2
21
China 0
2
0
2
22
Argentina
0
1
1
2
23
Armenia 0
0
2
2
24
Canada 0
0
2
2
25
Yugoslavia
0
0
2
2
26
Algeria
1
0
0
1
27
Germany
0
1
0
1
28
Estonia
0
1
0
1
29
Belgium
0
1
0
1
30
Puerto Rico
0
1
0
1
31
Bulgaria
0
1
0
1
32
United Team of Germany
0
1
0
1
33
Kenya
0
0
1
1
34
Colombia
0
0
1
1
35
Cameroon
0
0
1
1
36
Mexico
0
0
1
1
37
Kazakhstan
0
0
1
1
38
Australia
0
0
1
1
39
Lithuania
0
0
1
1
40
Tajikistan
0
0
1
1
41
Thailand
0
0
1
1
42
Chinese Taipei
0
0
1
1
43
Brazil
0
0
1
1
44
Georgia
0
0
1
1