Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
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These are the results of the boxing
competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics
in Berlin
. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 10, 1936 to August 15, 1936.
The competition featured prominently in the French film L'as des as
(1982), whose main character, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo
, was the fictitious coach of the French boxing team.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. Medals were awarded in 8 weight classes. The competitions were held from August 10, 1936 to August 15, 1936.
The competition featured prominently in the French film L'as des as
L'as des as
L'as des as is a 1982 French-German comedy film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and directed by Gérard Oury.-Plot:...
(1982), whose main character, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Jean-Paul Belmondo is a French actor initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s.-Career:Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, west of Paris, Belmondo did not perform well in school, but developed a passion for boxing and football."Did you box professionally very long?" "Not very long...
, was the fictitious coach of the French boxing team.
Medal summary
Flyweight Flyweight Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb but above 108 lb .-Professional boxing:... (-50.8 kg / 112 lb) |
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Bantamweight Bantamweight Bantamweight is usually a class in boxing for boxers who weigh above 115 pounds and up to 118 pounds . However, in Mixed Martial Arts it is 134-136 pounds . Wrestling also has similar weight classes including bantamweight... (-53.5 kg / 118 lb) |
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Featherweight Featherweight Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:... (-57.2 kg / 126 lb) |
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Lightweight Lightweight Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing.... (-61.2 kg / 135 lb) |
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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) |
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Middleweight Middleweight Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897... (-72.6 kg / 160 lb) |
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Light heavyweight Light heavyweight In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight... (-79.4 kg / 175 lb) |
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Heavyweight Heavyweight Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing... (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) |
Participating nations
A total of 179 boxers from 31 nations competed at the Berlin Games:Medal table
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |