Boxing at the Friendship Games
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Boxing
at the Friendship Games
took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana
, Cuba
. The boxing schedule began on 18 August and ended on 24 August 1984. Twelve boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.
Notably, Cuba – the host nation – won 11 out of 12 gold medals.
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...
at the Friendship Games
Friendship Games
The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....
took place at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana
Havana
Havana is the capital city, province, major port, and leading commercial centre of Cuba. The city proper has a population of 2.1 million inhabitants, and it spans a total of — making it the largest city in the Caribbean region, and the most populous...
, Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
. The boxing schedule began on 18 August and ended on 24 August 1984. Twelve boxing events (all men's individual) were contested.
Notably, Cuba – the host nation – won 11 out of 12 gold medals.
Medal table
| Light flyweight (-48 kg) |
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| Flyweight (-51 kg) |
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| Bantamweight (-54 kg) |
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| Featherweight (-57 kg) |
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| Lightweight (-60 kg) |
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| Light welterweight (-63,5 kg) |
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| Welterweight (-67 kg) |
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| Light Middleweight (-71 kg) |
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| Middleweight (-75 kg) |
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| Light heavyweight (-81 kg) |
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| Heavyweight (-91 kg) |
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| Super heavyweight (+91 kg) |
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Medal table
| 1 |  Cuba |
11 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  German Democratic Republic |
1 | 0 | 6 | 7 |
| 3 |  Soviet Union |
0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Poland |
0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 |  Hungary |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 7 |  Mongolia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  North Korea |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 |  Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 | |