Boxing at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	10-15 August 1936
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Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Flyweight	men
Bantamweight	men
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Lightweight	men
Welterweight	men
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These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Medals were awarded in eight weight classes. The competitions were held from 10 to 15 August.^[1]

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.

Participating nations

A total of 179 boxers from 31 nations competed at the Berlin Games:

Argentina (8)	Czechoslovakia (8)	Great Britain (8)	New Zealand (3)	Switzerland (8)
Australia (3)	Denmark (8)	Hungary (6)	Norway (6)	United States (8)
Austria (6)	Egypt (4)	Italy (8)	Philippines (5)	Uruguay (7)
Belgium (8)	Estonia (2)	Japan (5)	Poland (7)
Canada (4)	Finland (6)	Luxembourg (5)	Romania (4)
Chile (4)	France (6)	Mexico (4)	South Africa (6)
Republic of China (2)	Germany (8)	Netherlands (8)	Sweden (4)

Medal summary

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight (−50.8 kg / 112 lb) details	Willy Kaiser  Germany	Gavino Matta  Italy	Louis Laurie  United States
Bantamweight (−53.5 kg / 118 lb) details	Ulderico Sergo  Italy	Jack Wilson  United States	Fidel Ortiz  Mexico
Featherweight (−57.2 kg / 126 lb) details	Oscar Casanovas  Argentina	Charles Catterall  South Africa	Josef Miner  Germany
Lightweight (−61.2 kg / 135 lb) details	Imre Harangi  Hungary	Nikolai Stepulov  Estonia	Erik Ågren  Sweden
Welterweight (−66.7 kg / 147 lb) details	Sten Suvio  Finland	Michael Murach  Germany	Gerhard Pedersen  Denmark
Middleweight (−72.6 kg / 160 lb) details	Jean Despeaux  France	Henry Tiller  Norway	Raúl Villarreal  Argentina
Light heavyweight (−79.4 kg / 175 lb) details	Roger Michelot  France	Richard Vogt  Germany	Francisco Risiglione  Argentina
Heavyweight (over 79.4 kg/175 lb) details	Herbert Runge  Germany	Guillermo Lovell  Argentina	Erling Nilsen  Norway

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	2	1	5
2	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	Argentina (ARG)	1	1	2	4
4	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
5	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
	Hungary (HUN)	1	0	0	1
7	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
	United States (USA)	0	1	1	2
9	Estonia (EST)	0	1	0	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	1	0	1
11	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		8	8	8	24