Across the 13 contested boxing events at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Uzbekistan and China were the big winners.
At the end of these Games, Uzbek boxers struck gold in five out of the seven men's categories contested.
The biggest winner of all? Uzbekistan's super heavyweight (92+kg/202+) Bakhodir Jalolov. (We mean that in the most literal sense.)
| Country | 🥇-🥈-🥉 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Uzbekistan | 5 - 0 - 0 | 5 |
| China | 3 - 2 - 0 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 - 0 - 2 | 3 |
| France | 0 - 2 - 1 | 3 |
| Turkiye | 0 - 2 - 1 | 3 |
| Cuba | 1 - 0 - 1 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | 0 - 1 - 1 | 2 |
| Spain | 0 - 1 - 1 | 2 |
| Australia | 0 - 0 - 2 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic | 0 - 0 - 2 | 2 |
| Philippines | 0 - 0 - 2 | 2 |
| Algeria | 1 - 0 - 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 1 - 0 - 0 | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 - 0 - 0 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 - 1 - 0 | 1 |
| Brazil | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Canada | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Cape Verde | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| North Korea | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Georgia | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Refugee Olympic Team | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Tajikistan | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 - 0 - 1 | 1 |
The breakdown
Women's Flyweight (50 kg/110 lbs.)
China won two women's gold boxing medals at these Games. Though this was chronologically the second, it was as groundbreaking as the first (in the bantamweight division).
Wu began with real ferocity as she went after Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Buse Naz Cakiroglu, who fell over while backtracking from the Chinese boxer's first-round assault.
Medalists
- 🥇 Wu Yu (CHN)
- 🥈 Buse Naz Cakiroglu (TUR)
- 🥉 Nazim Kyzaibay (KAZ)
- 🥉 Aira Villegas (PHI)
Women's Bantamweight (54 kg/119 lbs.)
Chang Yuan won China's first of two golds in women's boxing, defeating her Turkish opponent, 5-0.
Medalists
- 🥇 Chang Yuan (CHN)
- 🥈 Hatice Akbas (TUR)
- 🥉 Pang Cholmi (PRK)
- 🥉 Im Aeji (KOR)
Women's Featherweight (57 kg/125 lbs.)
Lin Yu-Ting of Chinese Taipei won gold, while silver medalist Petecio served as Olympic runner-up for the second consecutive time.
Team USA's Alyssa Mendoza lost in the Round of 16 to Brazil's silver medalist Jucielen Romeu.
Medalists
- 🥇 Lin Yu-ting (TPE)
- 🥈 Julia Szeremeta (POL)
- 🥉 Esra Yildiz (TUR)
- 🥉 Nesthy Petecio (PHI)
Women's Lightweight (60 kg/132 lbs)
Ireland's Kellie Harrington defended her gold medal from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, earning her home country's fourth gold medal in boxing and third in women's boxing.
In her Olympic debut, California's Jajaira Gonzalez defeated France's Rio 2016 gold medalist Estelle Mossely in their opening bout.
Medalists
- 🥇 Kellie Harrington (IRL)
- 🥈 Yang Wenlu (CHN)
- 🥉 Beatriz Ferreira (BRA)
- 🥉 Shih Yi Wu (TPE)
Women's Welterweight (66 kg/145 lbs.)
Imane Khelif won Algeria's first women's boxing gold, defeating China's Yang Liu. Liu, the 2023 world champion in the weight class, earned a medal in her first Olympics at 32 years of age.
Team USA's Morelle McCane lost in the Round of 16 to Navbakhor Khamidova of Uzbekistan.
Medalists
- 🥇 Imane Khelif (ALG)
- 🥈 Yang Liu (CHN)
- 🥉 Janjaem Suwannapheng (THA)
- 🥉 Chen Nien-Chin (TPE)
Women's Middleweight (75 kg/165 lbs.)
China's Li Qian won gold, becoming the first woman ever to earn three Olympic boxing medals.
Panama's Atheyna Bylon, a former cop, won her country's first Olympic medal. Cindy Ngamba earned the first-ever medal for the Refugee Olympic Team, established at Rio 2016.
Medalists
- 🥇 Li Qian (CHN)
- 🥈 Atheyna Bylon (PAN)
- 🥉 Cindy Ngamba (EOR)
- 🥉 Caitlin Parker (AUS)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg/112 lbs.)
Rio Olympics champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Uzbekistan claimed the men's flyweight boxing final after beating France's Billal Bennama at the Paris Olympics on Thursday.
Dusmatov's win by unanimous decision over Bennama was especially crushing for French fans, coming a day after fellow Frenchman Sofiane Oumiha's loss in the lightweight final.
Medalists
- 🥇 Hasanboy Dusmatov (UZB)
- 🥈 Billal Bennama (FRA)\
- 🥉 Junior Alcantara (DOM)
- 🥉 David de Pina (CPV)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg/125 lbs.)
Abdumalik Khalokov earned Uzbekistan another gold in his Olympic debut. His final opponent, Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu, provided Kyrgyzstan its first ever medal in boxing — a silver.
Team USA's Jahmal Harvey lost in the quarterfinals to Seiitbek Uulu.
Medalists
- 🥇 Abdumalik Khalokov (UZB)
- 🥈 Munarbek Seiitbek Uulu (KGZ)
- 🥉 Charlie Senior (AUS)
- 🥉 Javier Ibanez (BUL)
Men's Lightweight (63.5 kg/139 lbs.)
Cuba's Erislandy Alvarez, competing at his first Olympic Games, won gold. He kept the streak alive for his home country.
Including Paris, Cuba has now won at least one gold medal in boxing in each of the last four Olympics — dating back to London 2012.
Medalists
- 🥇 Erislandy Alvarez (CUB)
- 🥈 Sofiane Oumiha (FRA)
- 🥉 Wyatt Sanford (CAN)
- 🥉 Lasha Guruli (GEO)
Men's Welterweight (71 kg/156 lbs.)
Uzbekistan's Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev won another gold for Uzbekistan. He and Mexican silver medalist Marco Verde had previously fought at the Boxam International in January (which Verde won).
Team USA's Omari Jones scored the States' only Olympic boxing medal of these Games, a bronze.
Medalists
- 🥇 Asadkhuja Muydinkhujaev (UZB)
- 🥈 Marco Verde (MEX)
- 🥉 Omari Jones (Orlando, FL)
- 🥉 Lewis Richardson (GBR)
Men's Middleweight (80 kg/176 lbs.)
Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak won his country's first-ever middleweight gold, blowing past Cuba's two-time Olympic gold medalist Arlen Lopez in the semifinals.
Medalists
- 🥇 Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR)
- 🥈 Nurbek Oralbay (KAZ)
- 🥉 Cristian Pinales (DOM)
- 🥉 Arlen Lopez (CUB)
Men's Heavyweight (92 kg/202 lbs.)
Lazizbek Mullojonov, another Uzbek, earned heavyweight gold, but silver medalist Loren Alfonso of Azerbaijan scored perhaps the biggest boxing upset of these Games — defeating two-time defending champion Julio Cesar La Cruz of Cuba in the opener.
Medalists
🥇 Lazizbek Mullojonov (UZB)
🥈 Loren Alfonso (AZE)
🥉 Emmanuel Reyes (ESP)
🥉 Davlat Boltaev (TJK)
Men's Super Heavyweight (92+ kg/202+ lbs.)
The final Uzbek to top the podium, Bakhodir Jalolov defended his Tokyo 2020 gold in the last match boxing match contested at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Team USA's Joshua Edwards lost in the Round of 16 to Italy's Diego Lenzi.
Medalists
- 🥇 Bakhodir Jalolov (UZB)
- 🥈 Ayoub Ghadfa (ESP)
- 🥉 Nelvie Tiafack (GER)
- 🥉 Djamili-Dini Aboudou Moindze (FRA)