Indian participation in Olympic Boxing started from 1948 but a medal had to wait till 2008 when first Vijender Singh won a Bronze medal. Women’s won other two Bronze medals as Mary Kom won a Bronze medal in 2012 Olympics, when for the first time Women Pugilists were allowed to participate and then Lovlina Borgohain won in 2020 Olympics. Among 10 events for Men and 6 for Women, Indians have represented in maximum 9 Olympics in Men’s Bantamweight and at least only twice in Men’s Heavyweight. Vijender Singh has represented India thrice, while the biggest contingent of 9 boxers was sent in 2020 Olympics. Check complete history and all details about Boxing results till 2024 Olympics for every event.
Indian History at Summer Olympics: Performances in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
Representation and Events in Numbers
- 1948: 7 Men, 7 events
- 1952: 4 Men, 4 events
- 1972: 3 Men, 3 events
- 1976: 2 Men, 2 events
- 1980: 3 Men, 3 events
- 1984: 2 Men, 2 events
- 1988: 3 Men, 3 events
- 1992: 5 Men, 5 events
- 1996: 3 Men, 3 events
- 2000: 4 Men, 4 events
- 2004: 4 Men, 4 events
- 2008: 5 Men in 5 events
- 2012: 7 Men & 1 woman, 8 events
- 2016: 3 Men in 3 events
- 2020: 5 Men & 4 Women in 9 events
- 2024: 6 players in 6 events
Maximum Participation at Olympics
- 3 Vijender Singh (2004 Light-Welterweight, 2008, 2012 Middleweight), Vikas Krishan Yadav (2012 Welterweight, 2016 Middleweight, 2020 Welterweight)
- 2 Benoy Bose (1948, 1952, Men’s Featherweight), Gurcharan Singh (1996, 2000 Light-Heavyweight), Jitender Kumar (2000-Middleweight, 2004-Light-Heavyweight), Akhil Kumar (2004 Flyweight, 2008 Bantamweight), Shiva Thapa (2012, 2016 Bantamweight), Manoj Kumar (2012, 2016 Light-Welterweight), Mary Kom (2012, 2020), Amit Panghal and Lovlina Borgohain (2020, 2024)
- 1: Rabin Bhatta, Robert Cranston, Mac Joachim, Babu Lall, John Nuttall, Gene Raymond (1948), Sakti Mazumdar, Ron Norris, Oscar Ward (1952), Chander Narayanan, Muniswamy Venu , Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh (1972), Sen Rai, Chand Machiah (1976), Birender Singh Thapa, Amala Dass, Ganapathy Manoharan (1980), Jaslal Pradhan, Kaliq Singh (1984), Manoj Pingale, Shahuraj Birajdar, John Francis (1988), Rajendra Prasad, Dharmendra Yadav. Devarajan Venkatesan, Narendar Bisth Singh, Sandeep Gollen (1992), Debendra Thapa, Gurcharan Singh, Lakha Singh (1996), Soubam Suresh Singh, Ngangim Dingko Singh (2000), Diwakar Prasad, (2004), Anthresh Lakra, Dinesh Kumar (2008), Devendro Singh Laishram, Jai Bhagwan, Sumit Sangwan (2012), Manish Kaushik, Ashish Kumar, Satish Kumar, Simranjit Kaur, Pooja Rani (2020), Nishant Dev, Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria (2024)
Events Per Olympics for Indians
- Men’s Light-Flyweight: 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2012
- Men’s Flyweight: 1948, 1952, 1972, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2008, 2020, 2024
- Men’s Featherweight: 1948, 1952, 1976, 1988, 1992, 2008
- Men’s Light-Welterweight: 1984, 1992, 2004, 2012, 2016
- Men’s Welterweight: 1948, 1952, 1976, 2012, 2020, 2024
- Men’s Light-Heavyweight: 1948, 1952, 1972, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
- Men’s Heavyweight: 1984, 1996
- Men’s Super Heavyweight: 2020
- Men’s Bantamweight: 1948, 1980, 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016
- Men’s Middleweight: 1948, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020
- Men’s Lightweight: 1948, 1972, 2012, 2020
- Women’s Flyweight: 2012, 2020, 2024
- Women’s Lightweight: 2020
- Women’s Welterweight: 2020
- Women’s Middleweight: 2020, 2024
- Women’s Bantamweight: 2024
- Women’s Featherweight: 2024
Indian History at Summer Olympics: Performances in Every Olympics
History of All Sports Played at Olympics by India
Indian Medals In Olympics: When and Who Got It!!
1948: 7 Men, 7 events
- Rabin Bhatta: Round 2 in Men’s Flyweight
- Benoy Bose: Round 1 in Men’s Featherweight
- Robert Cranston: Round 1 in Men’s Welterweight
- Mac Joachim: Round 1 in Men’s Light-Heavyweight
- Babu Lall: Round 2 in Men’s Bantamweight
- John Nuttall: Round 2 in Men’s Middleweight
- Gene Raymond: Round 1 in Men’s Lightweight
1952: 4 Men, 4 events
- Sakti Mazumdar: Round 2 in Men’s Flyweight
- Benoy Bose: Round 1 in Men’s Featherweight
- Ron Norris: Quarterfinals in Men’s Welterweight
- Oscar Ward: Round 1 in Men’s Light-Heavyweight
1972: 3 Men, 3 events
- Chander Narayanan: Round 1 Men’s Flyweight
- Muniswamy Venu: Round 2 Men’s Lightweight
- Nghlhav Mehtabs Singh: Round 1 Men’s Light-Heavyweight
1976: 2 Men, 2 events
- Sen Rai: Round 2 Men’s Featherweight
- Chand Machiah: Round 1 Men’s Light-Welterweight
1980: 3 Men, 3 events
- Birender Singh Thapa: Round 1 Men’s Light-Flyweight
- Amala Das: Round 1 Men’s Flyweight
- Ganapathy Manoharan: Round 2 Men’s Bantamweight
1984: 2 Men, 2 events
- Jaslal Pradhan Round 1 Men’s Light-Welterweight
- Kaliq Singh: Round 3 Men’s Heavyweight
1988: 3 Men, 3 events
- Manoj Pingale: Round 2 Men’s Flyweight
- Shahuraj Birajdar: Round 2 Men’s Bantamweight
- John Francis: Round 1 Men’s Featherweight
1992: 5 Pugilists in 5 events
- Rajendra Prasad: ROund 3 Men’s Light-Flyweight
- Dharmendra Yadav: Round 1 Men’s Flyweight
- Devarajan Venkatesan: Round 1 Men’s Bantamweight
- Narendar Bisth Singh: Round 1 Men’s Featherweight
- Sandeep Gollen: Round 1 Men’s Light-Welterweight
1996: 3 Men in 3 events
- Debendra Thapa: Round 2 Men’s Light-Flyweight
- Gurcharan Singh: Round 2 Men’s Light-Heavyweight
- Lakha Singh: Round 2 Men’s Heavyweight
2000: 4 men in 4 events
- Soubam Suresh Singh: Round 2 Men’s Light-Flyweight
- Ngangim Dingko Singh: Round 3 Men’s Bantamweight
- Jitender Kumar: Round 3 Men’s Middleweight
- Gurcharan Singh: 8th Men’s Light-Heavyweight
2004: 4 men in 4 events
- Akhil Kumar: 17th Men’s Flyweight
- Diwakar Prasad: 9th Men’s Bantamweight
- Vijender Singh: 17th Men’s Light-Welterweight
- Jitender Kumar: 17th Men’s Light-Heavyweight
2008: 5 Men in 5 Events
- Akhil Kumar: 5th Men’s Bantamweight
- Jitender Kumar: Quarterfinals Men’s Flyweight
- Anthresh Lakra: Men’s Featherweight
- Dinesh Kumar: Men’s Light-Heavyweight
- Vijender Singh: Bronze Men’s Middleweight
- Round of 32: def Jack (The Gambia) 13-2
- Round of 16: def Chomphuphuang (Thailand) 13-3
- Quarterfinals: def Góngora (Ecuador) 9-4
- Semifinals: Lost to Correa (Cuba) 5-8
2012: 8 (7 man and a woman) in 8 events
- Vijender Singh: 5th Men’s Middleweight
- Devendro Singh Laishram: 5th Men’s Light-Flyweight
- Shiva Thapa: 17th Men’s Bantamweight
- Jai Bhagwan: 9th Men’s Lightweight
- Manoj Kumar: 9th Men’s Light-Welterweight
- Vikas Krishan Yadav: 9th Men’s Welterweight
- Sumit Sangwan: 17th Men’s Light-Heavyweight
- Mary Kom: BRONZE Women’s Flyweight
- Round of 16: Def Michalczuk (Poland) 19–14
- Quarterfinals: Def Rahali (Tunisia) 15–6
- Semifinals: Lost to Adams (GBR) 6–11
2016: 3 Men in 3 events
- Shiva Thapa – Round of 32 – Men’s Bantamweight
- Manoj Kumar – Round of 16 – Men’s Welterweight
- Vikas Krishan Yadav – QF – Men’s middleweight
2020: 5 Men and 4 Women in 9 events
- Amit Ponghal – Men’s Flyweight – Round of 16
- Manish Kaushik – Men’s Lightweight – Round of 32
- Vikas Krishan Yadav – Men’s Welterweight – Round of 32
- Ashish Kumar – Men’s Middleweight – Round of 32
- Satish Kumar – Men’s Super heavyweight – QF
- Mary Kom – Women’s Flyweight – Round of 16
- Simranjit Kaur – Women’s lightweight – Round of 16
- Pooja Rani – Women’s Middleweight – QF
- Lovlina Borgohain – Women’s Welterweight – Won Bronze medal
- Round of 16 won 3-2 vs Apetz (Germany)
- Round of 8 won 4-1 vs Chen (Chinese Taipei)
- SF: Lost 0-5 to Surmeneli (Turkey)
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