# Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place at the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow from 20 July to 2 August. Eleven boxing events (all men's individual) were contested with the participation of 271 fighters from 51 countries.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Light flyweight (48kg) details | Shamil Sabirov Soviet Union | Hipólito Ramos Cuba | Lee Byong-Uk North KoreaIsmail Mustafov Bulgaria |
| Flyweight (51kg) details | Petar Lesov Bulgaria | Viktor Miroshnichenko Soviet Union | Hugh Russell IrelandJános Váradi Hungary |
| Bantamweight (54kg) details | Juan Bautista Hernández Pérez Cuba | Bernardo Pinango Venezuela | Michael Anthony GuyanaDumitru Cipere Romania |
| Featherweight (57kg) details | Rudi Fink East Germany | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Viktor Rybakov Soviet UnionKrzysztof Kosedowski Poland |
| Lightweight (60kg) details | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Viktor Demyanenko Soviet Union | Kazimierz Adach PolandRichard Nowakowski East Germany |
| Light welterweight (63.5kg) details | Patrizio Oliva Italy | Serik Konakbayev Soviet Union | Tony Willis Great BritainJosé Aguilar Cuba |
| Welterweight (67kg) details | Andrés Aldama Cuba | John Mugabi Uganda | Karl-Heinz Krüger East GermanyKazimierz Szczerba Poland |
| Light middleweight (71kg) details | Armando Martínez Cuba | Aleksandr Koshkyn Soviet Union | Ján Franek Czechoslovakia Detlef Kästner East Germany |
| Middleweight (75kg) details | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Valentin Silaghi RomaniaJerzy Rybicki Poland |
| Light heavyweight (81kg) details | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia | Paweł Skrzecz Poland | Herbert Bauch East GermanyRicardo Rojas Cuba |
| Heavyweight (+81kg) details | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Pyotr Zayev Soviet Union | István Lévai HungaryJürgen Fanghänel East Germany |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Soviet Union)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Soviet Union* | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | East Germany | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |

## Participation

| NOC | 48 kg | 51 kg | 54 kg | 57 kg | 60 kg | 63.5 kg | 67 kg | 71 kg | 75 kg | 81 kg | +81 kg | Total |
| Afghanistan | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | 3 |
| Algeria | X | | | | | X | | | | X | | 2 |
| Angola | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | 3 |
| Australia | | | | | X | | | | | X | | 2 |
| Austria | | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 |
| Benin | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 7 |
| Brazil | | | | X | | X | | X | X | | | 4 |
| Bulgaria | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Cameroon | | | X | X | | X | | | | X | | 4 |
| Republic of the Congo | | | | | X | | X | | | X | | 3 |
| Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Czechoslovakia | | | | X | | | X | X | | | | 3 |
| Denmark | | | | | X | | X | | | X | | 3 |
| Dominican Republic | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| East Germany | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Ecuador | X | | X | | | | | | | | X | 3 |
| Ethiopia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | 8 |
| Finland | X | | X | X | | | X | | X | | | 5 |
| France | | | X | X | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Great Britain | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 9 |
| Guinea | | X | X | | | | | X | | | | 3 |
| Guyana | | | X | X | | X | | | X | | | 4 |
| Hungary | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | 9 |
| India | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Iraq | X | X | | X | | X | X | X | | X | | 7 |
| Ireland | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | 7 |
| Italy | | | | | X | X | | X | | | X | 4 |
| Laos | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | 6 |
| Lebanon | | | | | | | X | X | | | | 2 |
| Madagascar | | | | X | X | | X | | | | | 3 |
| Mali | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | X | X | X | X | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Mongolia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | | | 7 |
| Nepal | | X | X | X | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| Nicaragua | | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Nigeria | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 8 |
| North Korea | X | X | | X | X | X | | | X | | | 6 |
| Poland | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Portugal | X | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | | X | | X | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| Romania | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Seychelles | | | | X | | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | | | | | X | | X | | | | | 2 |
| Soviet Union | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| Sweden | | | | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | 6 |
| Syria | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | | X | 8 |
| Tanzania | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | 9 |
| Uganda | X | | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | | 7 |
| Venezuela | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 9 |
| Yugoslavia | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 9 |
| Zambia | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 8 |
| 51 NOCs | 22 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 271 |