# Boxing at the Summer Youth Olympics

Boxing has featured as a sport at the Youth Olympic Summer Games since its first edition in 2010. The Youth Olympic Games are multi-sport event and the games are held every four years just like the Olympic Games.

## Editions

| Games | Year | Events | Best Nation |
| 1 | 2010 | 11 (11M+0W) | Cuba |
| 2 | 2014 | 13 (10M+3W) | Cuba |
| 3 | 2018 | 13 (9M+4W) | Russia |
| 4 | 2026 | 10 (5M+5W) | |

## Format

The boxing competition is organized as a set of tournaments, one for each weight class. The number of weight classes has changed over the years and the definition of each class has changed as shown in the following tables.
Men's weight classes :
| 2010 | 2014 | 2018 |
| Super Heavyweight +91 kg |||
| Heavyweight 81–91 kg |||
| Light Heavyweight 75–81 kg |||
| Middleweight 69–75 kg |||
| Welterweight 64–69 kg |||
| Light Welterweight 60–64 kg |||
| Lightweight 57–60 kg | Lightweight 56–60 kg | Lightweight 56–60 kg |
| Featherweight 54–57 kg | Bantamweight 52–56 kg | Bantamweight 52–56 kg |
| Bantamweight 51–54 kg | Bantamweight 52–56 kg | Bantamweight 52–56 kg |
| Flyweight 48–51 kg | Flyweight 49–52 | Flyweight 49–52 |
| Light Flyweight -48 kg | Light Flyweight 46–49 kg | |
| 11 | 10 | 9 |
Women's weight classes :
| 2014 | 2018 |
| Middleweight 69–75 kg ||
| Lightweight 57–60 kg ||
| | Featherweight 54–57 kg |
| Flyweight 48–51 kg ||
| 3 | 4 |

## Medal table

    As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Thailand | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | United States | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 22 | Algeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Morocco | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Nauru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 35 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 37 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (40 entries) | Totals (40 entries) | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 |

## Participating nations

| Nation | 10 | 14 | 18 | Years |
| Afghanistan (AFG) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Albania (ALB) | | | 2 | 1 |
| Algeria (ALG) | | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| American Samoa (ASA) | | | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina (ARG) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 2 | | 2 |
| Australia (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan (AZE) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | | 2 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 1 | | 3 | 2 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada (CAN) | | | 2 | 1 |
| Chile (CHI) | | | 1 | 1 |
| China (CHN) | | 2 | | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei (TPE) | | 2 | | 1 |
| Colombia (COL) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | | 3 | | 1 |
| Cuba (CUB) | 3 | 3 | | 2 |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Dominican Republic (DOM) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Ecuador (ECU) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Egypt (EGY) | 1 | | 3 | 2 |
| Finland (FIN) | | 1 | | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Georgia (GEO) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | | 2 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Greece (GRE) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Grenada (GRN) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| India (IND) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Iran (IRI) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Japan (JPN) | | 3 | | 1 |
| Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Kosovo (KOS) | | | 1 | 1 |
| Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Lithuania (LTU) | 2 | | | 1 |
| Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Moldova (MDA) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Morocco (MAR) | | | 4 | 1 |
| Nauru (NRU) | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | | 2 | 2 |
| Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | | 2 | 2 |
| Norway (NOR) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | | 2 | 2 |
| Romania (ROU) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Russia (RUS) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Rwanda (RWA) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Samoa (SAM) | | | 3 | 1 |
| Saint Lucia (LCA) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Seychelles (SEY) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Singapore (SIN) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Slovakia (SVK) | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | | 1 | | 1 |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Thailand (THA) | | | 5 | 1 |
| Tunisia (TUN) | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 5 | | 2 |
| Turkmenistan (TKM) | 1 | | | 1 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| United States (USA) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Venezuela (VEN) | 2 | | 1 | 2 |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 1 | | | 1 |
| No. of boys boxers | 66 | 60 | 54 | |
| No. of girls boxers | 0 | 18 | 28 | |
| No. of boxers | 66 | 78 | 82 | |
| No. of nations | 48 | 36 | 38 | |
| No. of new nations | 48 | 13 | 8 | |