Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from 20 July to 2 August 1980 at the Indoor Stadium of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex.
Medal Table[]
| 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 |
 Yugoslavia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 |  Poland |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Uganda |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Hungary |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Romania |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Czechoslovakia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Guyana |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ireland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
| Event | 
|
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight | Shamil Sabirov
|
Hipolito Ramos
|
Li Byong-uk
|
Ismail Mustafov
|
| Flyweight | Petr Lesov
|
Viktor Miroshnichenko
|
Hugh Russell
|
Janos Varadi
|
| Bantamweight | Juan Hernandez
|
Bernardo Jose Pinango
|
Michael Anthony
|
Dumitru Cipere
|
| Featherweight | Rudi Fink
|
Adolfo Horta
|
Viktor Rybakov
|
Krzysztof Kosedowski
|
| Lightweight | Angel Herrera
|
Viktor Demianenko
|
Kazimierz Adach
|
Richard Nowakowski
|
| Light welterweight | Patrizio Oliva
|
Serik Konokbaev
|
Anthony Willis
|
Jose Aguilar
|
| Welterweight | Andres Aldama
|
John Mugabi
|
Karl-Heinz Kruger
|
Kazimierz Szczerba
|
| Light middleweight | Armando Martinez
|
Aleksandr Koshkin
|
Jan Franek
|
Detlef Kastner
|
| Middleweight | Jose Gomez
|
Viktor Savchenko
|
Valentin Silaghi
|
Jerzy Rybicki
|
| Light heavyweight | Slobodan Kacar
|
Pawel Skrzecz
|
Herbert Bauch
|
Ricardo Rojas
|
| Heavyweight | Teofilo Stevenson
|
Piotr Zaev
|
Istvan Levai
|
Jurgen Fanghanel
|
Statistics[]
- There were 271 total athletes from 51 countries.
- Charles Lubulwa was the youngest participant with 15 years and 206 days.
- Nureni Gbadamosi was the oldest participant with 32 years and 220 days.
- 9 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Cuba won 10 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Guyana won its first-ever Olympic medal.
- Uganda and Venezuela won their only medal of Moscow 1980.