Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics

Boxing
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Dates21-22 September 1904
Competitors18
1908 →
2 women boxing in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.
Two women boxing in the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis.

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven boxing events were contested, with the sport making its Olympic debut. The competitions were held on Wednesday, September 21, 1904 and on Thursday, September 22, 1904. Contestants in lighter weight classes could also compete in heavier classes. Oliver Kirk, winning the bantamweight and featherweight categories, thus became the only boxer to have won two gold medals in the same Olympics. George Finnegan, Harry Spanjer and Charles Mayer won one gold and one silver medal.[1][2][3]

There was also a demonstration bout of women's boxing,[4] which would be added to the Olympic program in 2012.

  1. ^ "Boxing at the 1904 St. Louis Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. ^ "6124 6577kg Welterweight Men". Olympic.org.
  3. ^ "567 6124kg Lightweight Men". Olympic.org.
  4. ^ "Women's Boxing a Displayed Event in Third Olympic Games – 1904 – Historical Database".