Olympic Champions
- 1920 – Eddie Eagan (USA)
- 1924 – Harry Mitchell (GBR)
- 1928 – Víctor Avendaño (ARG)
- 1932 – David Carstens (RSA)
- 1936 – Roger Michelot (FRA)
- 1948 – George Hunter (RSA)
- 1952 – Norvel Lee (USA)
- 1956 – James Boyd (USA)
- 1960 – Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) (USA)
- 1964 – Cosimo Pinto (ITA)
- 1968 – Danas Pozniakas (URS)
- 1972 – Mate Parlov (YUG)
- 1976 – Leon Spinks (USA)
- 1980 – Slobodan Kacar (YUG)
- 1984 – Anton Josipović (YUG)
- 1988 – Andrew Maynard (USA)
- 1992 – Torsten May (GER)
- 1996 – Vassiliy Jirov (KAZ)
- 2000 – Aleksandr Lebziak (RUS)
- 2004 – Andre Ward (USA)
- 2008 – Zhang Xiaoping (CHN)
- 2012 – Egor Mekhontsev (RUS)
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