2016 United States Olympians

The United States sent a contingent of eight boxers (six male, two female) to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The team captured a total of three medals (one gold, one silver, and one bronze). Nico Hernandez won a bronze medal, the first male United States Olympian to win a medal since Deontay Wilder in 2008. Shakur Stevenson later captured a silver medal, the first male Olympian to win a medal higher than bronze since Andre Ward in 2004.

Claressa Shields won the gold medal in the women's middleweight division, becoming the first United States boxer to capture back-to-back gold medals.

• Light Flyweight - Nico Hernandez, Wichita, KS
• Flyweight - Antonio Vargas, Kissimmee, FL
• Bantamweight - Shakur Stevenson, Newark, NJ
• Lightweight - Carlos Balderas, Santa Maria, CA
• Light welterweight - Gary Antuanne Russell, Capitol Heights, MD
• Middleweight - Charles Conwell, Cleveland Heights, OH

• Women's Lightweight - Mikaela Mayer, Los Angeles, CA
• Women's Middleweight - Claressa Shields, Flint, MI

Men's Results

Round of 32

• 108 lbs: Nico Hernandez DEF Manuel Cappai Decision 3-0
• 114 lbs: Antonio Vargas DEF Juliao Henriques Neto Decision 2-0-1
• 132 lbs: Carlos Balderas DEF Berik Abdrakhmanov Decision 3-0
• 141 lbs: Gary Antuanne Russell DEF Richardson Hitchins Decision 3-0
• 165 lbs: Vikas Krishan Yadav DEF Charles Conwell Decision 3-0

Round of 16

• 108 lbs: Nico Hernandez DEF Vasily Yegorov Decision 3-0
• 114 lbs: Shakhobidin Zoirov DEF Antonio Vargas Decision 3-0
• 123 lbs: Shakur Stevenson DEF Robenilson De Jesus Decision 3-0
• 132 lbs: Carlos Balderas DEF Daisuke Narimatsu Decision 3-0
• 141 lbs: Gary Antuanne Russell DEF Wuttichai Masuk Decision 2-1

Quarterfinals

• 108 lbs: Nico Hernandez DEF Carlos Quipo Decision 3-0
• 123 lbs: Shakur Stevenson DEF Erdenebatyn Tsendbaatar Decision 3-0
• 132 lbs: Lázaro Álvarez DEF Carlos Balderas Decision 3-0
• 141 lbs: Fazliddin Gaibnazarov DEF Gary Antuanne Russell Decision 2-1

Semifinals

• 108 lbs: Hasanboy Dusmatov DEF Nico Hernandez Decision 3-0 (Hernandez wins bronze medal)
• 123 lbs Shakur Stevenson DEF Vladimir Nikitin Walkover

Finals

• 123 lbs: Robeisy Ramírez DEF Shakur Stevenson Decision 2-1 (Stevenson wins silver medal)

Women's Results

Round of 16

• 132 lbs: Mikaela Mayer DEF Jennifer Chieng Decision 3-0

Quarterfinals

• 132 lbs: Anastasia Belyakova DEF Mikaela Mayer Decision 2-0-1
• 165 lbs: Claressa Shields DEF Yaroslava Yakushina Decision 3-0

Semifinals

• 165 lbs: Claressa Shields DEF Dariga Shakimova Decision 3-0

Finals

• 165 lbs: Claressa Shields DEF Nouchka Fontijn Decision 3-0 (Shields wins gold medal)