Val Barker Trophy
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The Val Barker Trophy is awarded to the outstanding and most stylistic boxer of each Olympic Games since 1936. The trophy was established in honor of Val Barker, who was the first Honorary Secretary of the Federation Internationale de Boxe Amateur in 1920.
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| 1936 | Berlin | Louis Laurie |  USA |
Flyweight | Bronze |
| 1948 | London | George Hunter |  RSA |
Light Heavyweight | Gold |
| 1952 | Helsinki | Norvel Lee | USA |
Light Heavyweight | Gold |
| 1956 | Melbourne | Richard McTaggart |  GBR |
Lightweight | Gold |
| 1960 | Rome | Giovanni Benvenuti |  ITA |
Welterweight | Gold |
| 1964 | Tokyo | Valeri Popenchenko |  URS |
Middleweight | Gold |
| 1968 | Mexico City | Philip Waruinge |  KEN |
Featherweight | Bronze |
| 1972 | Munich | Teofilo Stevenson |  CUB |
Heavyweight | Gold |
| 1976 | Montréal | Howard Davis, Jr. |  USA |
Lightweight | Gold |
| 1980 | Moscow | Patrizio Oliva | ITA |
Light Welterweight | Gold |
| 1984 | Los Angeles | Paul Gonzales | USA |
Light Flyweight | Gold |
| 1988 | Seoul | Roy Jones, Jr. | USA |
Light Middleweight | Silver |
| 1992 | Barcelona | Roberto Balado | CUB |
Super Heavyweight | Gold |
| 1996 | Atlanta | Vassiliy Jirov |  KAZ |
Light Heavyweight | Gold |
| 2000 | Sydney | Oleg Saitov |  RUS |
Welterweight | Gold |
| 2004 | Athens | Bakhtiyar Artayev | KAZ |
Welterweight | Gold |
| 2008 | Beijing | Vasyl Lomachenko |  UKR |
Featherweight | Gold |
