Comparative Analysis of Performance of Indian and Chinese Boxers at Summer Olympic Games from 1948 to 2012

The modern Olympic games is the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered to be the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are held quadrennials, i.e. every four years with the summer and Winter Games alternating, meaning they each occur every four years but two years apart Amateur boxing is an Olympic and Commonwealth sport and is a common fixture in most of the major international games. It also has its own World Championships. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of one- to three-minute intervals called rounds. The result is decided when an opponent is deemed incapable to continue by a referee, is disqualified for breaking a rule, resigns by throwing in a towel, or is pronounced the winner or loser based on the judges' scorecards at the end of the contest. China is the most populated country in the world and India is the second most populated country in the world. Keeping in view the population facts of two countries in common and both the countries are located in Asian countries. The researcher decided to compare to the performance of Indian and Chinese boxers at summer Olympic Games. China competed at the Olympic Games under the name of the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the first time in 1952, at the Summer Games in Helsinki, Finland, although they only arrived in time to participate in one event. Boxing in China began as a street sport in the 1920s, mainly in the port cities of Shanghai and Guangzhou, where foreign sailors were pitted against local fighters in the ring. The sport grew rapidly and unsupervised by the Chinese government. Chinese boxing style is similar to Western boxing style, with influences from traditional Chinese martial arts.

The subjects of the study are given in table 1st who were medalist and represented India and China in various Olympic Games. The tables are given below: The medal tally scoring system for summer Olympic Games was as: a) For securing Gold medal = 7 Points b) For securing Silver medal = 5 Points c) For securing Bronze medal = 3 Points

On the basis of table 1 it is clear that the total participants were 77 out of which 43 Boxers were from India and 34 Boxers were from China. The performance of Indian and Chinese boxers from 1948 to 2012 Olympics games is presented in table 2.

It is also evident from the above table 12 that the total performance by the Indian boxers at summer Olympics points. It is clear that the total performance by the Chinese boxers at summer Olympics game from 1988 to till 2012 outcome was the Chinese boxers got 3 Gold medals, one Silver medal, and 2 Bronze medals out of 34 participants Chinese got 28 points. The graphical representation is presented in figure 1.

Within the limitations of the present study the followings conclusions may be drawn: 1. It may be concluded that from 1948 to 2012 there has been total 43 boxers of India and 34 boxers of China who had participated in the summer Olympic Games. 2. It may be concluded that Indian boxer who won bronze medal is Vijendra singh and Chinese boxers who has won two time gold medal and one bronze medal is Zou Shiming and Zhang Xiaoping is also won a gold medal respectively. 3. It may be concluded that Indian boxers got no silver medal out of 43 participant and china have won 1 silver out of 34 participants. 4. It may be concluded that 1 Indian boxer and 2 Chinese boxers had secured bronze medal in different summer Olympic Games.

1. It is recommended that the ministry of sports government of India should study the sports 2. It is recommended that these results be kept in mind for making better policies of boxing in India. 3. It is recommended that the penal of experts from India be send to china for understanding china training and sports policies.

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