主办单位:成都体育学院
ISSN 1001-9154 CN 51-1097/G8

Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2022, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (6): 114-117.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2022.06.018

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"Tough Journey with Firm Will"-Research on the History of China's Boxing Team Participating in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games

XU Quansen, XU Fan   

  1. Research Institute Boxing Sport of Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences, Chongqing 402160
  • Received:2021-10-18 Revised:2022-05-23 Online:2022-11-15 Published:2022-12-01

Abstract: In order to restore the historical process of the Chinese boxing team participating in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, the paper makes an in-depth study on the historical background that China's Boxing Team participated in the Berlin Olympic Games, the selection and training of the boxers, the competition process by methods of literature research. The results show that the financial support of General Shang Zhen was the main factor contributing to the participation of the four military contestants. The pre-competition training in Shanghai and a series of warm-up matches enhanced the strength of the boxers. It is found in the historical data that all the four boxers went to Berlin, but only two of them took part in the competition. The two boxers met opponents from the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and both failed in the first round. There was a dispute about the penalty in Jin Guidi's competition, and Wang Runlan's tenacity in the competition was praised by the media at that time. The public appearance of China's Boxing Team on the Olympic stage in 1936 has important historical and cultural significance for enhancing the influence of Chinese boxing in the international world, promoting the development of domestic boxing at that time, and laying the spiritual and cultural foundation for Chinese boxing

Key words: Chinese Boxing, Olympic Games, textual criticism, sports history

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