This research presents the origins of boxing in the Olympic structures in Spain at the end of the 19th century, as well as the social, sporting and economic circumstances of Spanish boxing in the 1960s. This historical qualitative recovery was made based on the analysis of the testimonies of Spanish Olympic boxers who participated in the Mexican Games in 1968, information triangulated with numerous and diverse sources. The results show that Spanish participation in boxing in the Games, since its inclusion in the Spanish sports structures in 1920, took place four times until 1960. In this last decade its practitioners came from disadvantaged backgrounds and their evolution as boxers was very precarious in terms of material and personal resources. During this period, the national team developed with scarce resources. Fighters had to combine their sporting careers with other temporary jobs to support the family economy. We can conclude that those circumstances involved very poor preparation and international and Olympic defeats. However, boxing provided a platform to raise the social, economic and cultural status of the fighters and, considering their circumstances, becoming an Olympian was the greatest milestone in their personal lives and a national sporting landmark.

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1920-1968年奥运会西班牙拳击的起源和演变

这项研究展示了 19 世纪末西班牙奥林匹克建筑中拳击的起源，以及 1960 年代西班牙拳击的社会、体育和经济环境。这种历史性的定性恢复是基于对参加 1968 年墨西哥奥运会的西班牙奥运拳击手的证词的分析，以及对众多不同来源的信息进行三角分析得出的。结果表明，自 1920 年将拳击纳入西班牙体育机构以来，西班牙参加奥运会的拳击比赛发生了四次，直到 1960 年。在过去的十年中，它的练习者来自弱势背景，他们作为拳击手的发展在条件方面非常不稳定物质和个人资源。在此期间，国家队在资源稀缺的情况下发展。战士们不得不将他们的体育事业与其他临时工作结合起来，以支持家庭经济。我们可以得出结论，这些情况涉及非常糟糕的准备以及国际和奥运会的失败。然而，拳击为提高战士的社会、经济和文化地位提供了一个平台，考虑到他们的情况，成为奥运选手是他们个人生活中最重要的里程碑，也是国家体育的里程碑。