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George V. Finnegan (1882 – February 28, 1913) was an American bantamweight and flyweight boxer who competed in the early twentieth century.

Finnegan won two medals in Boxing at the 1904 Summer Olympics, a gold medal in the flyweight category and a silver medal against fellow American, Oliver Kirk in the bantamweight category in which he gained several pounds in several days.

Finnegan remains only one of four boxers in boxing history to win two different medals at the same Games.

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v • d • e Olympic Boxing Champions in Men's Flyweight

1904: - 105 lb (47.6 kg), 1920-1936: - 112 lb (50.8 kg), 1948-1964: - 51 kg, 1968-2008: 48-51 kg

1904: George Finnegan (USA) • 1920: Frankie Genaro (USA) • 1924: Fidel LaBarba (USA) • 1928: Antal Kocsis (HUN) • 1932: István Énekes (HUN) • 1936: Willy Kaiser (GER) • 1948: Pascual Pérez (ARG) • 1952: Nate Brooks (USA) • 1956: Terence Spinks (GBR) • 1960: Gyula Török (HUN) • 1964: Fernando Atzori (ITA) • 1968: Ricardo Delgado (MEX) • 1972: Georgi Kostadinov (BUL) • 1976: Leo Randolph (USA) • 1980: Petar Lesov (BUL) • 1984: Steve McCrory (USA) • 1988: Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR) • 1992: Choi Chol-Su (PRK) • 1996: Maikro Romero (CUB) • 2000: Wijan Ponlid (THA) • 2004: Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB) • 2008: Somjit Jongjohor (THA)

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