1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships
1978 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
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Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Start date | May 6, 1978 |
End date | May 20, 1978 |
The Men's 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from May 6 to 20. The second edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
Medal table[edit]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
4 | Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
6 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
8 | East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
9 | Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
10 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
Medal winners[edit]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Stephen Muchoki Kenya | Jorge Hernández Cuba | Armando Guevara Venezuela Richard Sandoval |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Henryk Średnicki Poland | Héctor Ramírez Cuba | Alexander Mikhailov Soviet Union Ishi Koki |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Fazlija Szacirović Yugoslavia | Stephan Förster East Germany Chung Kim Chil |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Bratislav Ristić Yugoslavia | Roman Gotfryd Poland Antonio Esparragoza |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Davidson Andeh Nigeria | Vladimir Sorokin Soviet Union | René Weller West Germany Lutz Käsebier |
Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Valery Lvov Soviet Union | Memet Bogujevci Yugoslavia | Jean-Claude Ruiz France Karl-Heinz Krüger |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Valery Rachkov Soviet Union | Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia | Roosevelt Green United States Ernst Müller |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Luis Martínez Cuba | Jerzy Rybicki Poland Ilya Ilyev |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Tarmo Uusivirta Finland | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia Ilya Angelov |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Sixto Soria Cuba | Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia | Nikolay Erofyeev Soviet Union Herbert Bauch |
Heavyweight (> 81 kilograms) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Dragomir Vujković Yugoslavia | Carlos Rivera Venezuela Jürgen Fanghänel |