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.
1978 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
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Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Start date | May 6, 1978 |
End date | May 20, 1978 |
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 |
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 |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Fazlija Szacirović Yugoslavia | Stephan Förster East Germany |
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 |
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 |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Tarmo Uusivirta Finland | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia |
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 |
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