1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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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.

[edit] Medal winners

Event Gold Gold Silver Silver Bronze Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)		 Flag of Kenya Stephen Muchoki
Kenya		 Flag of Cuba Jorge Hernández
Cuba		 Flag of Venezuela Armando Guevara
Venezuela

Flag of the United States Richard Sandoval
United States
Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)		 Flag of Poland Henryk Średnicki
Poland		 Flag of Cuba Héctor Ramírez
Cuba		 Flag of the Soviet Union Alexander Mikhailov
Soviet Union

Flag of Japan Ishi Koki
Japan
Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Adolfo Horta
Cuba		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Fazlija Szacirović
Yugoslavia		 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Stephan Förster
East Germany

Flag of South Korea Chung Kim Chil
South Korea
Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Ángel Herrera
Cuba		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bratislav Ristić
Yugoslavia		 Flag of Poland Roman Gotfryd
Poland

Flag of Venezuela Antonio Esperragozza
Venezuela
Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)		 Flag of Nigeria Andeh Davidson
Nigeria		 Flag of the Soviet Union Vladimir Sorokin
Soviet Union		 Flag of Germany René Weller
West Germany

Flag of the German Democratic Republic Lutz Käsebier
East Germany
Light Welterweight
(– 63,5 kilograms)		 Flag of the Soviet Union Valery Lvov
Soviet Union		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Memet Bogujevci
Yugoslavia		 Flag of France Jean-Claude Ruiz
France

Flag of the German Democratic Republic Karl-Heinz Krüger
East Germany
Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)		 Flag of the Soviet Union Valery Rachkov
Soviet Union		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Miodrag Perunović
Yugoslavia		 Flag of the United States Roosevelt Green
United States

Flag of Germany Ernst Müller
West Germany
Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)		 Flag of the Soviet Union Viktor Savchenko
Soviet Union		 Flag of Cuba Luis Martínez
Cuba		 Flag of Poland Jerzy Rybicki
Poland

Flag of Bulgaria Ilya Ilyev
Bulgaria
Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba José Gómez
Cuba		 Flag of Finland Tarmo Uusivirta
Finland		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Kačar
Yugoslavia

Flag of Bulgaria Ilya Angelov
Bulgaria
Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Sixto Soria
Cuba		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tadija Kačar
Yugoslavia		 Flag of the Soviet Union Nikolay Erofyeev
Soviet Union

Flag of the German Democratic Republic Herbert Bauch
East Germany
Heavyweight
(> 81 kilograms)		 Flag of Cuba Teófilo Stevenson
Cuba		 Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragomir Vujković
Yugoslavia		 Flag of Venezuela Carlos Rivera
Venezuela

Flag of the German Democratic Republic Jürgen Fanghänel
East Germany

[edit] External links


World Amateur Boxing Championships
Men's

Havana 1974 | Belgrade 1978 | Munich 1982 | Reno 1986 | Moscow 1989 | Sydney 1991 | Tampere 1993 | Berlin 1995 | Budapest 1997 | Houston 1999 | Belfast 2001 | Bangkok 2003 | Mianyang 2005 | Chicago 2007
Women's
Scranton 2001 | Antalya 2002 | Podolsk 2005 | New Delhi 2006
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