1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships

Boxing competitions 1978 AIBA World Boxing Championships 1978 05 06 1978 05 20 Belgrade, Yugoslavia Havana 1974 Munich 1982 thumb|A stamp of Yugoslavia dedicated to the 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships 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 5 3 0 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 2 BUL 1971 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 JPN 1870 0 0 1 Medal winners Light Flyweight(– 48 kilograms)Kenya Stephen MuchokiKenyaCuba Jorge HernándezCubaVenezuela 1930 Armando GuevaraVenezuela United States Richard SandovalUnited States Flyweight(– 51 kilograms)Poland Henryk ŚrednickiPolandCuba Héctor RamírezCubaSoviet Union Alexander MikhailovSoviet Union Japan Ishi KokiJapan Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms)Cuba Adolfo HortaCubaSFR Yugoslavia Fazlija ŠaćirovićYugoslaviaEast Germany Stephan FörsterEast Germany South Korea Chung Kim ChilSouth Korea Featherweight(– 57 kilograms)Cuba Ángel HerreraCubaSFR Yugoslavia Bratislav RistićYugoslaviaPoland Roman GotfrydPoland Venezuela 1930 Antonio EsparragozaVenezuela Lightweight(– 60 kilograms)Nigeria Davidson AndehNigeriaSoviet Union Vladimir SorokinSoviet UnionGermany René WellerWest Germany East Germany Lutz KäsebierEast Germany Light Welterweight(– 63,5 kilograms)Soviet Union Valery LvovSoviet UnionSFR Yugoslavia Memet BogujevciYugoslaviaFrance Jean-Claude RuizFrance East Germany Karl-Heinz KrügerEast Germany Welterweight(– 67 kilograms)Soviet Union Valery RachkovSoviet UnionSFR Yugoslavia Miodrag PerunovićYugoslaviaUnited States Roosevelt GreenUnited States Germany Ernst MüllerWest Germany Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms)Soviet Union Viktor SavchenkoSoviet UnionCuba Luis MartínezCubaPoland Jerzy RybickiPoland Bulgaria 1971 Ilya IlyevBulgaria Middleweight(– 75 kilograms)Cuba José Gómez MustelierCubaFinland Tarmo UusivirtaFinlandSFR Yugoslavia Slobodan KačarYugoslavia Bulgaria 1971 Ilya AngelovBulgaria Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms)Cuba Sixto SoriaCubaSFR Yugoslavia Tadija KačarYugoslaviaSoviet Union Nikolay ErofyeevSoviet Union East Germany Herbert BauchEast Germany Heavyweight(> 81 kilograms)Cuba Teófilo StevensonCubaSFR Yugoslavia Dragomir VujkovićYugoslaviaVenezuela 1930 Carlos RiveraVenezuela East Germany Jürgen FanghänelEast Germany External links Results on Amateur Boxing World Amateur Boxing Championships World Amateur Boxing Championships Category:IBA Men's World Boxing Championships B Category:International sports competitions in Belgrade Category:1970s in Belgrade Category:May 1978 sports events in Europe Category:1978 in Serbia