1978 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
Location: | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
Previous: | Havana 1974 |
Next: | Munich 1982 |
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.
Light Flyweight ( - 48 kilograms) | Stephen Muchoki Kenya | Jorge Hernández Cuba | Armando Guevara Venezuela Richard Sandoval United States | |
Flyweight ( - 51 kilograms) | Henryk Średnicki Poland | Héctor Ramírez Cuba | Alexander Mikhailov Soviet Union Ishi Koki Japan | |
Bantamweight ( - 54 kilograms) | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Fazlija Szacirović Yugoslavia | Stephan Förster East Germany Chung Kim Chil South Korea | |
Featherweight ( - 57 kilograms) | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Bratislav Ristić Yugoslavia | Roman Gotfryd Poland Antonio Esparragoza Venezuela | |
Lightweight ( - 60 kilograms) | Davidson Andeh Nigeria | Vladimir Sorokin Soviet Union | René Weller West Germany Lutz Käsebier East Germany | |
Light Welterweight ( - 63,5 kilograms) | Valery Lvov Soviet Union | Memet Bogujevci Yugoslavia | Jean-Claude Ruiz France Karl-Heinz Krüger East Germany | |
Welterweight ( - 67 kilograms) | Valery Rachkov Soviet Union | Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia | Roosevelt Green United States Ernst Müller West Germany | |
Light Middleweight ( - 71 kilograms) | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Luis Martínez Cuba | Jerzy Rybicki Poland Ilya Ilyev Bulgaria | |
Middleweight ( - 75 kilograms) | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Tarmo Uusivirta Finland | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia Ilya Angelov Bulgaria | |
Light Heavyweight ( - 81 kilograms) | Sixto Soria Cuba | Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia | Nikolay Erofyeev Soviet Union Herbert Bauch East Germany | |
Heavyweight (> 81 kilograms) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Dragomir Vujković Yugoslavia | Carlos Rivera Venezuela Jürgen Fanghänel East Germany |