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 |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) |
 Stephen MuchokiKenya |
 Jorge HernándezCuba |
 Armando GuevaraVenezuela
|
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) |
 Henryk ŚrednickiPoland |
Héctor Ramírez Cuba |
 Alexander MikhailovSoviet Union
|
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) |
Adolfo Horta Cuba |
 Fazlija SzacirovićYugoslavia |
 Stephan FörsterEast Germany
|
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) |
Ángel Herrera Cuba |
Bratislav Ristić Yugoslavia |
Roman Gotfryd Poland
|
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) |
 Andeh DavidsonNigeria |
Vladimir Sorokin Soviet Union |
 René WellerWest Germany
|
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) |
Valery Lvov Soviet Union |
Memet Bogujevci Yugoslavia |
 Jean-Claude RuizFrance
|
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) |
Valery Rachkov Soviet Union |
Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia |
 Roosevelt GreenUnited States
|
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) |
Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union |
Luis Martínez Cuba |
Jerzy Rybicki Poland
|
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) |
José Gómez Cuba |
 Tarmo UusivirtaFinland |
Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia
|
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) |
Sixto Soria Cuba |
Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia |
Nikolay Erofyeev Soviet Union
|
| Heavyweight (> 81 kilograms) |
Teófilo Stevenson Cuba |
Dragomir Vujković Yugoslavia |
Carlos Rivera Venezuela
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