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1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships

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1991 AIBA World Boxing Championships
LocationSydney, Australia
Start dateNovember 15, 1991 (1991-11-15)
End dateNovember 23, 1991 (1991-11-23)

The Men's 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Sydney, Australia, from November 15 to 23. The sixth edition of this competition, held nearly a year before the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, was organised by the world's governing body for amateur boxing, AIBA.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba (CUB)4239
2 Bulgaria (BUL)2125
3 Germany (GER)2114
4 Soviet Union (URS)1427
5 United States (USA)1113
6 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Italy (ITA)1001
8 North Korea (PRK)0112
 South Korea (KOR)0112
10 Netherlands (NED)0101
11 Australia (AUS)0022
 Canada (CAN)0022
 Romania (ROU)0022
14 Algeria (ALG)0011
 Egypt (EGY)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Nigeria (NGR)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
 Puerto Rico (PUR)0011
 Turkey (TUR)0011
Totals (20 entries)12122448


Medal winners

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
United States Eric Griffin
United States
Cuba Rogelio Marcelo
Cuba
Puerto Rico Nelson Dieppa
Puerto Rico

Bulgaria Daniel Petrov
Bulgaria

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Hungary István Kovács
Hungary
North Korea Choi Chol-Su
North Korea
Egypt Hassan Mustafa
Egypt

Bulgaria Yuliyan Strogov
Bulgaria

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Bulgaria Serafim Todorov
Bulgaria
Cuba Enrique Carrion
Cuba
Soviet Union Vladislav Antonov
Soviet Union

North Korea Li Gwang-Sik
North Korea

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
Bulgaria Kirkor Kirkorov
Bulgaria
South Korea Park Duk-Kyu
South Korea
Algeria Hocine Soltani
Algeria

Cuba Arnaldo Mesa
Cuba

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Germany Marco Rudolph
Germany
Soviet Union Artur Grigoryan
Soviet Union
Australia Justin Rowsell
Australia

Romania Vasile Nistor
Romania

Light Welterweight
(– 63,5 kilograms)
Soviet Union Konstantin Tszyu
Soviet Union
United States Vernon Forrest
United States
Nigeria Moses James
Nigeria

Cuba Candelario Duvergel
Cuba

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Cuba Juan Hernández Sierra
Cuba
Germany Andreas Otto
Germany
Romania Francisc Vastag
Romania

Australia Stefan Scriggins
Australia

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Cuba Juan Carlos Lemus
Cuba
Soviet Union Israel Akopkokhyan
Soviet Union
Germany Torsten Schmitz
Germany

Norway Ole Klemetsen
Norway

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Italy Tommaso Russo
Italy
Soviet Union Aleksandr Lebziak
Soviet Union
Canada Chris Johnson
Canada

Cuba Ramón Garbey
Cuba

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
Germany Torsten May
Germany
Soviet Union Andrey Kurnyavka
Soviet Union
Turkey Mehmet Gurgen
Turkey

Canada Dale Brown
Canada

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
Cuba Félix Savón
Cuba
Netherlands Arnold Vanderlyde
Netherlands
New Zealand David Tua
New Zealand

South Korea Chae Sung-Bae
South Korea

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Cuba Roberto Balado
Cuba
Bulgaria Svilen Rusinov
Bulgaria
Soviet Union Yevgeny Belousov
Soviet Union

United States Larry Donald
United States

See also

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