1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1989 AIBA World Boxing Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
LocationMoscow, Soviet Union
Start dateSeptember 17, 1989 (1989-09-17)
End dateOctober 1, 1989 (1989-10-01)
A Soviet stamp dedicated to the 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships

The Men's 1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union from September 17 to October 1, 1989. The fifth edition of this competition, held a year after the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)52411
2 Cuba (CUB)4419
3 East Germany (GDR)1427
4 United States (USA)1023
5 Romania (ROU)1012
6 Bulgaria (BUL)0202
7 North Korea (PRK)0033
8 Hungary (HUN)0022
 West Germany (FRG)0022
10 Australia (AUS)0011
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Egypt (EGY)0011
 Ireland (IRL)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (16 entries)12122448

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight(– 48 kilograms)United StatesEric GriffinUnited StatesCubaRogelio MarceloCubaNorth KoreaKim Dok-NamNorth Korea

Soviet UnionNshan MunchyanSoviet Union

Flyweight(– 51 kilograms)Soviet UnionYuri ArbachakovSoviet UnionCubaPedro Orlando ReyesCubaNorth KoreaLi Gwang-SikNorth Korea

PolandKrzysztof WróblewskiPoland

Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms)CubaEnrique CarríonCubaBulgariaSerafim TodorovBulgariaNorth KoreaLi Yong-HoNorth Korea

ItalyLuigi QuitadamoItaly

Featherweight(– 57 kilograms)Soviet UnionAyrat KhamatovSoviet UnionBulgariaKirkor KirkorovBulgariaCubaArnaldo MesaCuba

AustraliaJamie NicolsonAustralia

Lightweight(– 60 kilograms)CubaJulio GonzálezCubaEast GermanyAndreas ZülowEast GermanyUnited StatesTonga McClainUnited States

Soviet UnionKonstantin TszyuSoviet Union

Light Welterweight(– 63,5 kilograms)Soviet UnionIgor RuzhnikovSoviet UnionEast GermanyAndreas OttoEast GermanySocialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaVukašin DobrašinovićYugoslavia

Republic of IrelandMichael CarruthIreland

Welterweight(– 67 kilograms)RomaniaFrancisc VaştagRomaniaEast GermanySiegfried MehnertEast GermanyUnited StatesRaúl MárquezUnited States

Soviet UnionVladimir EreshchenkoSoviet Union

Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms)Soviet UnionIsrael AkopkokhyanSoviet UnionEast GermanyTorsten SchmitzEast GermanyRomaniaRudel ObrejaRomania

EgyptSalem Karim KabbaryEgypt

Middleweight(– 75 kilograms)Soviet UnionAndrey KurnyavkaSoviet UnionCubaAngel EspinosaCubaHungaryZoltán FuzesyHungary

GermanySven OttkeWest Germany

Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms)East GermanyHenry MaskeEast GermanyCubaPablo RomeroCubaSoviet UnionNurmagomed ShanavazovSoviet Union

HungarySandór HranekHungary

Heavyweight(– 91 kilograms)CubaFélix SavónCubaSoviet UnionEvgeni SudakovSoviet UnionEast GermanyAxel SchulzEast Germany

GermanyBert TeuchertWest Germany

Super Heavyweight(> 91 kilograms)CubaRoberto BaladoCubaSoviet UnionAleksandr MiroshnichenkoSoviet UnionEast GermanyMaik HeydeckEast Germany

Czech RepublicLadislav HusarikCzechoslovakia