title: 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
text: # 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships
  
  The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of thi bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 292 fighters from 41 countries competed at these championships. Russia's Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov afterwards received the Best Fighter Award. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. All medal winners earned a berth for the Athens Games.
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Light flyweight (−48 kilograms) | Sergey Kazakov Russia | Alfonso Pinto Italy | Pál Bedák Hungary Salim Salimov Bulgaria |
  | Flyweight (−51 kilograms) | Georgi Balakshin Russia | Nikoloz Izoria Georgia | Rustamhodza Rahimov Germany Andrzej Rzany Poland |
  | Bantamweight (−54 kilograms) | Gennady Kovalev Russia | Ali Hallab France | Detelin Dalakliev Bulgaria Andrzej Liczik Poland |
  | Featherweight (−57 kilograms) | Vitali Tajbert Germany | Khedafi Djelkhir France | Mikhail Bernadski Belarus Konstantine Kupatadze Georgia |
  | Lightweight (−60 kilograms) | Dimitar Stilianov Bulgaria | Selcuk Aydin Turkey | Gyula Káté Hungary Domenico Valentino Italy |
  | Light welterweight (−64 kilograms) | Alexander Maletin Russia | Igor Pashchuk Ukraine | Mustafa Karagöllü Turkey Willy Blain France |
  | Welterweight (−69 kilograms) | Oleg Saitov Russia | Xavier Noel France | Ruslan Khairov Azerbaijan Rolandas Jasevicius Lithuania |
  | Middleweight (−75 kilograms) | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Lukas Wilaschek Germany | Javid Taghiyev Azerbaijan Andy Lee Ireland |
  | Light heavyweight (−81 kilograms) | Evgeny Makarenko Russia | Marijo Šivolija Croatia | Alexey Kuziemski Poland Andriy Fedchuk Ukraine |
  | Heavyweight (−91 kilograms) | Aleksandr Alekseyev Russia | Viktor Zuyev Belarus | Vedran Đipalo Croatia Ertugrul Ergezen Turkey |
  | Super heavyweight (+91 kilograms) | Alexander Povetkin Russia | Roberto Cammarelle Italy | Jaroslav Jaksto Lithuania Sergey Rozhnov Bulgaria |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
  | 2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 6 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 7 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 12 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 12 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 12 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 15 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
  