title: 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships
text: # 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships
  
  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
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
  | 2 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
  | 3 | Germany (GER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
  | 5 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 6 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 8 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 11 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 11 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 11 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
  | 14 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 14 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Eric Griffin United States | Rogelio Marcelo Cuba | Nelson Dieppa Puerto Rico Daniel Petrov Bulgaria |
  | Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | István Kovács Hungary | Choi Chol-Su North Korea | Hassan Mustafa Egypt Yuliyan Strogov Bulgaria |
  | Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Serafim Todorov Bulgaria | Enrique Carrion Cuba | Vladislav Antonov Soviet Union Li Gwang-Sik North Korea |
  | Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Kirkor Kirkorov Bulgaria | Park Duk-Kyu South Korea | Hocine Soltani Algeria Arnaldo Mesa Cuba |
  | Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Marco Rudolph Germany | Artur Grigoryan Soviet Union | Justin Rowsell Australia Vasile Nistor Romania |
  | Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Konstantin Tszyu Soviet Union | Vernon Forrest United States | Moses James Nigeria Candelario Duvergel Cuba |
  | Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Juan Hernández Sierra Cuba | Andreas Otto Germany | Francisc Vastag Romania Stefan Scriggins Australia |
  | Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Juan Carlos Lemus Cuba | Israel Akopkokhyan Soviet Union | Torsten Schmitz Germany Ole Klemetsen Norway |
  | Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Tommaso Russo Italy | Aleksandr Lebziak Soviet Union | Chris Johnson Canada Ramón Garbey Cuba |
  | Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Torsten May Germany | Andrey Kurnyavka Soviet Union | Mehmet Gurgen Turkey Dale Brown Canada |
  | Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Félix Savón Cuba | Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands | David Tua New Zealand Chae Sung-Bae South Korea |
  | Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Roberto Balado Cuba | Svilen Rusinov Bulgaria | Yevgeny Belousov Soviet Union Larry Donald United States |
  