title: 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships
text: # 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships
  
  The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Daniel Petrov Bulgaria | Oleg Kiryukhin Ukraine | Sabin Bornei Romania Rafael Lozano Spain |
  | Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Albert Pakeyev Russia | Yuliyan Strogov Bulgaria | Damaen Kelly Ireland Serhiy Kovganko Ukraine |
  | Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | István Kovács Hungary | Raimkul Malakhbekov Russia | Aleksandar Khristov Bulgaria John Larbi Sweden |
  | Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ramaz Paliani Russia | Serafim Todorov Bulgaria | Scott Harrison Scotland David Burke England |
  | Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Leonard Doroftei Romania | Tontcho Tontchev Bulgaria | Vahdettin İşsever Turkey Christian Giantomassi Italy |
  | Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Oktay Urkal Germany | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu Turkey | Radoslav Suslekov Bulgaria Sergey Bykovsky Belarus |
  | Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Hasan Al Denmark | Marian Simion Romania | Sergiy Dzindziruk Ukraine Oleg Saitov Russia |
  | Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Francisc Vaştag Romania | Markus Beyer Germany | Pavol Polakovič Czech Republic György Mizsei Hungary |
  | Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Sven Ottke Germany | Zsolt Erdei Hungary | Jean-Paul Mendy France Aleksandr Lebziak Russia |
  | Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Pietro Aurino Italy | Jean-Louis Mandengue France | Dmitry Vybornov Russia Yusuf Öztürk Turkey |
  | Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Luan Krasniqi Germany | Christophe Mendy France | Wojciech Bartnik Poland Kwamena Turkson Sweden |
  | Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Alexei Lezin Russia | Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine | René Monse Germany Attila Levin Sweden |
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
  | 2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 3 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
  | 5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
  | 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 10 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 11 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
  | 12 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 12 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (18 entries) | Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
  