1989 World Amateur Boxing Championships
# 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

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Soviet Union (URS) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Eric Griffin United States | Rogelio Marcelo Cuba | Kim Dok-Nam North Korea Nshan Munchyan Soviet Union |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Yuri Arbachakov Soviet Union | Pedro Orlando Reyes Cuba | Li Gwang-Sik North Korea Krzysztof Wróblewski Poland |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Enrique Carríon Cuba | Serafim Todorov Bulgaria | Li Yong-Ho North Korea Luigi Quitadamo Italy |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ayrat Khamatov Soviet Union | Kirkor Kirkorov Bulgaria | Arnaldo Mesa Cuba Jamie Nicolson Australia |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Julio González Cuba | Andreas Zülow East Germany | Tonga McClain United States Konstantin Tszyu Soviet Union |
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Igor Ruzhnikov Soviet Union | Andreas Otto East Germany | Vukašin Dobrašinović Yugoslavia Michael Carruth Ireland |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Francisc Vaştag Romania | Siegfried Mehnert East Germany | Raúl Márquez United States Vladimir Ereshchenko Soviet Union |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Israel Akopkokhyan Soviet Union | Torsten Schmitz East Germany | Rudel Obreja Romania Salem Karim Kabbary Egypt |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Andrey Kurnyavka Soviet Union | Angel Espinosa Cuba | Zoltán Fuzesy Hungary Sven Ottke West Germany |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Henry Maske East Germany | Pablo Romero Cuba | Nurmagomed Shanavazov Soviet Union Sandór Hranek Hungary |
| Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Félix Savón Cuba | Evgeni Sudakov Soviet Union | Axel Schulz East Germany Bert Teuchert West Germany |
| Super Heavyweight (> 91 kilograms) | Roberto Balado Cuba | Aleksandr Miroshnichenko Soviet Union | Maik Heydeck East Germany Ladislav Husarik Czechoslovakia |
