The Men's 1997 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from October 18 to October 26. The ninth edition of this competition, a year after the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. The tournament saw the increase in the age limit of boxers from (32) years to (35) years of age.
Medal table
Medal winners Light Flyweight(– 48 kilograms) Maikro RomeroCuba Roel VelascoPhilippines Rudolf DydiSlovakia Daniel PetrovBulgaria Flyweight(– 51 kilograms) Manuel MantillaCuba Ilfat RazyapovRussia Omar Andrés NarváezArgentina Bulat JumadilovKazakhstan Bantamweight(– 54 kilograms) Raimkul MalakhbekovRussia Waldemar FontCuba Soner KaragözTurkey Aram RamazyanArmenia Featherweight(– 57 kilograms) István KovácsHungary Falk HusteGermany Sayan SanszatRussia Rusinelson HardyCuba Lightweight(– 60 kilograms) Aleksander MaletinRussia Tumentsetseg UitumenMongolia Koba GogoladzeGeorgia Shin Eun-ChulSouth Korea Light Welterweight(– 63,5 kilograms) Dorel SimionRomania Paata GvasaliaRussia Tonton SemakalaSweden Lukáš KonecnýCzech Republic Welterweight(– 67 kilograms) Oleg SaitovRussia Sergiy DzindzirukUkraine Juan Hernández SierraCuba Marian SimonRomania Light Middleweight(– 71 kilograms) Alfredo DuvergelCuba Yermakhan IbraimovKazakhstan Ercüment AslanTurkey Adrian DiaconuRomania Middleweight(– 75 kilograms) Zsolt ErdeiHungary Ariel HernándezCuba Dirk EigenbrodtGermany Jean-Paul MendyFrance Light Heavyweight(– 81 kilograms) Aleksandr LebziakRussia Frédéric SerratFrance Isael AlvarezCuba Stephen KirkIreland Heavyweight(– 91 kilograms) Félix SavónCuba Mike HankeGermany Giacobbe FragomeniItaly Tue Bjørn ThomsenDenmark Super Heavyweight(+ 91 kilograms) Georgi KandelakiGeorgia Alexis RubalcabaCuba Sergei LiakhovichBelarus Paolo VidozItaly
External links Results on Amateur Boxing