AIBA World Boxing Championships

The AIBA World Boxing Championships and the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships are biennial amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which is the sport governing body.[1][2] Alongside the Olympic boxing programme, it is the highest level of competition for the sport. The championships was first held in 1974 Havana, Cuba as a men's only event and the first women's championships was held over 25 years later in 2001.[3]

AIBA World Boxing Championships
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)varying
Frequencybiennial
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1974 (1974) (men)
2001 (2001) (women)
Organised byAIBA

The men's and women's competitions are held separately and since 2006 the biennial championships have been held in alternating years. The number of weight categories was reduced from twelve to eleven in 2003 with the removal of the light middleweight division (−71 kg). In 2011 the weight categories went down to ten with the removal of the featherweight division (−57 kg). In 2019 the weight categories went down to eight with the removal of the light flyweight division (−49 kg) and including of the featherweight division (−57 kg) instead of bantamweight division (−56 kg) and lightweight division (−60 kg).

Men's editions

Cuban Felix Savon is the most successful boxer in the World Amateur Boxing Championships (Men's editions) of all time having won 6 gold medals as a heavyweight.

As of 2019, weight classes for the men include:[4]

NumberYearHostDatesVenueEvents
1 1974 Havana, Cuba 17–30 August Coliseo de la Ciudad Deportiva 11
2 1978 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 6–20 May Pionir Sports Hall[5] 11
3 1982 Munich, West Germany 4–15 May Olympiahalle[6] 12
4 1986 Reno, United States 8–18 May Reno-Sparks Convention Center 12
5 1989 Moscow, Soviet Union 17 September – 1 October Olympic Stadium 12
6 1991 Sydney, Australia 14–23 November State Sports Centre[7] 12
7 1993 Tampere, Finland 7–16 May Tampere Ice Stadium 12
8 1995 Berlin, Germany 4–15 May Deutschlandhalle 12
9 1997 Budapest, Hungary 18–26 October Budapest Sportcsarnok 12
10 1999 Houston, United States 15–29 August George R. Brown Convention Center 12
11 2001 Belfast, United Kingdom 3–10 June Odyssey Arena 12
12 2003 Bangkok, Thailand 6–13 July Nimibutr Stadium 11
13 2005 Mianyang, China 13–20 November Jiu Zhou Gymnasium 11
14 2007 Chicago, United States 23 October – 3 November UIC Pavilion 11
15 2009 Milan, Italy 1–12 September Mediolanum Forum 11
16 2011 Baku, Azerbaijan 22 September – 10 October Heydar Aliyev Sports 10
17 2013 Almaty, Kazakhstan 14–26 October Baluan Sholak Sports Palace 10
18 2015 Doha, Qatar 5–18 October Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena 10
19 2017 Hamburg, Germany 25 August – 3 September Alsterdorfer Sporthalle 10
20 2019 Yekaterinburg, Russia 8–21 September Ekaterinburg Expo 8
21 2021 Belgrade, Serbia TBD 8
22 2023 Bogota, Colombia TBD 8

All-time medal table (1974–2019)

Updated after the 2019 AIBA World Boxing Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Cuba773526138
2 Russia26212269
3 United States16111946
4 Soviet Union15111743
5 Kazakhstan12132146
6 Uzbekistan9141841
7 Bulgaria881935
8 Romania751729
9 Ukraine6121129
10 Azerbaijan64919
11 Italy621422
12 Germany462535
13 France461424
14 China31913
15 Hungary31610
16 Turkey231116
17 South Korea23813
18 Puerto Rico2136
19 East Germany181524
20 Yugoslavia161017
21 England14914
22 Mongolia14611
23 Ireland13913
 Poland13913
25 Thailand1359
26 Armenia1168
27 Brazil1157
28 Georgia1146
29 Nigeria1135
30 Kenya1102
31 Morocco1023
32 Uganda1012
33 Venezuela05611
34 Philippines0336
35 Finland0325
36 Belarus0268
37 North Korea0257
38 Algeria0224
 Netherlands0224
40 India0156
41 Canada0145
42 Lithuania0134
43 Argentina0123
 Japan0123
 Wales0123
46 Croatia0112
 Ecuador0112
48 West Germany0066
49 Australia0055
 Egypt0055
51 Sweden0044
52 Czech Republic0033
 Tajikistan0033
54 Norway0022
 Serbia and Montenegro0022
 Slovakia0022
57 Cameroon0011
 Colombia0011
 Costa Rica0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Denmark0011
 Dominican Republic0011
 Ghana0011
 Great Britain0011
 Mexico0011
 New Zealand0011
 Pakistan0011
 Panama0011
 Spain0011
Totals (69 nations)222220444886
Note

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active amateur boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

Rank Boxer Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Félix Savón Cuba91 kg19861999617
2Juan Hernández Sierra Cuba67 kg19911999415
Julio César La Cruz Cuba81 kg20112019415
4Lázaro Álvarez Cuba56 kg / 60 kg / 57 kg20112019325
5Serafim Todorov Bulgaria54 kg / 57 kg19891995314
Zou Shiming China48 kg / 49 kg20032011314
7Francisc Vaștag Romania67 kg / 71 kg19891995314
8Roberto Balado Cuba+91 kg1989199333
Adolfo Horta Cuba54 kg / 57 kg / 60 kg1978198633
Mario Kindelán Cuba60 kg1999200333
Magomedrasul Majidov Azerbaijan+91 kg2011201733
Odlanier Solís Cuba91 kg / +91 kg2001200533
Teófilo Stevenson Cuba+81 kg / +91 kg1974198633

Women's editions

As of 2018, weight classes for women are as follows:[4]

NumberYearHostDatesVenueEvents
1 2001 Scranton, United States 24 November – 2 December 12
2 2002 Antalya, Turkey 21–27 October 12
3 2005 Podolsk, Russia 26 September – 2 October Vityaz Ice Palace 13
4 2006 New Delhi, India 18–23 November Talkatora Indoor Stadium 13
5 2008 Ningbo, China 22–29 November Ningbo Sports Center 13
6 2010 Bridgetown, Barbados 10–18 September Garfield Sobers Gymnasium 10
7 2012 Qinhuangdao, China 21 May – 3 June 10
8 2014 Jeju City, South Korea 13–25 November Halla Gymnasium 10
9 2016 Astana, Kazakhstan 19–27 May 10
10 2018 New Delhi, India 15–24 November KD Jadav Indoor Stadium 10
11 2019 Ulan-Ude, Russia 3–13 October 10
12 2020 Bogotá, Colombia TBD 10

All-time medal table (2001–2019)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia24112560
2 China18151851
3 India981936
4 North Korea871025
5 United States792238
6 Canada721726
7 Turkey681428
8 Ireland6118
9 Kazakhstan54918
10 Italy44311
11 France43411
12 Ukraine371020
13 Hungary351119
14 Sweden32611
15 Chinese Taipei3025
16 Philippines22711
17 Brazil2024
18 England16411
19 Romania14813
20 Poland13610
21 Bulgaria1225
22 Belarus1124
23 Germany1023
24 Great Britain1012
 Wales1012
26 Panama1001
27 Netherlands0347
28 Norway0314
29 Thailand0246
30 Argentina0224
31 Azerbaijan0213
32 Denmark0156
33 Australia0134
34 Greece0123
35 Colombia0101
 Jamaica0101
  Switzerland0101
38 Finland0044
39 Japan0033
40 Egypt0022
 South Korea0022
42 Moldova0011
 Mongolia0011
 Morocco0011
 New Zealand0011
 Tajikistan0011
 Tunisia0011
 Vietnam0011
Totals (48 nations)123122246491
Notes
  • At the 2001 World Championships, Russian boxer Natalya Kolpakova (71 kg) finished at 2nd place but was disqualified afterwards and deprived of her silver medal which was not transferred to other athlete.
  • At the 2008 World Championships, Chinese boxer Chen Ying (48 kg) originally won the gold medal but was disqualified for failing doping test. Gold medal in this weight category was reawarded to France, silver medal - to Russia, one bronze medal - to Sweden and other bronze medal was not awarded to any boxer.

Multiple gold medalists

Boldface denotes active boxers and highest medal count among all boxers (including these who are not included in these tables) per type. In 2018, Mary Kom defeated Ukrainian boxer Hanna Okhota with a 5–0 win in the 48 kg weight category, she is now tied with Cuban legend Felix Savon’s haul of six golds.[8][9]

Rank Boxer Country Weights From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Mary Kom India48 kg / 45 kg / 46 kg / 51 kg200120196118
2Katie Taylor Ireland60 kg20062016516
3Irina Sinetskaya Russia67 kg / 66 kg / 80 kg / +81 kg200120123115
4Yang Xiaoli China81 kg / +81 kg20142019314
5Mary Spencer Canada66 kg / 75 kg20052010314
6Simona Galassi Italy51 kg / 50 kg2001200533
Ren Cancan China52 kg / 51 kg2008201233
8Mária Kovács Hungary90 kg / 86 kg / 75 kg200120102215
9Ariane Fortin-Brochu Canada70 kg / 75 kg200520142114
Anna Laurell Sweden75 kg200120122114
Sofya Ochigava Russia52 kg / 54 kg / 57 kg / 60 kg200520122114

See also

References

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