1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships

1999 AIBA World Boxing Championships
VenueGeorge R. Brown Convention Center
LocationHouston, United States
Start dateAugust 15, 1999 (1999-08-15)
End dateAugust 29, 1999 (1999-08-29)

The Men's 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Houston, United States from August 15 to August 29. The tenth edition of this competition, a year before the Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.

Medal winners

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight
(– 48 kilograms)
United States Brian Viloria
United States
Cuba Maikro Romero
Cuba
Russia Aleksan Nalbandyan
Russia

Thailand Suban Punnon
Thailand

Flyweight
(– 51 kilograms)
Kazakhstan Bulat Jumadilov
Kazakhstan
Argentina Omar Andrés Narváez
Argentina
Romania Waldemar Cucereanu
Romania

Poland Andrzej Rzany
Poland

Bantamweight
(– 54 kilograms)
Romania George Olteanu
Romania
Russia Kamil Djamaloudinov
Russia
Canada Benoit Gaudet
Canada

Belarus Sachis Mechchiyev
Belarus

Featherweight
(– 57 kilograms)
United States Ricardo Juarez
United States
Uzbekistan Tulkunbay Turgunov
Uzbekistan
Turkey Ramaz Paliani
Turkey

Romania Ovidiu Bobirnat
Romania

Lightweight
(– 60 kilograms)
Cuba Mario Kindelán
Cuba
Russia Aleksey Steponov
Russia
Romania Gheorghe Lungu
Romania

Bulgaria Dimitar Stilianov
Bulgaria

Light Welterweight
(– 63,5 kilograms)
Uzbekistan Mahammatkodir Abdoollayev
Uzbekistan
France Willy Blain
France
Germany Ali Ahraoui
Germany

Czech Republic Lukáš Konecný
Czech Republic

Welterweight
(– 67 kilograms)
Cuba Juan Hernández Sierra
Cuba
Russia Timur Gaydalov
Russia
Italy Leonard Bundu
Italy

Romania Lucian Bute
Romania

Light Middleweight
(– 71 kilograms)
Romania Marian Simion
Romania
Cuba Jorge Gutiérrez
Cuba
France Frédéric Esther
France

Kazakhstan Yermakhan Ibraimov
Kazakhstan

Middleweight
(– 75 kilograms)
Uzbekistan Utkirbek Haydarov
Uzbekistan
Romania Adrian Diaconu
Romania
Russia Yevgeniy Kasantsev
Russia

Turkey Akin Kuloglu
Turkey

Light Heavyweight
(– 81 kilograms)
United States Michael Simms
United States
France John Dovi
France
Ukraine Aleksey Trofimov
Ukraine

Azerbaijan Ali Ismayilov
Azerbaijan

Heavyweight
(– 91 kilograms)
United States Michael Bennett
United States
Cuba Félix Savón
Cuba
Wales Kevin Evans
Wales

Germany Steffen Kretschmann
Germany

Super Heavyweight
(+ 91 kilograms)
Turkey Sinan Samil Sam
Turkey
Kazakhstan Mukhtarkhan Dildabekov
Kazakhstan
Russia Felix Dyachuk
Russia

Italy Paolo Vidoz
Italy

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)4004
2 Cuba (CUB)2305
3 Romania (ROU)2147
4 Uzbekistan (UZB)2103
5 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1113
6 Turkey (TUR)1023
7 Russia (RUS)0336
8 France (FRA)0213
9 Argentina (ARG)0101
10 Germany (GER)0022
 Italy (ITA)0022
12 Azerbaijan (AZE)0011
 Belarus (BLR)0011
 Bulgaria (BUL)0011
 Canada (CAN)0011
 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 Poland (POL)0011
 Thailand (THA)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
 Wales (WAL)0011
Totals (20 entries)12122448