| 1978 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
|---|---|
| Location | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Start date | May 6, 1978 |
| End date | May 20, 1978 |
The Men's 1978 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia from May 6 to 20. The second edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cuba (CUB) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 |  Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |  Kenya (KEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 |  Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 9 |  Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 13 |  France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Stephen Muchoki Kenya | Jorge Hernández Cuba |  Armando Guevara Venezuela |
| Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Henryk Średnicki Poland | Héctor Ramírez Cuba | Alexander Mikhailov Soviet Union |
| Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | Adolfo Horta Cuba | Fazlija Šaćirović Yugoslavia | Stephan Förster East Germany |
| Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ángel Herrera Cuba | Bratislav Ristić Yugoslavia | Roman Gotfryd Poland |
| Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Davidson Andeh Nigeria | Vladimir Sorokin Soviet Union | René Weller West Germany |
| Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kilograms) | Valery Lvov Soviet Union | Memet Bogujevci Yugoslavia | Jean-Claude Ruiz France |
| Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Valery Rachkov Soviet Union | Miodrag Perunović Yugoslavia |  Roosevelt Green United States |
| Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Viktor Savchenko Soviet Union | Luis Martínez Cuba | Jerzy Rybicki Poland |
| Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | José Gómez Mustelier Cuba | Tarmo Uusivirta Finland | Slobodan Kačar Yugoslavia |
| Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Sixto Soria Cuba | Tadija Kačar Yugoslavia | Nikolay Erofyeev Soviet Union |
| Heavyweight (> 81 kilograms) | Teófilo Stevenson Cuba | Dragomir Vujković Yugoslavia | Carlos Rivera Venezuela |
