Host city | Vejle |
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Country | Denmark |
Nations | 35 |
Athletes | 304 |
Dates | 30 March–7 April |
The Men's 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Vejle, Denmark from March 30 to April 7. The 31st edition of the bi-annual competition, in which 304 fighters from 35 countries participated this time, was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | Daniel Petrov Bulgaria | Oleg Kiryukhin Ukraine | Sabin Bornei Romania Rafael Lozano |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | Albert Pakeyev Russia | Yuliyan Strogov Bulgaria | Damaen Kelly Ireland Serhiy Kovganko |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | István Kovács Hungary | Raimkul Malakhbekov Russia | Aleksandar Khristov Bulgaria John Larbi |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | Ramaz Paliani Russia | Serafim Todorov Bulgaria | Scott Harrison Scotland David Burke |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | Leonard Doroftei Romania | Tontcho Tontchev Bulgaria | Vahdettin İşsever Turkey Christian Giantomassi |
Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kilograms) | Oktay Urkal Germany | Nurhan Süleymanoğlu Turkey | Radoslav Suslekov Bulgaria Sergey Bykovsky |
Welterweight (– 67 kilograms) | Hasan Al Denmark | Marian Simion Romania | Sergiy Dzindziruk Ukraine Oleg Saitov |
Light Middleweight (– 71 kilograms) | Francisc Vaştag Romania | Markus Beyer Germany | Pavol Polakovič Czech Republic György Mizsei |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | Sven Ottke Germany | Zsolt Erdei Hungary | Jean-Paul Mendy France Aleksandr Lebziak |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | Pietro Aurino Italy | Jean-Louis Mandengue France | Dmitry Vybornov Russia Yusuf Öztürk |
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | Luan Krasniqi Germany | Christophe Mendy France | Wojciech Bartnik Poland Kwamena Turkson |
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | Alexei Lezin Russia | Wladimir Klitschko Ukraine | René Monse Germany Attila Levin |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
3 | Romania (ROM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
9 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
10 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
11 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Scotland (SCO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 12 | 12 | 24 | 48 |
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