Host city | Pula |
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Country | Croatia |
Nations | 41 |
Athletes | 292 |
Dates | 19–29 February |
The men's 2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Pula, Croatia, from February 19 to February 29. The 35th edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. A total number of 292 fighters from 41 countries competed at these championships. Russia's Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov afterwards received the Best Fighter Award. The tournament served as a qualification event for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. All medal winners earned a berth for the Athens Games.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Light flyweight (−48 kilograms) | Sergey Kazakov Russia | Alfonso Pinto Italy | Pál Bedák Hungary Salim Salimov |
Flyweight (−51 kilograms) | Georgi Balakshin Russia | Nikoloz Izoria Georgia | Rustamhodza Rahimov Germany Andrzej Rzany |
Bantamweight (−54 kilograms) | Gennady Kovalev Russia | Ali Hallab France | Detelin Dalakliev Bulgaria Andrzej Liczik |
Featherweight (−57 kilograms) | Vitali Tajbert Germany | Khedafi Djelkhir France | Mikhail Bernadski Belarus Konstantine Kupatadze |
Lightweight (−60 kilograms) | Dimitar Stilianov Bulgaria | Selcuk Aydin Turkey | Gyula Káté Hungary Domenico Valentino |
Light welterweight (−64 kilograms) | Alexander Maletin Russia | Igor Pashchuk Ukraine | Mustafa Karagöllü Turkey Willy Blain |
Welterweight (−69 kilograms) | Oleg Saitov Russia | Xavier Noel France | Ruslan Khairov Azerbaijan Rolandas Jasevicius |
Middleweight (−75 kilograms) | Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov Russia | Lukas Wilaschek Germany | Javid Taghiyev Azerbaijan Andy Lee |
Light heavyweight (−81 kilograms) | Evgeny Makarenko Russia | Marijo Šivolija Croatia | Alexey Kuziemski Poland Andriy Fedchuk |
Heavyweight (−91 kilograms) | Aleksandr Alekseyev Russia | Viktor Zuyev Belarus | Vedran Đipalo Croatia Ertugrul Ergezen |
Super heavyweight (+91 kilograms) | Alexander Povetkin Russia | Roberto Cammarelle Italy | Jaroslav Jaksto Lithuania Sergey Rozhnov |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
3 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
6 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
7 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
12 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
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