The 2008 AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships were held in Guadalajara, Mexico, from October 31 to November 1, 2008. It was the first edition of the AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships which had taken over from the Junior World Championship. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.
A total of 359 fighters from 68 different countries registered to compete in the inaugural edition of the competition. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Light Flyweight (– 48 kilograms) | ![]() India | ![]() Russia | ![]() Dominican Republic |
Flyweight (– 51 kilograms) | ![]() Puerto Rico | ![]() Cuba | ![]() Uzbekistan |
Bantamweight (– 54 kilograms) | ![]() Russia | ![]() Romania | ![]() Australia |
Featherweight (– 57 kilograms) | ![]() Mexico | ![]() Russia | ![]() Romania |
Lightweight (– 60 kilograms) | ![]() Ireland | ![]() Kazakhstan | ![]() Russia |
Light Welterweight (– 64 kilograms) | ![]() Cuba | ![]() Ireland | ![]() Czech Republic |
Welterweight (– 69 kilograms) | ![]() Mexico | ![]() Uzbekistan | ![]() Ireland |
Middleweight (– 75 kilograms) | ![]() Cuba | ![]() Germany | ![]() Russia |
Light Heavyweight (– 81 kilograms) | ![]() Cuba | ![]() Russia | ![]() Ireland |
Heavyweight (– 91 kilograms) | ![]() Cuba | ![]() Kazakhstan | ![]() Romania |
Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kilograms) | ![]() USA | ![]() Germany | ![]() Cuba |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 |
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