| 2009 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
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| Light flyweight | |
| Flyweight | |
| Bantamweight | |
| Featherweight | |
| Lightweight | |
| Light welterweight | |
| Welterweight | |
| Middleweight | |
| Light heavyweight | |
| Heavyweight | |
| Super heavyweight | |
The Featherweight competition was the fourth-lowest weight featured at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships, and was held at the Mediolanum Forum. Featherweights were limited to a maximum of 57 kilograms in body mass.
| Gold | Vasyl Lomachenko  Ukraine |
| Silver | Sergey Vodopyanov  Russia |
| Bronze | Oscar Valdez  Mexico |
Bahodirjon Sooltonov  Uzbekistan |
Vasyl Lomachenko (Champion) Bahodirjon Sooltonov (Semifinals)
Luis Enrique Porozo (Third Round) Oscar Valdez (Semifinals)
Li Yang (Second Round)
Satoshi Shimizu (First Round)
Akhil Kumar (First Round) Sergey Vodopyanov (Final)| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 8 | |||||||||||||
 Branimir Stankovic (SRB) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Azat Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Yasniel Toledo (CUB) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Kerem Gürgen (TUR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mario Aleksic (BIH) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Craig Evans (WAL) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Craig Evans (WAL) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Mohamed Eliwa (EGY) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Branimir Stanković (SRB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Branimir Stanković (SRB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Irodioni Onashvili (GEO) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Branimir Stanković (SRB) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Roberto Navarro (DOM) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Oreste Molina (ESP) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Roberto Navarro (DOM) | 16 | Roberto Navarro (DOM) | RSCI | ||||||||||||||||
| Akhil Kumar (IND) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Li Yang (CHN) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Javkhlan Bariadii (MGL) | 1 | Li Yang (CHN) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Alessio di Savino (ITA) | 16 | Alessio di Savino (ITA) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jehad Alzubi (JOR) | 3 | Alessio di Savino (ITA) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
 Gytis Vaitkus (LTU) | 11 | Azat Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
 Hicham Ziouti (FRA) | 9 | Gytis Vaitkus (LTU) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Azat Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 24 | Azat Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
 Héctor Manzanilla (VEN) | 7 | Azat Hovhannisyan (ARM) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Joo Min Jae (KOR) | 9 | Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
 Vladimir Nikiforov (EST) | 2 | Joo Min Jae (KOR) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Charly Suarez (PHI) | 18 | Charly Suarez (PHI) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Iulian Stan (ROU) | 8 | Joo Min Jae (KOR) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Wuttichai Masuk (THA) | 3 | Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 David Joyce (IRL) | 28 | David Joyce (IRL) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Clive Atwell (GUI) | 3 | Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Oscar Valdez (MEX) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Luis Enrique Porozo (ECU) | +5 | ||||||||||||||||||
 Ilkin Aghayev (AZE) | 5 | Luis Enrique Porozo (ECU) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Sibomana Niyitegeka (RWA) | 3 |  Ignacio Perrin (ARG) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ignacio Perrin (ARG) | 10 | Luis Enrique Porozo (ECU) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Sandro Schaer (GER) | 11 | Yasniel Toledo (CUB) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mehrullah Lassi (PAK) | 1 | Sandro Schaer (GER) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Robson Conceiçao (BRA) | 7 | Yasniel Toledo (CUB) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yasniel Toledo (CUB) | 21 | Yasniel Toledo (CUB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Ibrahim Balla (AUS) | 19 | Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
 Kevin Rivers (USA) | 22 | Kevin Rivers (USA) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
 Bashir Hassan (SWE) | 9 | Bashir Hassan (SWE) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
 Askarbek Kalpakov (KGZ) | 6 | Kevin Rivers (USA) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
 Yerzhan Mussafirov (KAZ) | RSC | Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Vatea Bossuet (PYF) | Yerzhan Mussafirov (KAZ) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
 Amangeldi Hudaybergenov (TKM) | 5 | Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sergey Vodopyanov (RUS) | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Quarterfinals | ||||||||||||||||
| Satoshi Shimizu (JPN) | |||||||||||||||||||
 Nick Okoth (KEN) | WO | Nick Okoth (KEN) | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jean Colin (MRI) | 1 | Kerem Gürgen (TUR) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kerem Gürgen (TUR) | 21 | Kerem Gürgen (TUR) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
 Shafick Chitou (BEN) | 7 | Shafick Chitou (BEN) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Shahzada Hassan (AFG) | 2 | Shafick Chitou (BEN) | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
 Papish Baloyi (RSA) | 23 | Papish Baloyi (RSA) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mohammed Shahmeem (FIJ) | 1 | Kerem Gürgen (TUR) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mikhail Biarnadski (BLR) | 5 | Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
 Michak Chudecki (POL) | 12 | Michak Chudecki (POL) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mohamed Ouadahi (ALG) | 10 | Mohamed Ouadahi (ALG) | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
 Tomas Vano (SVK) | 5 | Michak Chudecki (POL) | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Mmoloki Nogeng (BOT) | Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
 Janos Mihaly (HUN) | RSC | Janos Mihaly (HUN) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
 Dennis Ceylan (DEN) | Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bahodirjon Sooltonov (UZB) | RSC | ||||||||||||||||||
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