1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships Explained

The Men's 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Reno, United States from May 8 to 18. The fourth edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA.

Medal winners

Light flyweight (48 kg)	Juan Torres Odelin Cuba	Luis Román Rolón1 Puerto Rico	José Rodrigues Brazil Oh Kwang-soo South Korea
Flyweight (51 kg)	Pedro Orlando Reyes Cuba	David Grimán Venezuela	János Varadi Hungary Eyüp Can Turkey
Bantamweight (54 kg)	Moon Sung-kil South Korea	René Breitbarth East Germany	Arnaldo Mesa Cuba Yuri Alexandrov Soviet Union
Featherweight (57 kg)	Kelcie Banks United States	Jesus Sollet Cuba	Andreas Zülow East Germany Tomasz Nowak Poland
Lightweight (60 kg)	Adolfo Horta Cuba	Engels Pedroza Venezuela	Orzubek Nazarov Soviet Union Emil Chuprenski Bulgaria
Light welterweight (63,5 kg)	Vassili Shyshov Soviet Union	Howard Grant Canada	Mirko Puzović Yugoslavia Borislav Abadzhiev Bulgaria
Welterweight (67 kg)	Kenneth Gould United States	Candelario Duvergel Cuba	Tibor Molnár Hungary Torsten Schmitz East Germany
Light middleweight (71 kg)	Angel Espinosa Cuba	Enrico Richter East Germany	Manvel Avetisyan Soviet Union Lotfi Ayed Sweden
Middleweight (75 kg)	Darin Allen United States	Henry Maske East Germany	Julio Quintana Cuba Henryk Petrich Poland
Light heavyweight (81 kg)	Pablo Romero Cuba	Loren Ross1 United States	Damir Škaro Yugoslavia Deyan Kirilov Bulgaria
Heavyweight (91 kg)	Félix Savón Cuba	Arnold Vanderlyde Netherlands	Svilen Rusinov Bulgaria Michael Bentt United States
Super heavyweight (+91 kg)	Teófilo Stevenson Cuba	Alex Garcia United States	Vyacheslav Yakovlev Soviet Union Biaggio Chianese Italy

• Puerto Rican Louis Rolon (48 Kg) and American Lauren Ross (81 Kg) were disqualified for doping violations.

External links

• Results on Amateur Boxing