1979 Pan American Games / Boxing

The 8th men's boxing competitions at the Pan American Games were held from July 1 to July 15, 1979 in the Puerto Rican capital, San Juan . A total of 44 medals in 11 weight classes were awarded.

Medalist

class	gold	silver	bronze
Half fly weight (up to 48 kg)	Héctor Ramírez Cuba	Richard Sandoval USA	Eduardo Burgos Chile Gilberto Sosa Mexico
Flyweight (up to 51 kg)	Alberto Mercado Puerto Rico	Pedro Nolasco Dominican Republic	Ian Clyde Canada Jerome Coffee USA
Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)	Jackie Beard USA	Luis Pizarro Puerto Rico	Héctor Lazaro Cuba Santiago Caballero Venezuela
Feather weight (up to 57 kg)	Bernard Taylor USA	Naudy Piñero Venezuela	Fernando Sosa Argentina Felipe Orozco Colombia
Lightweight (up to 60 kg)	Adolfo Horta Cuba	Roberto Andino Puerto Rico	Rafael Rodriguez Dominican Republic Guillermo Fernández Venezuela
Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)	Lemuel Steeples USA	Hugo Hernández Argentina	José Aguillar Cuba Pedro Cruz Puerto Rico
Welter weight (up to 67 kg)	Andrés Aldama Cuba	Mike McCallum Jamaica	José Baret Dominican Republic Javier Colin Mexico
Medium weight (up to 71 kg)	José Angel Molina Puerto Rico	James Shuler USA	Francisco de Jesus Brazil Jorge Amparo Dominican Republic
Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	José Gómez Cuba	Carlos Fonseca Brazil	Alfred Thomas Guyana Oscar Florentin Argentina
Light heavyweight (up to 81 kg)	Tony Tucker USA	Dennis Jackson Puerto Rico	Patrick Fennel Canada Clemente Ortiz Dominican Republic
Heavy weight (over 81 kg)	Teófilo Stevenson Cuba	Narciso Maldonado Puerto Rico	Rufus Hadley USA Luis Castillo Ecuador

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Cuba	5	0	2	7th
2	United States	4th	2	2	8th
3	Puerto Rico	2	4th	1	7th
4th	Dominican Republic	0	1	4th	5
5	Argentina	0	1	2	3
	Venezuela	0	1	2	3
7th	Brazil	0	1	1	2
8th	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
9	Mexico	0	0	2	2
	Canada	0	0	2	2
11	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Total	11	11	22nd	44