The first Pan American Games in Buenos Aires in 1951 included weightlifting competitions in various weight categories. The U.S. athlete John Davis won the heavyweight event.
Weightlifting at the 1951 Pan American Games | |
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1955» |
Men's competition
editBantamweight (− 56 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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Joseph DePietro (USA) | |
José Crespo (CUB) | |
Marcelino Salas (MEX) |
Featherweight (− 60 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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Rodney Wilkes (TRI) | |
Richard Greenawalt (USA) | |
Joseph Charlot (HAI) |
Lightweight (− 67.5 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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Joe Pitman (USA) | |
Carl de Souza (TRI) | |
Hugo d'Atri (ARG) |
Middleweight (− 75 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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Peter George (USA) | |
Ángel Sposato (ARG) | |
Emerson Holder (PAN) |
Light-heavyweight (− 82.5 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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Stanley Stanczyk (USA) | |
Osvaldo Forte (ARG) | |
Orlando Garrido (CUB) |
Heavyweight (+ 82.5 kg)
editRANK | FINAL |
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John Davis (USA) | |
Lennox Kilgour (TRI) | |
Norberto Ferreira (ARG) |
Medal table
editRank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Haiti | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
References
edit- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786443369. ISBN 9780786443369.
- Sports 123: Weightlifting at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2011)
- Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Weightlifting Medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2011)