Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games

Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games was contested in Mexico City, Mexico, as part of the second edition of the multi-sport event held from March 12 to March 26, 1955. The competition featured seven men’s weight classes—ranging from bantamweight (–56 kg) to heavyweight (+90 kg)—following the program established in the inaugural 1951 Games. Athletes from across the Americas competed for medals in the traditional lifts, with the event contributing to the overall medal standings of participating nations. This edition continued the clean and press, snatch, and clean & jerk format, which remained unchanged until the discipline was modified in later Games. The event maintained the Pan American Games’ role as a key continental competition in Olympic-style weightlifting.

Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games
«1951 1959»

RANK	FINAL
	Charles Vinci (USA)
	Angel Famiglietti (PAN)
	Ignacio Suárez (CUB)

RANK	FINAL
	Carlos Chávez (PAN)
	Yas Kuzuhara (USA)
	Edmundo Álvarez (MEX)

RANK	FINAL
	Joe Pitman (USA)
	Ambrose Cornet (AHO)
	Emilio González (ARG)

RANK	FINAL
	Peter George (USA)
	Julián Suárez (CUB)
	Don Heron (JAM)

RANK	FINAL
	Tommy Kono (USA)
	Osvaldo Forte (ARG)
	Julian Pemberton (AHO)

RANK	FINAL
	Dave Sheppard (USA)
	Bruno Barabani (BRA)
	Carlos Seigeshifer (ARG)

RANK	FINAL
	Norbert Shemansky (USA)
	Humberto Selvetti (ARG)
	Bèto Adriana (AHO)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	6	1	0	7
2	Panama	1	1	0	2
3	Argentina	0	2	2	4
4	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	2	3
5	Cuba	0	1	1	2
6	Brazil	0	1	0	1
7	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		7	7	7	21

• 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)