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.

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Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games

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## Men's competition

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### Bantamweight (− 56 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Charles Vinci (USA)
|  Angel Famiglietti (PAN)
|  Ignacio Suárez (CUB)

### Featherweight (− 60 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Carlos Chávez (PAN)
|  Yas Kuzuhara (USA)
|  Edmundo Álvarez (MEX)

### Lightweight (− 67.5 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Joe Pitman (USA)
|  Ambrose Cornet (AHO)
|  Emilio González (ARG)

### Middleweight (− 75 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Peter George (USA)
|  Julián Suárez (CUB)
|  Don Heron (JAM)

### Light-heavyweight (− 82.5 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Tommy Kono (USA)
|  Osvaldo Forte (ARG)
|  Julian Pemberton (AHO)

### Middle-heavyweight (− 90 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Dave Sheppard (USA)
|  Bruno Barabani (BRA)
|  Carlos Seigeshifer (ARG)

### Heavyweight (+ 90 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL

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|  Norbert Shemansky (USA)
|  Humberto Selvetti (ARG)
|  Bèto Adriana (AHO)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

## References

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* 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)

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