Weightlifting at the 1967 Pan American Games

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Weightlifting at the 1967 Pan American Games

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Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In this edition, there were seven weight categories with medals awarded in each.

## Men's competition

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### Bantamweight (– 56 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[1]

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|  Fernando Báez Cruz (PUR)
|  Anthony Phillips (BAR)
|  Martin Dias (GUY)

### Featherweight (– 60 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[2]

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|  Walter Imahara (USA)
|  Manuel Mateos (MEX)
|  Idelfonso Lee (PAN)

### Lightweight (– 67.5 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[1]

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|  Pastor Rodríguez (CUB)
|  Hugo Gittens (TRI)
|  Arnaldo Muñoz (CUB)

### Middleweight (– 75 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[3]

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|  Russell Knipp (USA)
|  Koji Michi (BRA)
|  Luiz de Almeida (BRA)

### Light-heavyweight (– 82.5 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[4]

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|  Joseph Puleo (USA)
|  Ángel Pagán (PUR)
|  Pierre St.-Jean (CAN)

### Middle-heavyweight (– 90 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[5]

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|  Phillip Grippaldi (USA)
|  Paul Bjarnason (CAN)
|  Andrés Martínez (CUB)

### Heavyweight (+ 90 kg)

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RANK  | FINAL[6]

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|  Joseph Dube (USA)
|  Ernesto Varona (CUB)
|  Brandon Bailey (TRI)

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  United States| 5| 0| 0| 5
2|  Cuba| 1| 1| 2| 4
3|  Puerto Rico| 1| 1| 0| 2
4|  Brazil| 0| 1| 1| 2
Canada| 0| 1| 1| 2
Trinidad and Tobago| 0| 1| 1| 2
7|  Barbados| 0| 1| 0| 1
Mexico| 0| 1| 0| 1
9|  Guyana| 0| 0| 1| 1
Panama| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 7| 7| 7| 21

## References

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1. ^ a b "Weightlifting". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. July 31, 1967. p. 16.
2. ^ "Baton Rouge Man Wins Medal for Weightlifting". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. July 30, 1967. p. 3-D. "Walter Imahara...won the Pan-American Games gold medal for featherweight weightlifting Saturday. The silver medal went to Manuel Mateos de Larosa...Idelfonzo "Lee" Valdez...won the bronze medal."
3. ^ "Jerome Captures 100 Metre Gold". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 31, 1967. p. 19\. "Russell Knipp of the United States set a world record on his way to a middleweight gold medal in weightlifting competition Sunday. Koji Michi of Brazil took the silver medal and Luis Gonzaga de Almeida of Brazil the bronze medal."
4. ^ "Pan-Am Games' Finals". Victoria Daily Times. Victoria, British Columbia. July 31, 1967. p. 14.
5. ^ "Bjarnason picks up silver; Canadian pedals to gold". The Calgary Albertan. Calgary, Alberta. August 1, 1967. p. 12\. "Middle-heavyweight Paul Bjarnason...contributed a second-place silver in weightlifting...Philip Grippaldi...took the gold medal in the middle-heavy division and broke two Games records. The bronze went to Andres Martinez..."
6. ^ "Near Sweep Of Pan-American Games Continues By United States Squad". The Gazette and Daily. York, Pennsylvania. August 1, 1967. p. 22\. "Joseph Dube, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., broke two Pan-American Games records and won the heavyweight gold medal for the United States in weightlifting. The silver medal went to Ernesto Varona of Cuba and the third-place bronze to Brandon Baily of Trinidad-Tobago."

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*[PUR]: Puerto Rico
*[BAR]: Barbados
*[GUY]: Guyana
*[USA]: United States
*[MEX]: Mexico
*[PAN]: Panama
*[CUB]: Cuba
*[TRI]: Trinidad and Tobago
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*[CAN]: Canada
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