Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games

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Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games was a men's competition held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979, as part of the VIII Pan American Games. The programme featured ten weight classes ranging from flyweight (52 kg) to super heavyweight (+110 kg). Competitors vied for medals based on the combined total of the snatch and clean & jerk lifts, the standard format since the removal of the clean and press in 1972. Cuba and the United States were among the dominant nations, with athletes such as Daniel Núñez of Cuba capturing the bantamweight title. The event contributed to the overall medal standings of the Games, which included 34 countries and 250 events across 24 sports.

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Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games

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## Men's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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52 kg
details | Francisco Casamayor Fals
Cuba | José Díaz López
Panama | Samuel Alexis Vázquez
Venezuela
56 kg
details | Daniel Núñez
Cuba | Lázaro de la Cruz
Dominican Republic | Francisco Benítez
Mexico
60 kg
details | Víctor Pérez
Cuba | Phillip Sanderson
United States | Ángel García
Dominican Republic
67.5 kg
details | Mario Ricardo Villalobos
Cuba | David Jones
United States | Garry Bratty
Canada
75 kg
details | Roberto Urrutia
Cuba | Eric Rogers
Canada | Rogelio Weatherbee
Mexico
82.5 kg
details | Julio Echenique González
Cuba | Thomas Hirtz
United States | Ricardo Sequera
Venezuela
90 kg
details | Daniel Zayas Díaz
Cuba | Terry Hadlow
Canada | Nelson Carvalho
Brazil
100 kg
details | Alberto Blanco Fernández
Cuba | Guy Carlton
United States | Jacques Oliger
Chile
110 kg
details | Mark Cameron[1]
United States | Javier González
Cuba | Charles Nootens
United States
+110 kg
details | Tom Stock
United States | Marc Cardinal
Canada | Jorge Gadala María
El Salvador

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Cuba| 8| 1| 0| 9
2|  United States| 2| 4| 1| 7
3|  Canada| 0| 3| 1| 4
4|  Dominican Republic| 0| 1| 1| 2
5|  Panama| 0| 1| 0| 1
6|  Mexico| 0| 0| 2| 2
Venezuela| 0| 0| 2| 2
8|  Brazil| 0| 0| 1| 1
Chile| 0| 0| 1| 1
El Salvador| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 10| 10| 10| 30

## References

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1. ^ "Mark Cameron". Olympedia. Retrieved June 8, 2025.

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