Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games

International sporting event

Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games

Weightlifting pictogram for the games

Venue| Oshawa Sports Centre
Dates| July 11–15
No. of events| 15 (8 men, 7 women)
Competitors| 121 from 24 nations

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Weightlifting at the
2015 Pan American Games

Qualification
| Men| Women
| 56 kg| 48 kg
| 62 kg| 53 kg
| 69 kg| 58 kg
| 77 kg| 63 kg
| 85 kg| 69 kg
| 94 kg| 75 kg
| 105 kg| +75 kg
| +105 kg|

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Weightlifting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto was held from July 11 to 15 at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) in Oshawa.[1] Due to naming rights the arena was as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of fifteen weightlifting events were held: eight for men and seven for women.[3]

## Venue

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Main article: Venues of the 2015 Pan American and Parapan American Games

The General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre), in Oshawa, was the venue for the weightlifting competitions (pictured here during a medal ceremony)

The competitions took place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will had a reduced capacity of 3,000 people per session (about half its normal of 5,500).[2] The venue also hosted the boxing competitions later in the games.[4]

## Competition schedule

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The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:[5]

F | Final

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Event↓/Date → | Sat 11 | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Wed 15

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Men's 56 kg | F |  |  |  |
Men's 62 kg | F |  |  |  |
Men's 69 kg |  | F |  |  |
Men's 77 kg |  |  | F |  |
Men's 85 kg |  |  | F |  |
Men's 94 kg |  |  |  | F |
Men's 105 kg |  |  |  |  | F
Men's +105 kg |  |  |  |  | F
Women's 48 kg | F |  |  |  |
Women's 53 kg |  | F |  |  |
Women's 58 kg |  | F |  |  |
Women's 63 kg |  |  | F |  |
Women's 69 kg |  |  |  | F |
Women's 75 kg |  |  |  | F |
Women's +75 kg |  |  |  |  | F

## Medal table

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*   Host nation (Canada)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Colombia| 8| 3| 2| 13
2|  Venezuela| 2| 4| 1| 7
3|  Cuba| 2| 2| 1| 5
4|  Brazil| 1| 1| 2| 4
5|  United States| 1| 1| 0| 2
6|  Dominican Republic| 1| 0| 3| 4
7|  Ecuador| 0| 1| 3| 4
8|  Mexico| 0| 1| 2| 3
9|  Canada*| 0| 1| 1| 2
10|  Chile| 0| 1| 0| 1
Totals (10 entries)| 15| 15| 15| 45

## Medalists

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### Men's events

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Francis Luna-Grenier lifts during the men's 69 kg weightlifting competition at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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56 kg
details | Habib de las Salas
Colombia | Carlos Berna
Colombia | Luis García
Dominican Republic
62 kg
details | Óscar Figueroa
Colombia | Francisco Mosquera
Colombia | Jesús López
Venezuela
69 kg
details | Luis Javier Mosquera
Colombia | Bredni Roque
Mexico | Francis Luna-Grenier
Canada
77 kg
details | Addriel Garcia Lao
Cuba | Junior Sánchez
Venezuela | Jhor Moreno
Colombia
85 kg
details | Yoelmis Hernández
Cuba | Yadier Nuñez
Cuba | Juan Ruiz Morelos
Colombia
94 kg
details | Kendrick Farris
United States | Javier Vanega
Cuba | Herbys Márquez
Venezuela
105 kg
details | Jesús González
Venezuela | Mateus Gregorio Machado
Brazil | Jorge Arroyo
Ecuador
+105 kg
details | Fernando Reis
Brazil | George Kobaladze
Canada | Fernando Salas Manguis
Ecuador

### Women's events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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48 kg
details | Cándida Vásquez
Dominican Republic | Ana Segura
Colombia | Beatriz Pirón
Dominican Republic
53 kg
details | Rusmeris Villar
Colombia | Génesis Rodríguez
Venezuela | Yafreisy Silvestre
Dominican Republic
58 kg
details | Lina Rivas
Colombia | Yusleidy Figueroa
Venezuela | Quisia Guicho
Mexico
63 kg
details | Mercedes Pérez
Colombia | Marina Rodríguez
Cuba | Bruna Nascimento Piloto
Brazil
69 kg
details | Leydi Solís
Colombia | Neisi Dajomes
Ecuador | Aremi Fuentes
Mexico
75 kg
details | Ubaldina Valoyes
Colombia | Fernanda Valdés
Chile | Jaqueline Ferreira
Brazil
+75 kg
details | Yaniuska Espinosa
Venezuela | Naryury Perez
Venezuela | Oliba Nieve
Ecuador

## Participating nations

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A total of 24 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

*  Argentina (2)
*  Aruba (1)
*  Barbados (1)
*  Bolivia (1)
*  Brazil (8)
*  Canada (13)
*  Chile (4)
*  Colombia (13)
*  Costa Rica (2)
*  Cuba (8)
*  Dominican Republic (10)
*  Ecuador (9)
*  El Salvador (2)
*  Guatemala (4)
*  Haiti (2)
*  Honduras (1)
*  Mexico (9)
*  Nicaragua (2)
*  Panama (2)
*  Peru (4)
*  Puerto Rico (2)
*  United States (7)
*  Uruguay (1)
*  Venezuela (13)

## Qualification

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 125 weightlifters (69 male and 56 women) were able to qualify to compete at the games. Qualification was done at the 2013 and 2014 Pan American Championships, where nations had points assigned per athlete's finishing position. The totals of both Championships were added and quotas were then awarded to the top 20 men's teams and 18 women's teams. A further two wildcards (one for each gender) was awarded.[6]

## See also

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* Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. ^ a b "Oshawa Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. ^ "Weightlifting". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
4. ^ McMillan, Ian (17 July 2014). "Cashing in on the Pan Am Games in Durham". DurhamRegion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
5. ^ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
6. ^ "Sport Technical Manual Weightlifting". www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.

## External links

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* Results book (archived)

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