Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games

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]

Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games
Weightlifting pictogram for the games
VenueOshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 11–15
No. of events15 (8 men, 7 women)
Competitors121 from 24 nations
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Venue

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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]

FFinal
Event↓/Date →Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14Wed 15
Men's 56 kgF
Men's 62 kgF
Men's 69 kgF
Men's 77 kgF
Men's 85 kgF
Men's 94 kgF
Men's 105 kgF
Men's +105 kgF
Women's 48 kgF
Women's 53 kgF
Women's 58 kgF
Women's 63 kgF
Women's 69 kgF
Women's 75 kgF
Women's +75 kgF

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia83213
2 Venezuela2417
3 Cuba2215
4 Brazil1124
5 United States1102
6 Dominican Republic1034
7 Ecuador0134
8 Mexico0123
9 Canada*0112
10 Chile0101
Totals (10 entries)15151545

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

Women's events

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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.

Qualification

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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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References

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  1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 "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.
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