2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships

The 2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships were held in Callao, Peru from 19 March to 23 March 2008.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg [1] El Salvador Marvin López
109 kg + 132 kg = 241 kg
El Salvador Julio Salamanca
104 kg + 125 kg = 229 kg
Chile Diego Soto
97 kg + 122 kg = 219 kg
62 kg Colombia Oscar Figueroa
137 kg + 167 kg = 304 kg
Colombia Diego Salazar
137 kg + 165 kg = 302 kg
Cuba Lazaro Ruiz
124 kg + 160 kg = 284 kg
69 kg Colombia Edwin Mosquera
142 kg + 173 kg = 315 kg
Colombia Luis Pineda
134 kg + 172 kg = 306 kg
Venezuela Raúl Sánchez
141 kg + 163 kg = 304 kg
77 kg Venezuela José Ocando
150 kg + 192 kg = 342 kg
Cuba Iván Cambar
150 kg + 191 kg = 341 kg
Colombia Gabriel Mena
145 kg + 180 kg = 325 kg
85 kg Venezuela Herbys Márquez
156 kg + 198 kg = 354 kg
Cuba Jadier Valladares
152 kg + 197 kg = 349 kg
Colombia Héctor Ballesteros
153 kg + 195 kg = 348 kg
94 kg Cuba Yoandry Hernández
167 kg + 210 kg = 377 kg
Ecuador Eduardo Guadamud
165 kg + 190 kg = 355 kg
United States Jeffrey Wittmer
155 kg + 192 kg = 347 kg
105 kg [2] Brazil Bruno Laport Brandão
160 kg + 185 kg = 345 kg
Canada Akos Sandor
150 kg + 193 kg = 343 kg
Ecuador Boris Burov
161 kg + 180 kg = 341 kg
+ 105 kg [3] United States Casey Burgener
170 kg + 210 kg = 380 kg
Venezuela Victor Heredia
166 kg + 210 kg = 376 kg
Ecuador Julio Arteaga
165 kg + 210 kg = 375 kg

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg [4] Venezuela Betsi Rivas
70 kg + 92 kg = 162 kg
Puerto Rico Lely Burgos
69 kg + 91 kg = 160 kg
Nicaragua Karla Moreno
62 kg + 81 kg = 143 kg
53 kg Dominican Republic Yuderqui Contreras
88 kg + 110 kg = 198 kg
Colombia Ana Margot Lemos
88 kg + 106 kg = 194 kg
Colombia Jackelina Heredia
80 kg + 100 kg = 180 kg
58 kg Ecuador Alexandra Escobar
92 kg + 118 kg = 210 kg
Puerto Rico Geralee Vega
90 kg + 118 kg = 208 kg
Colombia Rusmeris Villar
85 kg + 111 kg = 196 kg
63 kg Colombia Mercedes Pérez
96 kg + 122 kg = 218 kg
Venezuela Solenny Villasmil
96 kg + 120 kg = 216 kg
Venezuela Iriner Jimenez
90 kg + 121 kg = 211 kg
69 kg [5] Colombia Leydi Solís
95 kg + 127 kg = 222 kg
Puerto Rico Noemi Rivera
85 kg + 104 kg = 189 kg
Brazil Jaqueline Antonia Ferreira
85 kg + 103 kg = 188 kg
75 kg [6] Canada Jean Elisabeth Lassen
103 kg + 134 kg = 237 kg
Colombia Ubaldina Valoyes
100 kg + 133 kg = 233 kg
Dominican Republic Natividad Domínguez
87 kg + 118 kg = 205 kg
+ 75 kg Ecuador Seledina Nieves
107 kg + 140 kg = 247 kg
El Salvador Eva Dimas
106 kg + 126 kg = 232 kg
Dominican Republic Yinely Burgos
96 kg + 127 kg = 223 kg

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Colombia (COL)44412
2 Venezuela (VEN)3227
3 Ecuador (ECU)2125
4 Cuba (CUB)1214
Totals (4 entries)109928

Notes and references

  1. ^ Efrain de la Rosa (DOM), originally 3rd, was disqualified
  2. ^ Yoel Sotolongo (CUB), originally 1st, and Victor Osorio (CHI) were disqualified
  3. ^ Joel Makencie (CUB), originally 1st, was disqualified
  4. ^ Yesenia Baldera (DOM), originally 3rd, was disqualified
  5. ^ Leuzkis Farias (VEN), originally 2nd, and Vanessa Nuñez (VEN), originally 3rd, were disqualified
  6. ^ Claret Bellorin (VEN), originally 3rd, was disqualified