Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games
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| Weightlifting at the 1955 Pan American Games | |
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«1951 1959» |
Men's competition
[edit]Bantamweight (− 56 kg)
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 Charles Vinci (USA)
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 Angel Famiglietti (PAN)
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 Ignacio Suárez (CUB)
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Featherweight (− 60 kg)
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Carlos Chávez (PAN)
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Yas Kuzuhara (USA)
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 Edmundo Álvarez (MEX)
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Lightweight (− 67.5 kg)
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Joe Pitman (USA)
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 Ambrose Cornet (AHO)
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 Emilio González (ARG)
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Middleweight (− 75 kg)
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Peter George (USA)
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Julián Suárez (CUB)
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 Don Heron (JAM)
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Light-heavyweight (− 82.5 kg)
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Tommy Kono (USA)
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Osvaldo Forte (ARG)
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Julian Pemberton (AHO)
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Middle-heavyweight (− 90 kg)
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Dave Sheppard (USA)
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 Bruno Barabani (BRA)
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Carlos Seigeshifer (ARG)
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Heavyweight (+ 90 kg)
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Norbert Shemansky (USA)
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Humberto Selvetti (ARG)
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Bèto Adriana (AHO)
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Medal table
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  United States | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Panama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Argentina | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Netherlands Antilles | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Cuba | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  Jamaica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
References
[edit]- Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0786443369. ISBN 9780786443369.
- Sports 123: Weightlifting at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2011)
- Hickok Sports: Pan American Games Weightlifting Medalists at the Wayback Machine (archived December 2, 2011)
