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Weightlifting at the 1967 Pan American Games

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Weightlifting at the 1967 Pan American Games
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Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In this edition, there were seven weight categories with medals awarded in each.

Men's competition

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Bantamweight (– 56 kg)

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RANK FINAL[1]
 Fernando Báez Cruz (PUR)
 Anthony Phillips (BAR)
 Martin Dias (GUY)

Featherweight (– 60 kg)

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RANK FINAL[2]
 Walter Imahara (USA)
 Manuel Mateos (MEX)
 Idelfonso Lee (PAN)

Lightweight (– 67.5 kg)

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RANK FINAL[1]
 Pastor Rodríguez (CUB)
 Hugo Gittens (TRI)
 Arnaldo Muñoz (CUB)

Middleweight (– 75 kg)

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RANK FINAL[3]
 Russell Knipp (USA)
 Koji Michi (BRA)
 Luiz de Almeida (BRA)

Light-heavyweight (– 82.5 kg)

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RANK FINAL[4]
 Joseph Puleo (USA)
 Ángel Pagán (PUR)
 Pierre St.-Jean (CAN)

Middle-heavyweight (– 90 kg)

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RANK FINAL[5]
 Phillip Grippaldi (USA)
 Paul Bjarnason (CAN)
 Andrés Martínez (CUB)

Heavyweight (+ 90 kg)

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RANK FINAL[6]
 Joseph Dube (USA)
 Ernesto Varona (CUB)
 Brandon Bailey (TRI)

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States5005
2 Cuba1124
3 Puerto Rico1102
4 Brazil0112
 Canada0112
 Trinidad and Tobago0112
7 Barbados0101
 Mexico0101
9 Guyana0011
 Panama0011
Totals (10 entries)77721

References

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  1. ^ a b "Weightlifting". The Province. Vancouver, British Columbia. July 31, 1967. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Baton Rouge Man Wins Medal for Weightlifting". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. July 30, 1967. p. 3-D. Walter Imahara...won the Pan-American Games gold medal for featherweight weightlifting Saturday. The silver medal went to Manuel Mateos de Larosa...Idelfonzo "Lee" Valdez...won the bronze medal.
  3. ^ "Jerome Captures 100 Metre Gold". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. July 31, 1967. p. 19. Russell Knipp of the United States set a world record on his way to a middleweight gold medal in weightlifting competition Sunday. Koji Michi of Brazil took the silver medal and Luis Gonzaga de Almeida of Brazil the bronze medal.
  4. ^ "Pan-Am Games' Finals". Victoria Daily Times. Victoria, British Columbia. July 31, 1967. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Bjarnason picks up silver; Canadian pedals to gold". The Calgary Albertan. Calgary, Alberta. August 1, 1967. p. 12. Middle-heavyweight Paul Bjarnason...contributed a second-place silver in weightlifting...Philip Grippaldi...took the gold medal in the middle-heavy division and broke two Games records. The bronze went to Andres Martinez...
  6. ^ "Near Sweep Of Pan-American Games Continues By United States Squad". The Gazette and Daily. York, Pennsylvania. August 1, 1967. p. 22. Joseph Dube, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., broke two Pan-American Games records and won the heavyweight gold medal for the United States in weightlifting. The silver medal went to Ernesto Varona of Cuba and the third-place bronze to Brandon Baily of Trinidad-Tobago.