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

Women's events

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	4	4	4	12
2	Venezuela	3	2	2	7
3	Ecuador	2	1	2	5
4	Cuba	1	2	1	4
5	El Salvador	1	2		3
6	Canada	1	1		2
7	Dominican Republic	1		2	3
8	Brazil	1		1	2
8	United States	1		1	2
9	Puerto Rico		3		3
10	Chile			1	1
10	Nicaragua			1	1
	Total	15	15	15	45

Notes and references

• Results

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