Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games
| Weightlifting at the XVII Pan American Games | |
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| Venue | Oshawa Sports Centre |
| Dates | July 11–15, 2015 |
| Competitors | 121 from 24 nations |
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| 56 kg | 48 kg | ||||
| 62 kg | 53 kg | ||||
| 69 kg | 58 kg | ||||
| 77 kg | 63 kg | ||||
| 85 kg | 69 kg | ||||
| 94 kg | 75 kg | ||||
| 105 kg | +75 kg | ||||
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Weightlifting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11 to 15 at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) in Oshawa.[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of fifteen weightlifting events will be held: eight for men and seven for women.[3]
Venue
The competitions will take place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located about in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will have a reduced capacity (from its normal of about 5,500) of about 3,000 people per session.[2] The venue will also host boxing competitions later during the games.[4]
Competition schedule
The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:[5]
| F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Sat 11 | Sun 12 | Mon 13 | Tue 14 | Wed 15 |
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| Men's 56 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 62 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 69 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 77 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 85 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 94 kg | F | ||||
| Men's 105 kg | F | ||||
| Men's +105 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 48 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 53 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 58 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 63 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 69 kg | F | ||||
| Women's 75 kg | F | ||||
| Women's +75 kg | F |
Medal table
- Key
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Colombia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 |  Venezuela | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Cuba | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 |  Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |  United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 |  Mexico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 |  Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
Medalists
Men's events
Women's events
Participating nations
A total of 24 countries have qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
Argentina (2)
Aruba (1)
Barbados (1)
Bolivia (1)- Brazil (8)
- Canada (13)
- Chile (4)
- Colombia (13)
Costa Rica (2)- Cuba (8)
- Dominican Republic (10)
- Ecuador (9)
El Salvador (2)
Guatemala (4)
Haiti (2)
Honduras (1)- Mexico (9)
Nicaragua (2)
Panama (2)
Peru (4)
Puerto Rico (2)- United States (7)
Uruguay (1)- Venezuela (13)
Qualification
A total of 125 weightlifters (69 male and 56 women) will 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
References
- ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- 1 2 "Oshawa Sports Centre". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "Weightlifting". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ McMillan, Ian (17 July 2014). "Cashing in on the Pan Am Games in Durham". DurhamRegion.com. Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ↑ "Sport Technical Manual Weightlifting". http://www.scribd.com/. TO2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015. External link in
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