Multi-sport games · October 2023

Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan-American Games

Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan-American Games began on 21 October 2023, with 134 lifters in ten classes. Gold went to Arley Calderón (61 kg, 279 kg), Julio Mayora (73 kg, 342 kg), Keydomar Vallenilla (89 kg, 383 kg), Jhonatan Rivas (102 kg, 382 kg) and Rafael Cerro (+102 kg, 410 kg) for the men, and Dahiana Ortiz (49 kg, 190 kg), Yenny Álvarez (59 kg, 228 kg), Angie Palacios (71 kg, 253 kg), Olivia Reeves (81 kg, 258 kg) and Mary Theisen-Lappen (+81 kg, 277 kg) for the women.

Lifters
134
Classes
10
Start date
21 Oct 2023
Numbers

Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan-American Games in numbers

How close each class finished and how often the lifters made their attempts.

Attempts made
65%
507 good lifts from the 775 attempts taken. For comparison, lifters at senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998 make 57%.
Lifters without a total
8 of 134
Seven with no good lift in the snatch or the clean and jerk and one entered without taking an attempt.

Winning margin in each class

The winner's total minus the runner-up's. The closest finals: Men's 89 kg, Men's +102 kg, Women's 49 kg and Women's +81 kg each came down to 1 kg between gold and silver. The widest: Women's 81 kg by 14 kg. A short bar is a close final; a long one, a class the winner had to themselves.

Men's 61 kg

3 kg

Men's 73 kg

9 kg

Men's 89 kg

1 kg

Men's 102 kg

7 kg

Men's +102 kg

1 kg

Women's 49 kg

1 kg

Women's 59 kg

2 kg

Women's 71 kg

7 kg

Women's 81 kg

14 kg

Women's +81 kg

1 kg
Results

Results by class

All competitions

Each class lists the place, the total and all six attempts. A struck-through weight is a missed attempt and a dash an attempt not taken. A dash in the place column means no total was recorded, most often after three misses in the snatch or in the clean and jerk. Where two lifters tie and the results cannot separate them, both are shown without a place.

Men's 61 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Cuba Arley Calderón Cuba 279 Cuba 61 122 kg missed122125154not takennot taken
2 Victor Badur Guemez Cel 276 61 119123125 kg missed150 kg missed150153
3 Peru Luis Bardalez Peru 275 Peru 61 119122124151 kg missed151153 kg missed
4 Venezuela Wilkeinner Lugo Venezuela 274 Venezuela 61 119122125149152 kg missed152 kg missed
5 Estiven Jose Villar Manjarres 273 61 118122124148 kg missed149152 kg missed
6 Ecuador Victor Garrido Ecuador 267 Ecuador 61 118122124 kg missed145149 kg missed149 kg missed
7 Brazil Thiago Silva Brazil 262 Brazil 61 115120 kg missed121 kg missed147152 kg missed152 kg missed
8 Aldair Castro 260 61 113 kg missed113116137144148 kg missed
9 Juan Miguel Martinez Gonzalez 231 61 101106110 kg missed120125130 kg missed

Men's 73 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Venezuela Julio Mayora Venezuela 342 Venezuela 73 147151154182184188
2 Colombia Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia 333 Colombia 73 150153 kg missed153180184 kg missed186 kg missed
3 Mexico Jorge Cárdenas Mexico 317 Mexico 73 143147150 kg missed170175 kg missed175 kg missed
4 Juan Camilo Martinez Lopez 311 73 131135138173180 kg missed180 kg missed
5 Dominican Republic Julio Cedeño Dominican Republic 306 Dominican Republic 73 137 kg missed137141165 kg missed165177 kg missed
6 Travis Daniel Cooper 302 73 137 kg missed137141 kg missed165175 kg missed181 kg missed
7 Chile Sergio Cares Chile 294 Chile 73 128132136 kg missed158162167 kg missed
8 Mexico Jorge Hernández Mexico 294 Mexico 73 126 kg missed126128162166 kg missed166
9 Henry Geovany Mendez Ye 285 73 120125130 kg missed153157 kg missed160
10 Jefferson Aldahir Ramirez Martinez 280 73 117122124 kg missed152156158
11 Orlando Antonio Vasquez Morales 276 73 120126130 kg missed150 kg missed150 kg missed150
12 Ramon Ernesto Cruz Escobar 273 73 120125 kg missed126 kg missed153 kg missed153158 kg missed
13 Lucas Reinaldo Olivera 261 73 107111116141145150 kg missed
14 Kyle Bogado 260 73 105110115140145150
15 Andres Peralta Rojas 258 73 110115118140145 kg missed145 kg missed
16 Ronnier Zaed Martinez Castillo 253 73 110113117 kg missed130140150 kg missed
- Canada Nicolas Vachon Canada - Canada 73 134137 kg missed137 kg missed172 kg missed172 kg missed177 kg missed

Men's 89 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Venezuela Keydomar Vallenilla Venezuela 383 Venezuela 89 168172177 kg missed208211not taken
2 Colombia Yeison López Colombia 382 Colombia 89 168172177201205209 kg missed
3 Olfides Sáez 357 89 156161 kg missed161 kg missed195201205 kg missed
4 Canada Alex Bellemarre Canada 356 Canada 89 155160165185 kg missed185191
5 Chile Arley Méndez Chile 356 Chile 89 160 kg missed160165 kg missed185196201 kg missed
6 Ecuador Iván Escudero Ecuador 342 Ecuador 89 150155158183 kg missed184186 kg missed
7 Brandon Joseph Victorian 335 89 150155 kg missed156 kg missed185191 kg missed191 kg missed
8 Axel Haun Pavon Funes 320 89 140145 kg missed145 kg missed180 kg missed180 kg missed180
9 Argentina Dante Pizzuti Argentina 318 Argentina 89 139143 kg missed143171175 kg missed175
10 Ray Carlos Reyes Altagracia 305 89 135141 kg missed141 kg missed160170180 kg missed
11 Jaime Joel Leon De Paz 291 89 120127130153157161
12 Daniel Christopher Griffith 281 89 112118123152158 kg missed158
13 Omarie Akiel Mears 267 89 118 kg missed118123 kg missed140145149
14 Shammah Timothy Noel 245 89 95100103 kg missed135140145

Men's 102 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Jhonatan Rivas 382 102 172176not taken202206not taken
2 Cuba Juan Zaldívar Cuba 375 Cuba 102 161166170 kg missed201206209
3 Venezuela Jhohan Sanguino Venezuela 371 Venezuela 102 162166170 kg missed200205209 kg missed
4 Yeison Adolfo Lopez Cuello 365 102 155160163202209 kg missed209 kg missed
5 Mexico Antonio Govea Mexico 361 Mexico 102 157162165191196 kg missed196
6 Morgan Dylan Mccullough 354 102 148153158190196201 kg missed
7 Brazil Marco Machado Brazil 353 Brazil 102 162 kg missed162 kg missed163190 kg missed190200 kg missed
8 Peru Amel Atencia Peru 351 Peru 102 150 kg missed150155190195 kg missed196
9 Luis Armando Lamenza Lopez 340 102 155160165 kg missed180190 kg missed190 kg missed
10 Noah Dalas Santavy 335 102 150155 kg missed155 kg missed185190 kg missed190 kg missed
11 Nicolas Rodrigo Cuevas Iborra 323 102 143146150 kg missed177 kg missed177 kg missed177
12 Juan Jose Prieto Recalde 315 102 140145150 kg missed170 kg missed170180 kg missed
13 Confesor Santana Frias 315 102 130137 kg missed140165175181 kg missed
14 Diego Emiliano Picun Roux 298 102 127132137 kg missed150157166
15 Ecuador Wilmer Contreras Ecuador 285 Ecuador 102 130135not taken150not takennot taken
16 Quontana Sundiata Clarke 232 102 95100 kg missed100 kg missed125132137

Men's +102 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Rafael Cerro Colombia 410 Colombia 103 180185 kg missed185220225 kg missed225
2 United States Keiser Witte United States 409 United States 103 180 kg missed180187215222 kg missed222
3 Ecuador Dixon Arroyo Ecuador 371 Ecuador 103 171175178 kg missed191196200 kg missed
4 Josue Said Medina Andueza 365 103 165 kg missed165171 kg missed200207 kg missed207 kg missed
5 Ezequiel German 365 103 155161165 kg missed191198204
6 Guatemala Gilberto Lemus Guatemala 360 Guatemala 103 165174 kg missed175 kg missed195204 kg missed207 kg missed
7 Luis Miguel Quinones 360 103 153160163 kg missed200 kg missed200not taken
8 Peru Hernán Viera Peru 357 Peru 103 146152156 kg missed205215 kg missed220 kg missed
9 Eduardo Ernesto Noriega Santos 300 103 130140146 kg missed160170 kg missed172 kg missed
- Brazil Mateus Gregório Brazil - Brazil 103 160 kg missed160 kg missed160 kg missednot takennot takennot taken

Women's 49 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Dominican Republic Dahiana Ortiz Dominican Republic 190 Dominican Republic 49 7983 kg missed83101104107
2 Venezuela Katherin Echandia Venezuela 189 Venezuela 49 798284101104 kg missed105
3 Dominican Republic Beatriz Pirón Dominican Republic 181 Dominican Republic 49 808486 kg missed97102 kg missed102 kg missed
4 Canada Amanda Braddock Canada 165 Canada 49 707274879194 kg missed
5 Ludmila Yasmin Gerzel 161 49 687173 kg missed869093 kg missed
6 Chile Katherine Landeros Chile 159 Chile 49 666970868992 kg missed
7 Omayraliz Ortiz 156 49 65 kg missed65688588 kg missed88
8 Yessica Lee Torrez Nunez 153 49 6366 kg missed66 kg missed869092 kg missed
9 Silvana Maria Gonzalez Sanchez 145 49 63 kg missed6366 kg missed82 kg missed8286 kg missed
10 Karin Ivana Singh 111 49 434649565962
- Peru Shoely Mego Peru - Peru 49 78 kg missed78 kg missed78100 kg missed100 kg missed100 kg missed
- Mexico Yesica Hernández Mexico - Mexico 49 77 kg missed77 kg missed77 kg missednot takennot takennot taken

Women's 59 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Colombia Yenny Álvarez Colombia 228 Colombia 59 97100102126 kg missed126134 kg missed
2 Canada Maude Charron Canada 226 Canada 59 9599101115120125
3 Venezuela Anyelin Venegas Venezuela 222 Venezuela 59 9598100122125 kg missed127 kg missed
4 Mexico Janeth Gómez Mexico 222 Mexico 59 939699120123125 kg missed
5 Colombia Concepción Úsuga Colombia 219 Colombia 59 929699110115120
6 United States Taylor Wilkins United States 210 United States 59 889295115120 kg missed125 kg missed
7 Ecuador Jenifer Becerra Ecuador 207 Ecuador 59 889294 kg missed109113115
8 Eduarda Morais Ribeiro De Souza 205 59 90 kg missed90 kg missed90110115not taken
9 Victoria Maria Grenni Alvarado 174 59 7680 kg missed81 kg missed9398101 kg missed
10 Javiana Del Socorro Pavon Montiel 172 59 7580 kg missed80 kg missed90 kg missed9097
11 Sofia Daniela Ramirez Velasquez 167 59 70 kg missed70 kg missed709297102 kg missed
12 Violeta Fernandez 163 59 737679 kg missed87 kg missed8793 kg missed
13 Anali Paola Saldarriaga Yovera 155 59 656870 kg missed848789 kg missed
14 Katherine Nicole Gonzalez Noble 148 59 616567757881
15 Krystol Mivani Chanderban 143 59 606567 kg missed757880 kg missed
- Argentina María Casadevall Argentina - Argentina 59 87 kg missed87 kg missed87 kg missednot takennot takennot taken
- Sofia Isabel Aleman Ardon - 59 7881 kg missed83 kg missed93 kg missed93 kg missed93 kg missed

Women's 71 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 Ecuador Angie Palacios Ecuador 253 Ecuador 71 110115118130135not taken
2 Colombia Mari Sánchez Colombia 246 Colombia 71 105109112130134137 kg missed
3 United States Meredith Alwine United States 239 United States 71 100 kg missed100103131136140 kg missed
4 Cuba Yeniuska Mirabal Cuba 238 Cuba 71 100105108125130133 kg missed
5 Mexico Jessica Jarquín Mexico 230 Mexico 71 97101104122126131 kg missed
6 Daiana Serrano 224 71 96100103121126 kg missed126 kg missed
7 Colombia Julieth Rodríguez Colombia 218 Colombia 71 98102 kg missed102 kg missed115120 kg missed120
8 Argentina Tatiana Ullua Argentina 208 Argentina 71 92 kg missed9296 kg missed112116118 kg missed
9 Tatiana Salas Pereira 199 71 879296 kg missed107 kg missed107112 kg missed
10 Peru Eldi Paredes Peru 198 Peru 71 8487 kg missed87107111 kg missed111
11 Karina Elizabeth Torres Rain 196 71 808486103107110
12 Nicaragua Sema Ludrick Nicaragua 190 Nicaragua 71 8085 kg missed85 kg missed110 kg missed110115 kg missed
13 Paola Marsicano 181 71 768085 kg missed97101104 kg missed
14 Kelly Joan Aparicio Leon 169 71 687374 kg missed909396
15 Natalia Rivero Casiano 165 71 656872879396 kg missed
16 Johana Prieto 147 71 626670 kg missed8186 kg missed86 kg missed
- Brazil Amanda Schott Brazil - Brazil 71 105 kg missed105 kg missed107 kg missednot takennot takennot taken

Women's 81 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Olivia Reeves United States 258 United States 81 106111114136140144
2 Dominican Republic Yudelina Mejía Dominican Republic 244 Dominican Republic 81 107111114 kg missed130133144 kg missed
3 Brazil Laura Amaro Brazil 242 Brazil 81 105110112 kg missed131 kg missed132135 kg missed
4 Canada Maya Laylor Canada 237 Canada 81 102 kg missed102 kg missed102132135141 kg missed
5 Shacasia Masha Johnson 234 81 100 kg missed100104120125130
6 Mexico Lizbeth Nolasco Mexico 232 Mexico 81 100105 kg missed105120125127
7 Venezuela Dayana Chirinos Venezuela 231 Venezuela 81 9699101 kg missed127132136 kg missed
8 Colombia Hellen Escobar Colombia 228 Colombia 81 97101 kg missed101123127131 kg missed
9 Chile María Fernanda Valdés Chile 225 Chile 81 100103 kg missed103 kg missed125130 kg missed130 kg missed
10 Cuba Ayamey Medina Cuba 197 Cuba 81 758085100108112
11 Eugenia Berger 181 81 767981 kg missed102106 kg missed106 kg missed
12 Beverly Shanen De Leon Cardoza 174 81 7074769298101 kg missed
- Ecuador Tamara Salazar Ecuador No lifts Ecuador 81 not takennot takennot takennot takennot takennot taken

Women's +81 kg, 2023 Pan-American Games

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Place Athlete Total Nation Bodyweight Snatch Clean and jerk
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
1 United States Mary Theisen-Lappen United States 277 United States 82 112116120150155157
2 Ecuador Lisseth Ayoví Ecuador 276 Ecuador 82 111116119147152157
3 Dominican Republic Crismery Santana Dominican Republic 267 Dominican Republic 82 113117120 kg missed145150155 kg missed
4 Adbeel Noemi Rodriguez Lugo 264 82 108113 kg missed114145150154 kg missed
5 Venezuela Naryury Pérez Venezuela 263 Venezuela 82 108112115143148153 kg missed
6 Elizabeth Caridad Reyes Entenza 239 82 96100104125130135
7 Chile Arantzazu Pavez Chile 233 Chile 82 100105108 kg missed120125128
8 Scarleth Ucelo 205 82 85 kg missed8591 kg missed115 kg missed115120
9 Mariadni Malvina Batista Fernandez 195 82 808590100105110 kg missed