2008 Pan American Weightlifting Championships

Host City	Callao
Country	PER
Held	19 – 23 March 2008
Competitors	65
Countries	14

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-56 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-56 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-56 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	3
-62 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-62 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-62 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-69 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-69 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	2
-77 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-77 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-77 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-85 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-94 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-105 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-105 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-105 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	4
+105 kg Snatch	Men	—	Medal	4	3
+105 kg Clean & Jerk	Men	—	Medal	4	4
+105 kg Total	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-48 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-48 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-48 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-53 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-53 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-53 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-58 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-58 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-58 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-63 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
-63 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-63 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	2
-69 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	5	3
-69 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	5	4
-69 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	5	4
-75 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-75 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	4	4
-75 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	4	4
+75 kg Snatch	Women	—	Medal	3	3
+75 kg Clean & Jerk	Women	—	Medal	3	3
+75 kg Total	Women	—	Medal	3	3

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	COL	10	14	10	34
2	Venezuela	VEN	8	6	6	20
3	Ecuador	ECU	8	2	5	15
4	Cuba	CUB	4	4	3	11
5	Canada	CAN	4	1	0	5
6	El Salvador	ESA	3	5	1	9
7	Dominican Republic	DOM	3	2	4	9
8	United States	USA	2	3	3	8
9	Argentina	ARG	2	0	3	5
10	Brazil	BRA	1	2	2	5
11	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	6	2	8
12	Chile	CHI	0	0	3	3
13	Nicaragua	NCA	0	0	2	2
14	Guatemala	GUA	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg Snatch, Men	Marvin López bodyweight: 55.84 kg	ESA	Julio César Salamanca bodyweight: 55.96 kg	ESA	Alex Hernández bodyweight: 55.19 kg	GUA
-56 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Marvin López bodyweight: 55.84 kg	ESA	Julio César Salamanca bodyweight: 55.96 kg	ESA	Diego Soto bodyweight: 55.49 kg	CHI
-56 kg Total, Men	Marvin López bodyweight: 55.84 kg	ESA	Julio César Salamanca bodyweight: 55.96 kg	ESA	Diego Soto bodyweight: 55.49 kg	CHI
-62 kg Snatch, Men	Diego Fernando Salazar bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Óscar Figueroa bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Junior Sánchez bodyweight: 61.77 kg	VEN
-62 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Óscar Figueroa bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Diego Fernando Salazar bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Lázaro Maykel Ruiz bodyweight: 60.77 kg	CUB
-62 kg Total, Men	Óscar Figueroa bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Diego Fernando Salazar bodyweight: 61.86 kg	COL	Lázaro Maykel Ruiz bodyweight: 60.77 kg	CUB
-69 kg Snatch, Men	Edwin Mosquera bodyweight: 68.92 kg	COL	Raúl Sánchez bodyweight: 68.92 kg	VEN	Ricardo Flores bodyweight: 68.90 kg	ECU
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Edwin Mosquera bodyweight: 68.92 kg	COL	Santo Rivera bodyweight: 68.68 kg	DOM	Luis Pineda bodyweight: 68.76 kg	COL
-69 kg Total, Men	Edwin Mosquera bodyweight: 68.92 kg	COL	Luis Pineda bodyweight: 68.76 kg	COL	Raúl Sánchez bodyweight: 68.92 kg	VEN
-77 kg Snatch, Men	Iván Cambar bodyweight: 76.85 kg	CUB	José Ocando bodyweight: 76.87 kg	VEN	Julio Idrovo bodyweight: 76.06 kg	ECU
-77 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	José Ocando bodyweight: 76.87 kg	VEN	Iván Cambar bodyweight: 76.85 kg	CUB	Gabriel Mena bodyweight: 75.89 kg	COL
-77 kg Total, Men	José Ocando bodyweight: 76.87 kg	VEN	Iván Cambar bodyweight: 76.85 kg	CUB	Gabriel Mena bodyweight: 75.89 kg	COL
-85 kg Snatch, Men	Herbys Márquez bodyweight: 84.74 kg	VEN	Héctor Ballesteros bodyweight: 84.37 kg	COL	Jadiel Valladares bodyweight: 84.12 kg	CUB
-85 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Herbys Márquez bodyweight: 84.74 kg	VEN	Jadiel Valladares bodyweight: 84.12 kg	CUB	Kendrick Farris bodyweight: 84.21 kg	USA
-85 kg Total, Men	Herbys Márquez bodyweight: 84.74 kg	VEN	Jadiel Valladares bodyweight: 84.12 kg	CUB	Héctor Ballesteros bodyweight: 84.37 kg	COL
-94 kg Snatch, Men	Yohandris Hernández bodyweight: 93.48 kg	CUB	Eduardo Guadamud bodyweight: 92.89 kg	ECU	Jeffrey Wittmer bodyweight: 93.92 kg	USA
-94 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Yohandris Hernández bodyweight: 93.48 kg	CUB	Jeffrey Wittmer bodyweight: 93.92 kg	USA	Eduardo Guadamud bodyweight: 92.89 kg	ECU
-94 kg Total, Men	Yohandris Hernández bodyweight: 93.48 kg	CUB	Eduardo Guadamud bodyweight: 92.89 kg	ECU	Jeffrey Wittmer bodyweight: 93.92 kg	USA
-105 kg Snatch, Men	Boris Burov bodyweight: 100.34 kg	ECU	Bruno Laport Brandão bodyweight: 101.62 kg	BRA	Pedro Stetsiuk bodyweight: 103.32 kg	ARG
-105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Akos Sandor bodyweight: 104.81 kg	CAN	Bruno Laport Brandão bodyweight: 101.62 kg	BRA	Pedro Stetsiuk bodyweight: 103.32 kg	ARG
-105 kg Total, Men	Bruno Laport Brandão bodyweight: 101.62 kg	BRA	Akos Sandor bodyweight: 104.81 kg	CAN	Boris Burov bodyweight: 100.34 kg	ECU
+105 kg Snatch, Men	Casey Burgener bodyweight: 125.90 kg	USA	Zachary Schluender bodyweight: 124.23 kg	USA	Víctor Heredia bodyweight: 128.41 kg	VEN
+105 kg Clean & Jerk, Men	Julio César Arteaga bodyweight: 124.13 kg	ECU	Casey Burgener bodyweight: 125.90 kg	USA	Víctor Heredia bodyweight: 128.41 kg	VEN
+105 kg Total, Men	Casey Burgener bodyweight: 125.90 kg	USA	Víctor Heredia bodyweight: 128.41 kg	VEN	Julio César Arteaga bodyweight: 124.13 kg	ECU
-48 kg Snatch, Women	Malvina Verón bodyweight: 47.50 kg	ARG	Betsi Rivas bodyweight: 47.81 kg	VEN	Lely Burgos bodyweight: 47.96 kg	PUR
-48 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Betsi Rivas bodyweight: 47.81 kg	VEN	Lely Burgos bodyweight: 47.96 kg	PUR	Karla Moreno bodyweight: 46.56 kg	NCA
-48 kg Total, Women	Betsi Rivas bodyweight: 47.81 kg	VEN	Lely Burgos bodyweight: 47.96 kg	PUR	Karla Moreno bodyweight: 46.56 kg	NCA
-53 kg Snatch, Women	Yuderqui Contreras bodyweight: 52.73 kg	DOM	Ana Lemos bodyweight: 52.95 kg	COL	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.77 kg	COL
-53 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Yuderqui Contreras bodyweight: 52.73 kg	DOM	Ana Lemos bodyweight: 52.95 kg	COL	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.77 kg	COL
-53 kg Total, Women	Yuderqui Contreras bodyweight: 52.73 kg	DOM	Ana Lemos bodyweight: 52.95 kg	COL	Jackelina Heredia bodyweight: 52.77 kg	COL
-58 kg Snatch, Women	Alexandra Escobar bodyweight: 56.87 kg	ECU	Geralee Vega bodyweight: 57.96 kg	PUR	Rusmeris Villar bodyweight: 55.29 kg	COL
-58 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Alexandra Escobar bodyweight: 56.87 kg	ECU	Geralee Vega bodyweight: 57.96 kg	PUR	Rusmeris Villar bodyweight: 55.29 kg	COL
-58 kg Total, Women	Alexandra Escobar bodyweight: 56.87 kg	ECU	Geralee Vega bodyweight: 57.96 kg	PUR	Rusmeris Villar bodyweight: 55.29 kg	COL
-63 kg Snatch, Women	Solenny Villasmil bodyweight: 62.42 kg	VEN	Mercedes Pérez bodyweight: 62.89 kg	COL	Cecilia Floriddia bodyweight: 61.95 kg	ARG
-63 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Mercedes Pérez bodyweight: 62.89 kg	COL	Iriner Jiménez bodyweight: 62.76 kg	VEN	Solenny Villasmil bodyweight: 62.42 kg	VEN
-63 kg Total, Women	Mercedes Pérez bodyweight: 62.89 kg	COL	Solenny Villasmil bodyweight: 62.42 kg	VEN	Iriner Jiménez bodyweight: 62.76 kg	VEN
-69 kg Snatch, Women	Tulia Ángela Medina bodyweight: 68.65 kg	COL	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Jaqueline Ferreira bodyweight: 64.14 kg	BRA
-69 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Valeria Fontán bodyweight: 68.17 kg	ARG	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Noemi Rivera bodyweight: 68.10 kg	PUR
-69 kg Total, Women	Leidy Solís bodyweight: 67.50 kg	COL	Noemi Rivera bodyweight: 68.10 kg	PUR	Jaqueline Ferreira bodyweight: 64.14 kg	BRA
-75 kg Snatch, Women	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 74.83 kg	CAN	Ubaldina Valoyes bodyweight: 73.64 kg	COL	Elizabeth Poblete bodyweight: 74.68 kg	CHI
-75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 74.83 kg	CAN	Ubaldina Valoyes bodyweight: 73.64 kg	COL	Natividad Domínguez bodyweight: 74.95 kg	DOM
-75 kg Total, Women	Jeane Lassen bodyweight: 74.83 kg	CAN	Ubaldina Valoyes bodyweight: 73.64 kg	COL	Natividad Domínguez bodyweight: 74.95 kg	DOM
+75 kg Snatch, Women	Oliba Nieve bodyweight: 95.35 kg	ECU	Eva Dimas bodyweight: 86.26 kg	ESA	Yinely Burgos bodyweight: 94.01 kg	DOM
+75 kg Clean & Jerk, Women	Oliba Nieve bodyweight: 95.35 kg	ECU	Yinely Burgos bodyweight: 94.01 kg	DOM	Eva Dimas bodyweight: 86.26 kg	ESA
+75 kg Total, Women	Oliba Nieve bodyweight: 95.35 kg	ECU	Eva Dimas bodyweight: 86.26 kg	ESA	Yinely Burgos bodyweight: 94.01 kg	DOM