1978 Pan American Judo Championships

Host City Buenos Aires
Country ARG
Held —
Competitors 29
Countries 7

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-60 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-65 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-71 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-78 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-86 kg Men — Medal 4 4
-95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
+95 kg Men — Medal 4 4
Open Men — Medal 3 3

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Cuba CUB 4 2 1 7
2 Brazil BRA 2 2 3 7
3 United States USA 1 3 3 7
4 Puerto Rico PUR 1 0 0 1
5 Canada CAN 0 1 3 4
6 Argentina ARG 0 0 4 4
7 Mexico MEX 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
-60 kg, Men Keith Nakasone USA David Carter CAN Rafael González
Luiz Shinohara 		MEX
BRA
-65 kg, Men Guillermo Wong CUB Mike Swain USA Mauro Junqueira
Omar Abdala 		BRA
ARG
-71 kg, Men Guillermo D'Nelson CUB Roberto Machusso BRA Alain Cyr
Michael Vincenti 		CAN
USA
-78 kg, Men Carlos Alberto Cunha BRA Brett Barron USA José Strático
Iván Valiente Canalejo 		ARG
CUB
-86 kg, Men Isaac Azcuy CUB Tommy Martin USA Alejandro Strático
Louis Jani 		ARG
CAN
-95 kg, Men Venancio Gómez CUB Fuscão BRA Tom Greenway
James Thompson 		CAN
USA
+95 kg, Men Oswaldo Simões Filho BRA José Ibáñez CUB John Saylor
Julio Abraham 		USA
ARG
Open, Men Héctor Estévez PUR José Ibáñez CUB Oswaldo Simões Filho BRA