1997 Pan American Judo Championships

Host City	Guadalajara
Country	MEX
Held	29 – 31 August 1997
Competitors	64
Countries	12

Events

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	CUB	9	3	2	14
2	Brazil	BRA	3	2	8	13
3	Argentina	ARG	1	5	1	7
4	United States	USA	1	2	5	8
5	Canada	CAN	1	2	1	4
6	Venezuela	VEN	1	1	4	6
7	Puerto Rico	PUR	0	1	2	3
8	Colombia	COL	0	0	3	3
=	Dominican Republic	DOM	0	0	3	3
10	El Salvador	ESA	0	0	1	1
=	Haiti	HAI	0	0	1	1
=	Mexico	MEX	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
-56 kg, Men	Suil Barragán	VEN	Héctor Galloza	PUR	Enrique Paz João Derly	ESA BRA
-60 kg, Men	Manolo Poulot	CUB	Jorge Lencina	ARG	Bernardo Pérez Fúlvio Miyata	DOM BRA
-65 kg, Men	Israel Hernández	CUB	Martín Ríos	ARG	Henrique Guimarães Melvin Méndez	BRA PUR
-71 kg, Men	Jimmy Pedro	USA	Sebastian Pereira	BRA	Diego Mateo Ernst Laraque	DOM HAI
-78 kg, Men	Flávio Canto	BRA	Gastón García	ARG	Todd Brehe Gabriel Arteaga	USA CUB
-86 kg, Men	Branco	BRA	Brian Olson	USA	Yosvane Despaigne José Vicbart Geraldino	CUB DOM
+95 kg, Men	Orlando Baccino	ARG	Jorge Fiz	CUB	Felipe Vargas Oswaldo Norat	BRA USA
-95 kg, Men	Aurélio Miguel	BRA	Ángel Sánchez	CUB	Rafael Hueso Luis René López	USA VEN
-45 kg, Women	Zaimaris Calderón	CUB	Roselín Huacarán	VEN	Blanca González Evelyn Matías	COL PUR
-48 kg, Women	Amarilis Savón	CUB	Andréa Berti	BRA	Cecilia Martínez Hillary Wolf	MEX USA
-52 kg, Women	Legna Verdecia	CUB	Carolina Mariani	ARG	Liliana Ibarra Marisa Pedulla	COL USA
-56 kg, Women	Driulis González	CUB	Brigitte Lastrade	CAN	Ángela Valles Danielle Zangrando	COL BRA
-61 kg, Women	Michelle Buckingham	CAN	Kenia Rodríguez	CUB	Niurka Perdomo María Pacciarini	VEN ARG
-66 kg, Women	Sibelis Veranes	CUB	Marie-Hélène Chisholm	CAN	Vânia Ishii Marianela Astudillo	BRA VEN
-72 kg, Women	Diadenis Luna	CUB	Lorena Briceño	ARG	Edinanci da Silva Francis Gómez	BRA VEN
+72 kg, Women	Daima Beltrán	CUB	Colleen Rosensteel	USA	Edilene Andrade Jacynthe Maloney	BRA CAN