1997 Pan American Judo Championships

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

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
-56 kg Men Medal 4 4
-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
-45 kg Women Medal 4 4
-48 kg Women Medal 4 4
-52 kg Women Medal 4 4
-56 kg Women Medal 4 4
-61 kg Women Medal 4 4
-66 kg Women Medal 4 4
-72 kg Women Medal 4 4
+72 kg Women Medal 4 4

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