Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games

Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games was a men's competition held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15, 1979, as part of the VIII Pan American Games. The programme featured ten weight classes ranging from flyweight (52 kg) to super heavyweight (+110 kg). Competitors vied for medals based on the combined total of the snatch and clean & jerk lifts, the standard format since the removal of the clean and press in 1972. Cuba and the United States were among the dominant nations, with athletes such as Daniel Núñez of Cuba capturing the bantamweight title. The event contributed to the overall medal standings of the Games, which included 34 countries and 250 events across 24 sports.

Weightlifting at the 1979 Pan American Games
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Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
52 kg	Francisco Casamayor Fals  Cuba	José Díaz López  Panama	Samuel Alexis Vázquez  Venezuela
56 kg	Daniel Núñez  Cuba	Lázaro de la Cruz  Dominican Republic	Francisco Benítez  Mexico
60 kg	Víctor Pérez  Cuba	Phillip Sanderson  United States	Ángel García  Dominican Republic
67.5 kg	Mario Ricardo Villalobos  Cuba	David Jones  United States	Garry Bratty  Canada
75 kg	Roberto Urrutia  Cuba	Eric Rogers  Canada	Rogelio Weatherbee  Mexico
82.5 kg	Julio Echenique González  Cuba	Thomas Hirtz  United States	Ricardo Sequera  Venezuela
90 kg	Daniel Zayas Díaz  Cuba	Terry Hadlow  Canada	Nelson Carvalho  Brazil
100 kg	Alberto Blanco Fernández  Cuba	Guy Carlton  United States	Jacques Oliger  Chile
110 kg	Mark Cameron[1]  United States	Javier González  Cuba	Charles Nootens  United States
+110 kg	Tom Stock  United States	Marc Cardinal  Canada	Jorge Gadala María  El Salvador

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	8	1	0	9
2	United States	2	4	1	7
3	Canada	0	3	1	4
4	Dominican Republic	0	1	1	2
5	Panama	0	1	0	1
6	Mexico	0	0	2	2
	Venezuela	0	0	2	2
8	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	10	30