2018 Pan American Championships

Host city|  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dates| May 12 – 19
Main venue| Weightlifting Pavilion Dr. José Joaquín Puello

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The 2018 Pan American Weightlifting Championships was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic between May 12 and May 19, 2018.

A total of 126 weightlifters qualified to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games through scores from both the 2017 and 2018 Pan American Championships combined. A nation may enter a maximum of 12 weightlifters (six per gender). The host nation (Peru) automatically qualified the maximum team size.[1][2]

## Medal summary[edit]

Results are obtained from the Pan American Weightlifting Federation website.[3]

### Men[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

56 kg
Snatch  | Luis García
Dominican Republic | 122 kg  | Carlos Berna
Colombia | 117 kg  | Wilder Posada
Colombia | 114 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Luis García
Dominican Republic | 153 kg  | Carlos Berna
Colombia | 146 kg  | Otto Onate
Cuba | 140 kg
Total  | Luis García
Dominican Republic | 275 kg  | Carlos Berna
Colombia | 263 kg  | Wilder Posada
Colombia | 250 kg
62 kg
Snatch  | Christian Zurita
Ecuador | 128 kg  | Luis Higuita
Colombia | 127 kg  | José Montes
Mexico | 120 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Antonio Vázquez
Mexico | 171 kg  | José Montes
Mexico | 162 kg  | Luis Higuita
Colombia | 154 kg
Total  | Antonio Vázquez
Mexico | 291 kg  | José Montes
Mexico | 282 kg  | Luis Higuita
Colombia | 281 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Julio Mayora
Venezuela | 145 kg  | Clarence Cummings
United States | 144 kg  | Jorge Cárdenas
Mexico | 135 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Clarence Cummings
United States | 180 kg  | Julio Mayora
Venezuela | 180 kg  | William Alvarado
Brazil | 166 kg
Total  | Julio Mayora
Venezuela | 325 kg  | Clarence Cummings
United States | 324 kg  | Jonathan Muñoz
Mexico | 299 kg
77 kg
Snatch  | Hugo Montes
Colombia | 160 kg  | Addriel La O Garcia
Cuba | 150 kg  | Yony Andica
Colombia | 150 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Yony Andica
Colombia | 186 kg  | Addriel La O Garcia
Cuba | 185 kg  | Hugo Montes
Colombia | 182 kg
Total  | Hugo Montes
Colombia | 342 kg  | Yony Andica
Colombia | 336 kg  | Addriel La O Garcia
Cuba | 335 kg
85 kg
Snatch  | Arley Méndez
Chile | 170 kg  | Brayan Rodallegas
Colombia | 166 kg  | Keydomar Vallenilla
Venezuela | 162 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Arley Méndez
Chile | 211 kg PMR | Brayan Rodallegas
Colombia | 201 kg  | Olfides Sáez
Cuba | 200 kg
Total  | Arley Méndez
Chile | 381 kg PMR | Brayan Rodallegas
Colombia | 367 kg  | Olfides Sáez
Cuba | 358 kg
94 kg
Snatch  | Víctor Quiñones
Cuba | 168 kg  | Serafim Veli
Brazil | 162 kg  | Jeyson Arias
Venezuela | 161 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Jeyson Arias
Venezuela | 201 kg  | Yorbanis Martínez
Cuba | 196 kg  | Víctor Quiñones
Cuba | 196 kg
Total  | Víctor Quiñones
Cuba | 364 kg  | Jeyson Arias
Venezuela | 362 kg  | Serafim Veli
Brazil | 353 kg
105 kg
Snatch  | Jorge Arroyo
Ecuador | 185 kg  | Wesley Kitts
United States | 172 kg  | Jesús González
Venezuela | 171 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Wesley Kitts
United States | 212 kg  | Jesús González
Venezuela | 208 kg  | Hernán Viera
Peru | 208 kg
Total  | Wesley Kitts
United States | 384 kg  | Jorge Arroyo
Ecuador | 382 kg  | Jesús González
Venezuela | 379 kg
+105 kg
Snatch  | Fernando Reis
Brazil | 201 kg PMR | Caine Wilkes
United States | 183 kg  | Luis Lauret
Cuba | 172 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Fernando Reis
Brazil | 235 kg  | Caine Wilkes
United States | 219 kg  | Luis Lauret
Cuba | 210 kg
Total  | Fernando Reis
Brazil | 436 kg  | Caine Wilkes
United States | 402 kg  | Luis Lauret
Cuba | 382 kg

### Women[edit]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

|
|
|

48 kg
Snatch  | Andrea de la Herrán
Mexico | 80 kg  | Georgina Silvestre
Dominican Republic | 79 kg  | Ludia Montero
Cuba | 78 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Socorro Villa
Mexico | 98 kg  | Andrea de la Herrán
Mexico | 97 kg  | Mercedes Campoverde
Ecuador | 96 kg
Total  | Andrea de la Herrán
Mexico | 177 kg  | Socorro Villa
Mexico | 174 kg  | Ludia Montero
Cuba | 172 kg
53 kg
Snatch  | Beatriz Pirón
Dominican Republic | 90 kg  | Caitlin Hogan
United States | 86 kg  | Ana López
Mexico | 85 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Vanessa Quiñones
Colombia | 109 kg  | Tessy Sandi
Peru | 108 kg  | Caitlin Hogan
United States | 107 kg
Total  | Beatriz Pirón
Dominican Republic | 196 kg  | Caitlin Hogan
United States | 193 kg  | Vanessa Quiñones
Colombia | 193 kg
58 kg
Snatch  | Karool Blanco
Colombia | 96 kg  | María Lobón
Colombia | 95 kg  | Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador | 94 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Quisisa Guicho
Mexico | 119 kg  | Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador | 118 kg  | Karool Blanco
Colombia | 116 kg
Total  | Karool Blanco
Colombia | 212 kg  | Alexandra Escobar
Ecuador | 212 kg  | Quisisa Guicho
Mexico | 210 kg
63 kg
Snatch  | Natalia Llamosa
Colombia | 101 kg  | Marina Rodríguez
Cuba | 98 kg  | Jackelina Heredia
Colombia | 98 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Jackelina Heredia
Colombia | 126 kg  | Marina Rodríguez
Cuba | 125 kg  | Natalia Llamosa
Colombia | 124 kg
Total  | Natalia Llamosa
Colombia | 225 kg  | Jackelina Heredia
Colombia | 224 kg  | Marina Rodríguez
Cuba | 223 kg
69 kg
Snatch  | Mercedes Pérez
Colombia | 104 kg  | Mattie Rogers
United States | 99 kg  | Yaneisy Merino
Cuba | 96 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Mercedes Pérez
Colombia | 130 kg  | Mattie Rogers
United States | 130 kg  | Yaneisy Merino
Cuba | 120 kg
Total  | Mercedes Pérez
Colombia | 234 kg  | Mattie Rogers
United States | 229 kg  | Yaneisy Merino
Cuba | 216 kg
75 kg
Snatch  | Neisi Dajomes
Ecuador | 111 kg  | Aremi Fuentes
Mexico | 110 kg  | Jenny Arthur
United States | 108 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Neisi Dajomes
Ecuador | 137 kg  | Aremi Fuentes
Mexico | 136 kg  | Tamara Salazar
Ecuador | 131 kg
Total  | Neisi Dajomes
Ecuador | 248 kg  | Aremi Fuentes
Mexico | 246 kg  | Jenny Arthur
United States | 235 kg
90 kg
Snatch  | Crismery Santana
Dominican Republic | 116 kg PMR | María Fernanda Valdés
Chile | 110 kg  | Naryury Pérez
Venezuela | 109 kg
Clean & Jerk  | María Fernanda Valdés
Chile | 143 kg  | Crismery Santana
Dominican Republic | 142 kg  | Naryury Pérez
Venezuela | 135 kg
Total  | Crismery Santana
Dominican Republic | 258 kg PMR | María Fernanda Valdés
Chile | 253 kg  | Naryury Pérez
Venezuela | 244 kg
+90 kg
Snatch  | Verónica Saladín
Dominican Republic | 124 kg  | Sarah Robles
United States | 123 kg  | Tania Mascorro
Mexico | 120 kg
Clean & Jerk  | Sarah Robles
United States | 157 kg  | Tania Mascorro
Mexico | 146 kg  | Verónica Saladín
Dominican Republic | 145 kg
Total  | Sarah Robles
United States | 280 kg  | Verónica Saladín
Dominican Republic | 269 kg  | Tania Mascorro
Mexico | 266 kg

## Medals tables[edit]

### Results including snatch and clean & jerk medals[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Colombia (COL)| 12| 10| 10| 32
2|  Dominican Republic (DOM)| 8| 3| 1| 12
3|  Mexico (MEX)| 6| 8| 7| 21
4|  United States (USA)| 5| 12| 3| 20
5|  Ecuador (ECU)| 5| 3| 3| 11
6|  Chile (CHI)| 4| 2| 0| 6
7|  Venezuela (VEN)| 3| 3| 7| 13
8|  Brazil (BRA)| 3| 1| 2| 6
9|  Cuba (CUB)| 2| 5| 14| 21
10|  Peru (PER)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Totals (10 entries)| 48| 48| 48| 144

### Total results[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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|
|
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1|  Colombia (COL)| 4| 4| 3| 11
2|  Dominican Republic (DOM)| 3| 1| 0| 4
3|  United States (USA)| 2| 4| 1| 7
4|  Mexico (MEX)| 2| 3| 3| 8
5|  Ecuador (ECU)| 1| 2| 0| 3
6|  Venezuela (VEN)| 1| 1| 2| 4
7|  Chile (CHI)| 1| 1| 0| 2
8|  Cuba (CUB)| 1| 0| 6| 7
9|  Brazil (BRA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
Totals (9 entries)| 16| 16| 16| 48

## Team ranking[edit]

### Men[edit]

| Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

1  |  Venezuela | 537
2  |  Ecuador | 504
3  |  Cuba | 481
4  |  Mexico | 478
5  |  Colombia | 443
6  |  United States | 435
7  |  Dominican Republic | 425
8  |  Chile | 415
9  |  Guatemala | 399
10  |  Peru | 300

### Women[edit]

| Rank  | Team  | Points

|
|

1  |  United States | 536
2  |  Dominican Republic | 526
3  |  Ecuador | 525
4  |  Colombia | 523
5  |  Mexico | 518
6  |  Cuba | 493
7  |  Venezuela | 478
8  |  Guatemala | 345
9  |  Chile | 328
10  |  Argentina | 326

## References[edit]

1. ^ Giles, Thomas (16 May 2018). "Pan-American Weightlifting Federation hold Executive Board meeting in Santo Domingo". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
2. ^ "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
3. ^ Event

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