Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games

Weightlifting
at the XVII Pan American Games
VenueOshawa Sports Centre
DatesJuly 11–15, 2015
Competitors125 quota limit
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Weightlifting at the
2015 Pan American Games
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

Weightlifting competitions at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto will be held from July 11 to 15 at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) in Oshawa.[1] Due to naming rights the arena will be known as the latter for the duration of the games.[2] A total of fifteen weightlifting events will be held: eight for men and seven for women.[3]

Venue

The General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre), in Oshawa, was the venue for the weightlifting competitions

The competitions will take place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located about in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will have a reduced capacity (from its normal of about 5,500) of about 3,000 people per session.[2] The venue will also host boxing competitions later during the games.[4]

Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:[5]

FFinal
Event↓/Date → Sat 11 Sun 12 Mon 13 Tue 14 Wed 15
Men's 56 kg F
Men's 62 kg F
Men's 69 kg F
Men's 77 kg F
Men's 85 kg F
Men's 94 kg F
Men's 105 kg F
Men's +105 kg F
Women's 48 kg F
Women's 53 kg F
Women's 58 kg F
Women's 63 kg F
Women's 69 kg F
Women's 75 kg F
Women's +75 kg F

Medal table

Key
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Medalists

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
62 kg
69 kg
77 kg
85 kg
94 kg
105 kg
+105 kg

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
48 kg
53 kg
58 kg
63 kg
69 kg
75 kg
+75 kg

Qualification

A total of 125 weightlifters (69 male and 56 women) will qualify to compete at the games. Qualification was done at the 2013 and 2014 Pan American Championships, where nations had points assigned per athlete's finishing position. The totals of both Championships were added and quotas were then awarded to the top 20 men's teams and 18 women's teams. A further two wildcards (one for each gender) was awarded.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Competition Schedule" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 18 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oshawa Sports Centre". http://www.toronto2015.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Weightlifting". http://www.toronto2015.org/''. TO2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ McMillan, Ian (17 July 2014). "Cashing in on the Pan Am Games in Durham". DurhamRegion.com (Metroland Media Group). Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games Ticket Program Guide" (PDF). http://www.toronto2015.org''. TO2015. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sistema De Clasificación Levantamiento De Pesas" [Qualification System Weightlifting] (PDF). http://www.cog.org.gt/'' (in Spanish). TO2015. Retrieved 14 August 2014.