1955 Pan American Games / Weightlifting

At the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City ( Mexico ), weightlifting competitions were held in seven men's weight classes.

Medalist

Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

space	athlete
1	Charles Vinci
2	Angel Famiglietti
3	Ignacio Suarez

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	athlete
1	Carlos Chavez
2	Yas Kuzuhara
3	Edmundo Álvarez

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	athlete
1	Joe Pitman
2	Ambrose Cornet
3	Emilio González

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	athlete
1	Peter George
2	Julián Suarez
3	Don Heron

Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	athlete
1	Thomas Kono
2	Osvaldo Forte
3	Julian Pemberton

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

space	athlete
1	David Sheppard
2	Bruno Barabani
3	Carlos Sigelshifer

Heavy weight (over 90 kg)

space	athlete
1	Norbert Schemansky
2	Humberto Selvetti
3	Bèto Adriana

Medal table

space	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	United States	6th	1	0	7th
2.	Panama	1	1	0	2
3.	Argentina	0	2	2	4th
4th	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	2	3
5.	Cuba	0	1	1	2
6th	Brazil	0	1	0	1
7th	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
7th	Mexico	0	0	1	1

Web links

• 1955 Pan-American Games. In: chidlovski.net , accessed on July 15, 2019 (English).