1959 Pan American Games / Weightlifting

At the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago ( United States ), 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	Grantley Sobers

Feather weight (up to 60 kg)

space	athlete
1	Isaac Berger
2	Maurice King
3	Mauro Alanís González

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

space	athlete
1	Juan Torres Martinez
2	Paul Goldberg
3	Alberto Gumbs

Middle weight (up to 75 kg)

space	athlete
1	Thomas Kono
2	Nazih Kerbage
3	Fred Marville

Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)

space	athlete
1	James George
2	Enrique Guittens Stephens
3	Fernando Torres Velasquez

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

space	athlete
1	Clyde Emrich
2	Philome Laguerre
3	Adolph Williams

Heavy weight (over 90 kg)

space	athlete
1	David Ashman
2	Humberto Selvetti
3	Bèto Adriana

Medal table

space	nation	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	United States	6th	1	0	7th
2.	Cuba	1	0	0	1
3.	Argentina	0	2	0	2
4th	West Indian Federation	0	1	2	3
5.	Panama	0	1	1	2
6th	Haiti	0	1	0	1
6th	Venezuela	0	1	0	1
8th.	British Guiana	0	0	1	1
8th.	Mexico	0	0	1	1
8th.	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1
8th.	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1

Web links

• 1959 Pan-American Games. In: chidlovski.net , accessed on July 15, 2019 (English).