Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games

Weightlifting competitions at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile are scheduled to be held between October 21 and 24, 2023 at the Gimnasio Chimkowe.[1]

Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games
Weightlifting pictogram
VenueGimnasio Chimkowe
DatesOctober 21–24, 2023
No. of events10 (5 men, 5 women)
Competitors136 from 27 nations
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Weightlifting at the
2023 Pan American Games
Qualification
MenWomen
61 kg49 kg
73 kg59 kg
89 kg71 kg
102 kg81 kg
+102 kg+81 kg

A total of 10 events (five per gender) will be contested, four less than in the last edition of the games. There was a merger of the respective events: 67kg and 73kg for men, 109kg and +109kg for men, 55kg and 59kg for women, 87kg and +87kg for women.

Qualification
Main article: Weightlifting at the 2023 Pan American Games – Qualification

A total of 136 weightlifters (68 per gender) will qualify to compete at the games. A nation may enter a maximum of 8 weightlifters (four per gender). The host nation (Chile) automatically qualified the maximum team size. All other nations will qualify through their team scores from both the 2021 and 2022 Pan American Championships combined. A further two wild cards will be awarded (one per gender). Extra spots were granted to the winners of the respective categories at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games.[2]

Participating nations

A total of 27 countries qualified athletes. The number of weightlifters a nation has entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.

Medalists

Men's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
61 kg
73 kg
89 kg
102 kg
+102 kg

Women's events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg
59 kg
71 kg
81 kg
+81 kg

See also

References
  1. "Santiago 2023 Officially Confirms Sports Venues". www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. "Qualification System manual" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Pan American Sports Organization. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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