# Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games

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

## Venue

The competitions took place at the General Motors Centre (Oshawa Sports Centre) located in the city of Oshawa, about 60 kilometers from the athletes village. The arena will had a reduced capacity of 3,000 people per session (about half its normal of 5,500). The venue also hosted the boxing competitions later in the games.

## Competition schedule

The following is the competition schedule for the weightlifting competitions:
| F | Final |
| 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

* Host nation (Canada)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Colombia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Venezuela | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Cuba | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Canada* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 |

## Medalists
### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 56 kg details | Habib de las Salas Colombia | Carlos Berna Colombia | Luis García Dominican Republic |
| 62 kg details | Óscar Figueroa Colombia | Francisco Mosquera Colombia | Jesús López Venezuela |
| 69 kg details | Luis Javier Mosquera Colombia | Bredni Roque Mexico | Francis Luna-Grenier Canada |
| 77 kg details | Addriel Garcia Lao Cuba | Junior Sánchez Venezuela | Jhor Moreno Colombia |
| 85 kg details | Yoelmis Hernández Cuba | Yadier Nuñez Cuba | Juan Ruiz Morelos Colombia |
| 94 kg details | Kendrick Farris United States | Javier Vanega Cuba | Herbys Márquez Venezuela |
| 105 kg details | Jesús González Venezuela | Mateus Gregorio Machado Brazil | Jorge Arroyo Ecuador |
| +105 kg details | Fernando Reis Brazil | George Kobaladze Canada | Fernando Salas Manguis Ecuador |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 48 kg details | Cándida Vásquez Dominican Republic | Ana Segura Colombia | Beatriz Pirón Dominican Republic |
| 53 kg details | Rusmeris Villar Colombia | Génesis Rodríguez Venezuela | Yafreisy Silvestre Dominican Republic |
| 58 kg details | Lina Rivas Colombia | Yusleidy Figueroa Venezuela | Quisia Guicho Mexico |
| 63 kg details | Mercedes Pérez Colombia | Marina Rodríguez Cuba | Bruna Nascimento Piloto Brazil |
| 69 kg details | Leydi Solís Colombia | Neisi Dajomes Ecuador | Aremi Fuentes Mexico |
| 75 kg details | Ubaldina Valoyes Colombia | Fernanda Valdés Chile | Jaqueline Ferreira Brazil |
| +75 kg details | Yaniuska Espinosa Venezuela | Naryury Perez Venezuela | Oliba Nieve Ecuador |

## Participating nations

A total of 24 countries qualified athletes. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Argentina (2)
* Aruba (1)
* Barbados (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Brazil (8)
* Canada (13)
* Chile (4)
* Colombia (13)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Cuba (8)
* Dominican Republic (10)
* Ecuador (9)
* El Salvador (2)
* Guatemala (4)
* Haiti (2)
* Honduras (1)
* Mexico (9)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Panama (2)
* Peru (4)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* United States (7)
* Uruguay (1)
* Venezuela (13)

## Qualification

A total of 125 weightlifters (69 male and 56 women) were able to 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.