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Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela. There were ten weight categories, just as there were in the 1979 games, with medals awarded in each.
| Weightlifting at the 1983 Pan American Games | |
|---|---|
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«1979 1987» |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | Juan Hernández  Cuba | Humberto Fuentes  Venezuela | Ader Rincones Venezuela |
| 56 kg | Aristóteles Soler Cuba | José Ramírez  Dominican Republic | Porfirio de León  Puerto Rico |
| 60 kg | Hildemar Rodríguez Venezuela | Abdel González  Colombia | Ángel García Dominican Republic |
| 67.5 kg | Julio Loscos Cuba | Francisco Alleguez Cuba | Claude Dallaire  Canada |
| 75 kg | Julio Echenique Cuba | Jacques Demers Canada | Cal Schake  United States |
| 82.5 kg | Enrique Sabari Cuba | David Muñoz  Mexico | Gilles Poirier Canada |
| 90 kg | Ciro Ibáñez Cuba | Mario Parente Canada | Jaime Molina  Peru |
| 100 kg | Michael Davis United States | José Miguel Guzman Dominican Republic | None |
| 110 kg | Kevin Roy Canada | Rolando Villamil  Panama | Calvin Stamp  Jamaica |
| +110 kg | Reynaldo Chávez Cuba | William Boyd Jamaica | None |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | Canada | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Venezuela | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Colombia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Panama | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 8 | 28 | |
