Weightlifting

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Escuela Militar de Chorrillos

AV. ESCUELA MILITAR S/N PUERTA 1 DE LA ESCUELA MILITAR - CHORRILLOS

Highlights

HERNÁN VIERA DOES HIS BEST TO MAKE PERU PROUD

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Medals


MEN EVENTS	WOMEN EVENTS
49 KG	61 KG
55 KG	67 KG
59 KG	73 KG
64 KG	81 KG
76 KG	96 KG
87 KG	109 KG
+87 KG	+109 KG


men events
49 KG
55 KG
59 KG
64 KG
76 KG
87 KG
+87 KG

women events
61 KG
67 KG
73 KG
81 KG
96 KG
109 KG
+109 KG

Sport review

In this sport, athletes are able to lift more than three times their weight. There are two types of lifts: snatch, and clean & jerk. In snatch, athletes have three attempts. Athletes must lift the bar in a single movement from the platform to the full extent of the arms above the head.

In clean & jerk there are also three attempts, but it must be a two-movement lift. Athletes must lift the bar from the platform to the shoulders. Then, the athlete extends the legs and arms to move the bar upward to the full extent of the arms above the head.

A total of 140 athletes (70 men and 70 women) participated in Lima 2019 and, before the competition began, the historic leader was Cuba with 67 gold medals, followed by the US with 48. The competition was held at the Chorrillos Military School.

Keywords

Chalk: The magnesium carbonate powder used on weightlifters’ hands to reduce slippage on the bar.

No lift: A lift that is judged unsuccessful by at least two of the three referees.

History

As noted by its name, the athlete that lifts the heaviest possible weight wins. Weightlifting is part of the Pan American Games since Buenos Aires 1951.