2003  | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Salvador |
| Location |  Salvador, Brasil |
| Dates | 5–6 June 2003 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 2003 Pan American Judo Championships in Salvador, Brasil from 2 to 9 June 2003.
| 2003 | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Salvador |
| Location | Salvador, Brasil |
| Dates | 5–6 June 2003 |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | JudoInside |
The 2003 Pan American Judo Championships in Salvador, Brasil from 2 to 9 June 2003.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –55 kg | Adriano Yamamoto (BRA) |  Javier Guédez (VEN) |  Emilio Cassineri (ARG) |
 Erwin Guzmán (CHI) | |||
| –60 kg |  Modesto Lara (DOM) | João Derly (BRA) |  Juan Barahona (ECU) |
 Daniel Simard (CAN) | |||
| –66 kg | Henrique Guimarães (BRA) | Juan Jacinto (DOM) | Ludwig Ortiz (VEN) |
| Jorge Lencina (ARG) | |||
| –73 kg |  Chuck Jefferson (USA) | Luis Camilo (BRA) | Jean-François Marceau (CAN) |
| Richard León (VEN) | |||
| –81 kg | Flávio Canto (BRA) | Aaron Cohen (USA) | Ariel Sganga (ARG) |
| José Miguel Boissard (DOM) | |||
| –90 kg | Carlos Honorato (BRA) | Keith Morgan (CAN) | Vicbart Geraldino (DOM) |
| Brian Olson (USA) | |||
| –100 kg | Mário Sabino (BRA) |  Ramón Ayala (PUR) | Steven Edmonds (CAN) |
 Arturo Martínez (MEX) | |||
| +100 kg | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) | Trevor McAlpine (CAN) | Martin Boonzaayer (USA) |
| Not awarded | |||
| Openweight | Daniel Hernandes (BRA) |  Joel Brutus (HAI) | Felix Lebron (DOM) |
| Orlando Baccino (ARG) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| –44 kg | Yarely Suero (DOM) | Not awarded | Not awarded |
| Not awarded | |||
| –48 kg |  Lisseth Orozco (COL) | Sayaka Matsumoto (USA) | Analy Rodríguez (VEN) |
| Taciana Lima (BRA) | |||
| –52 kg | Aminata Sall (CAN) | Charlee Minkin (USA) | Fabiane Hukuda (BRA) |
| Flor Velázquez (VEN) | |||
| –57 kg | Jessica García (PUR) | Michelle Buckingham (CAN) | Tânia Ferreira (BRA) |
| Osdalis Rengel (VEN) | |||
| –63 kg | Daniela Krukower (ARG) | Grace Jividen (USA) | Isabelle Pearson (CAN) |
| Vânia Ishii (BRA) | |||
| –70 kg | Marie-Hélène Chisholm (CAN) | Cristina Sebastião (BRA) | Elizabeth Copes (ARG) |
| Diana Chalá (ECU) | |||
| –78 kg | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | Keivi Pinto (VEN) | Amy Cotton (CAN) |
 Claudia Rivera (GUA) | |||
| +78 kg | Vanessa Zambotti (MEX) | Olia Berger (CAN) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) |
| Priscila Marques (BRA) | |||
| Openweight | Edinanci Silva (BRA) | Carmen Chalá (ECU) | Not awarded |
| Not awarded |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | Canada | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 |  United States | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Mexico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Colombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Venezuela | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | Ecuador | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Haiti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Chile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 18 | 17 | 30 | 65 | |
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