| Weightlifting at the 1967 Pan American Games | |
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«1963 1971» |
Weightlifting was one of the sports contested at the 1967 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In this edition, there were seven weight categories with medals awarded in each.
| RANK | FINAL [1] |
|---|---|
 |  Fernando Báez Cruz (PUR) |
 |  Anthony Phillips (BAR) |
 |  Martin Dias (GUY) |
| RANK | FINAL [2] |
|---|---|
| |  Walter Imahara (USA) |
| |  Manuel Mateos (MEX) |
| |  Idelfonso Lee (PAN) |
| RANK | FINAL [1] |
|---|---|
| |  Pastor Rodríguez (CUB) |
| |  Hugo Gittens (TRI) |
| | Arnaldo Muñoz (CUB) |
| RANK | FINAL [3] |
|---|---|
| | Russell Knipp (USA) |
| |  Koji Michi (BRA) |
| | Luiz de Almeida (BRA) |
| RANK | FINAL [4] |
|---|---|
| | Joseph Puleo (USA) |
| | Ángel Pagán (PUR) |
| |  Pierre St.-Jean (CAN) |
| RANK | FINAL [5] |
|---|---|
| | Phillip Grippaldi (USA) |
| | Paul Bjarnason (CAN) |
| | Andrés Martínez (CUB) |
| RANK | FINAL [6] |
|---|---|
| | Joseph Dube (USA) |
| | Ernesto Varona (CUB) |
| | Brandon Bailey (TRI) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 |  Puerto Rico | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Barbados | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Guyana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
Walter Imahara...won the Pan-American Games gold medal for featherweight weightlifting Saturday. The silver medal went to Manuel Mateos de Larosa...Idelfonzo "Lee" Valdez...won the bronze medal.
Russell Knipp of the United States set a world record on his way to a middleweight gold medal in weightlifting competition Sunday. Koji Michi of Brazil took the silver medal and Luis Gonzaga de Almeida of Brazil the bronze medal.
Middle-heavyweight Paul Bjarnason...contributed a second-place silver in weightlifting...Philip Grippaldi...took the gold medal in the middle-heavy division and broke two Games records. The bronze went to Andres Martinez...
Joseph Dube, 23, of Jacksonville, Fla., broke two Pan-American Games records and won the heavyweight gold medal for the United States in weightlifting. The silver medal went to Ernesto Varona of Cuba and the third-place bronze to Brandon Baily of Trinidad-Tobago.
