Weightlifting at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's 85 kg

Weightlifting – Men's 85 kg
at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue General Motors Centre
Dates July 13
Competitors 6 from 4 nations
Medalists
   Cuba
   Cuba
   Colombia
Weightlifting at the
2015 Pan American Games
Men Women
  56 kg     48 kg  
62 kg 53 kg
69 kg 58 kg
77 kg 63 kg
85 kg 69 kg
94 kg 75 kg
105 kg +75 kg
+105 kg

The men's 85 kg competition of the weightlifting events at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, was held on July 13 at the General Motors Centre. The defending champion was Yoelmis Hernández from Cuba.

Each lifter performed in both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts, with the final score being the sum of the lifter's best result in each. The athlete received three attempts in each of the two lifts; the score for the lift was the heaviest weight successfully lifted.

Schedule

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4).

Date Time Round
July 13, 2015 19:00 Final

Results

6 athletes from four countries took part.[1]

Rank Name Country Group B.weight (kg) Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total (kg)
1st Yoelmis Hernández CubaA 84.48 164 PR 206 PR 370 PR
2nd Yadier Nuñez CubaA 83.86 163 201 364
3rd Juan Ruiz Morelos ColombiaA 84.34 157 190 347
4 Pascal Plamondon CanadaA 84.70 157 186 343
5 Renson Balza VenezuelaA 83.96 157 185 342
6 Boady Santavy CanadaA 84.35 146 176 322

New records

The following records were established and improved upon during the competition.

Snatch 164.0 kg  Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) PR
Clean & Jerk 206.0 kg  Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) PR
Total 370.0 kg  Yoelmis Hernández (CUB) PR

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