Weightlifting at the 2007 Pan American Games – Women's +75 kg

The Women's +75 kg weightlifting event at the 2007 Pan American Games took place at the Complexo Esportivo Riocentro on 18 July 2007.[1]

Weightlifting – Women's +75 kg at the XV Pan American Games
Venue	Complexo Esportivo Riocentro
Dates	18 July 2007
Competitors	7 from 7 nations
Winning total weight	260 kg
Medalists
Oliba Nieve   Ecuador   Emmy Vargas   United States   Yinelis Burgos   Dominican Republic
«2003 2011»

Schedule

All times are Brasilia Time (UTC-3)

Date	Time	Event
18 July 2007	16:00	Group A

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Pan American and Games records were as follows:

World record	Snatch	Mu Shuangshuang (CHN)	139 kg	Doha, Qatar	6 December 2006
	Clean & Jerk	Tang Gonghong (CHN)	182 kg	Athens, Greece	21 August 2004
	Total	Jang Mi-ran (KOR)	318 kg	Wonju, South Korea	22 May 2006
Pan American record	Snatch	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	128 kg	Chattanooga, United States	18 May 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	161 kg	Shreveport, United States	27 June 2005
	Total	Cheryl Haworth (USA)	287 kg	Shreveport, United States	27 June 2005
Games record	Snatch	Carmenza Delgado (COL)	122 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	17 August 2003
	Clean & Jerk	Oliba Nieve (ECU)	145 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	17 August 2003
	Total	Carmenza Delgado (COL)	265 kg	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	17 August 2003

The following records were established during the competition:

Clean & Jerk

150 kg

Oliba Nieve (ECU)

GR

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Group	Body weight	Snatch (kg)					Clean & Jerk (kg)					Total
					1	2	3	Result	Rank	1	2	3	Result	Rank
	Oliba Nieve	Ecuador	A	94.70	110	110	118	110	1	139	144	150	150	1	260
	Emmy Vargas	United States	A	93.50	98	104	108	104	2	125	125	132	125	2	229
	Yinelis Burgos	Dominican Republic	A	92.35	92	97	103	97	3	118	118	132	118	4	215
4	Cristina Cornejo	Peru	A	113.15	85	85	90	85	6	110	116	120	120	3	205
5	Elizabeth Cortéz	Chile	A	119.00	80	85	88	88	5	105	111	113	105	5	193
6	Indira Salinas	Cuba	A	78.45	80	85	88	88	4	100	104	104	104	6	192
7	Eldy Salazar	Bolivia	A	109.85	75	80	85	80	7	90	95	95	90	7	170

References

1. Official Results of the XV Pan American Games (PDF), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 2007 Organizing Committee, p. 3,339, archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2012, retrieved November 9, 2009.