Judo at the 1979 Pan American Games

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| governing_body = PASO

| year = 1979

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| location = San Juan, Puerto Rico

| dates = 1–15 July 1979

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This page shows the results of the Men's Judo Competition at the 1979 Pan American Games, held from July 1 to July 15, 1979 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There were a total number of eight weight divisions, and just men competing.

Medal table

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| gold_BRA = 4 | silver_BRA = 1 | bronze_BRA = 2

| gold_CUB = 2 | silver_CUB = 1 | bronze_CUB = 3

| gold_CAN = 2 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 2

| gold_USA = 0 | silver_USA = 2 | bronze_USA = 3

| gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 1 | bronze_DOM = 0

| gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 1 | bronze_PUR = 0

| gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 1 | bronze_VEN = 0

| gold_MEX = 0 | silver_MEX = 0 | bronze_MEX = 3

| gold_ARG = 0 | silver_ARG = 0 | bronze_ARG = 1

| gold_AHO = 0 | silver_AHO = 0 | bronze_AHO = 1

| gold_CHI = 0 | silver_CHI = 0 | bronze_CHI = 1

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Men's competition

=Men's Bantamweight (-60 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Luis Shinohara|BRA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Edward Liddie|USA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Rafael González|MEX}}

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|{{flagathlete|Phil Takahashi|CAN}}

=Men's Featherweight (-65 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Brad Farrow|CAN}}

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|{{flagathlete|Luis Onmura|BRA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Gerardo Padilla|MEX}}

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|{{flagathlete|Héctor Rodríguez|CUB}}

=Men's Lightweight (-71 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Guillermo d'Nelson|CUB}}

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|{{flagathlete|Kevin Doherty|CAN}}

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|{{flagathlete|Roberto Machusso|BRA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Andrés Puentes|MEX}}

=Men's Light Middleweight (-78 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Carlos da Cunha|BRA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Radamés Lora|DOM}}

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|{{flagathlete|Brett Barron|USA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Juan Ferrer|CUB}}

=Men's Middleweight (-86 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Louis Jani|CAN}}

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|{{flagathlete|Alexis Mundo|VEN}}

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|{{flagathlete|Eduardo Novoa|CHI}}

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|{{flagathlete|Leo White|USA}}

=Men's Light Heavyweight (-95 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Carlos Pacheco|BRA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Venancio Gómez|CUB}}

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|{{flagathlete|Sergio Komornickie|ARG}}

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|{{flagathlete|Miguel Tudela|USA}}

=Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|José Ibañez|CUB}}

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|{{flagathlete|Jesse Goldstein|USA}}

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|{{flagathlete|Jaime Felipa|AHO}}

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|{{flagathlete|Oswaldo Simões|BRA}}

=Men's Open=

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RANKalign="left" style="width: 20em"|NAME JUDOKA
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|{{flagathlete|Oswaldo Simões|BRA}}{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Oswaldo Simões Filho |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/34369 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=21 November 2024}}

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|{{flagathlete|Héctor Estévez|PUR}}

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|{{flagathlete|José Ibañez|CUB}}

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|{{flagathlete|Joseph Meli|CAN}}

References