Judo at the 1979 Pan American Games

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Judo at the VIII Pan American Games
«1975 1983»

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[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	4	1	2	7
2	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	3	6
3	Canada (CAN)	2	1	2	5
4	United States (USA)	0	2	3	5
5	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	0	1
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
8	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	3	3
9	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Chile (CHI)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		8	8	16	32

Men's competition[]

Men's Bantamweight (-60 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Luis Shinohara (BRA)
	Edward Liddie (USA)
	Rafael González (MEX)
	Phil Takahashi (CAN)

Men's Featherweight (-65 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Brad Farrow (CAN)
	Luis Onmura (BRA)
	Gerardo Padilla (MEX)
	Héctor Rodríguez (CUB)

Men's Lightweight (-71 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	(CUB)
	Kevin Doherty (CAN)
	Roberto Machusso (BRA)
	(MEX)

Men's Light Middleweight (-78 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Carlos da Cunha (BRA)
	(DOM)
	Brett Barron (USA)
	Juan Ferrer (CUB)

Men's Middleweight (-86 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Louis Jani (CAN)
	(VEN)
	Eduardo Novoa (CHI)
	Leo White (USA)

Men's Light Heavyweight (-95 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Carlos Pacheco (BRA)
	(CUB)
	(ARG)
	Miguel Tudela (USA)

Men's Heavyweight (+95 kg)[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	José Ibañez (CUB)
	Jesse Goldstein (USA)
	Jaime Felipa (AHO)
	Oswaldo Simões (BRA)

Men's Open[]

RANK	NAME JUDOKA
	Oswaldo Simões (BRA)
	(PUR)
	José Ibañez (CUB)
	Joseph Meli (CAN)

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