title: Sambo at Pan American Games
text: # Sambo at Pan American Games
  
  Sambo at the Pan American Games was only held at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | United States | 7 | 8 | 0 | 15 |
  | 2 | Venezuela | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
  | 3 | Cuba | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
  | 4 | Argentina | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
  | 5 | Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Peru | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 20 | 20 | 13 | 53 |
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 48 kg details | Manuel Linares (VEN) | James Jones (USA) | Ángel Abreu (CUB) |
  | 52 kg details | Lewis Dorrance (USA) | Eduardo Miranda (CUB) | Oscar Luna (VEN) |
  | 57 kg details | Steven Siroy (USA) | Aparicio Campos (CUB) | Jorge Olvera (MEX) |
  | 62 kg details | Manuel Luna (VEN) | José Inagaki (PER) | Rey Esteban Ramírez (CUB) |
  | 68 kg details | Bobby Sole (USA) | Rafael Meléndez (VEN) | Jorge Navarrete (ARG) |
  | 74 kg details | Lazaro Ruiz (CUB) | Paul La Blanc (USA) | Oscar Stratico (ARG) |
  | 82 kg details | James Martin (USA) | Luis Delgado (VEN) | Emilio Tamayo (CUB) |
  | 90 kg details | Garry Kallos (CAN) | Enrique Antonovich (ARG) | Alberto Limonta (CUB) |
  | 100 kg details | Luis Mario Miranda (CUB) | Alfredo Young (ARG) | Vertilio Amador (VEN) |
  | + 100 kg details | Bárbaro Morgan (CUB) | José Siso (VEN) | Juan Blander (ARG) |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 44 kg details | Roselis Palencia (VEN) | Donna C. Turk (USA) | None |
  | 48 kg details | Dinora Castillo (VEN) | Andrea Godin (USA) | None |
  | 52 kg details | Janet Trussell (USA) | Olga Lugo (VEN) | None |
  | 56 kg details | Bexaide Alvarez (VEN) | Kelley Defoor (USA) | None |
  | 60 kg details | Linn Roethke (USA) | Angela Palavecino (ARG) | Xiomara Orozco (VEN) |
  | 64 kg details | Grace Jividen (USA) | Nilka Coronel (VEN) | Susana Martínez (ARG) |
  | 68 kg details | Isabel Farruggia (ARG) | Carmen Graterol (VEN) | None |
  | 72 kg details | Laura Martinel (ARG) | Ginger Lewallen (USA) | Trina Sosa (VEN) |
  | 80 kg details | Klarina Gómez (VEN) | Laura Carter (USA) | None |
  | + 80 kg details | Ana Solórzano (VEN) | Betsy Darrow (USA) | None |
  