Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at ExCeL London from 30 August to 5 September, with a maximum of 200 athletes (120 men and 80 women), competing in 20 events.^[1] According to the classification rules of the International Federation for Powerlifting athletes which cannot participate in weightlifting events because of a physical impairment affecting their legs or hips are deemed eligible to compete in powerlifting events at the Paralympics.^[2]

Powerlifting at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Dates	30 August – 5 September
Competitors	194 from 61 nations
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ExCeL Exhibition Centre hosted the powerlifting competitions.

Events

There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women.

Men's 48 kg Men's 52 kg Men's 56 kg Men's 60 kg Men's 67.5 kg Men's 75 kg Men's 82.5 kg Men's 90 kg Men's 100 kg Men's +100 kg

Women's 40 kg Women's 44 kg Women's 48 kg Women's 52 kg Women's 56 kg Women's 60 kg Women's 67.5 kg Women's 75 kg Women's 82.5 kg Women's +82.5 kg

Participating nations

There were 114 male and 80 female competitors.^[3]

•   Afghanistan (1)
•   Argentina (1)
•   Armenia (1)
•   Australia (2)
•   Azerbaijan (2)
•   Belarus (1)
•   Brazil (4)
•   Cambodia (1)
•   China (16)
•   Chinese Taipei (2)
•   Colombia (1)
•   Cuba (2)
•   Ecuador (1)
•   Egypt (15)
•   France (2)
•   Georgia (1)
•   Germany (1)
•   Ghana (1)
•   Great Britain (5)
•   Greece (2)
•   Hungary (2)
•   India (3)
•   Indonesia (1)
•   Iran (8)
•   Iraq (6)
•   Ireland (1)
•   Japan (3)
•   Jordan (2)
•   Kazakhstan (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Laos (1)
•   Liberia (1)
•   Libya (1)
•   Malaysia (3)
•   Mexico (6)
•   Moldova (2)
•   Morocco (3)
•   Namibia (1)
•   Nigeria (16)
•   Oman (1)
•   Papua New Guinea (1)
•   Philippines (3)
•   Poland (6)
•   Russia (13)
•   Rwanda (1)
•   Saudi Arabia (1)
•   Slovakia (1)
•   South Korea (4)
•   Spain (1)
•   Syria (3)
•   Tajikistan (1)
•   Thailand (4)
•   Turkey (6)
•   Turkmenistan (4)
•   Ukraine (6)
•   United Arab Emirates (2)
•   United States (2)
•   Uzbekistan (2)
•   Venezuela (1)
•   Vietnam (4)

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria (NGR)	6	5	1	12
2	Egypt (EGY)	4	3	4	11
3	Iran (IRI)	4	1	1	6
4	China (CHN)	3	6	6	15
5	Turkey (TUR)	1	1	1	3
6	Mexico (MEX)	1	0	1	2
7	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
8	Russia (RUS)	0	3	1	4
9	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	0	1
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		20	20	20	60

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg details	Nazmiye Muslu   Turkey	Zhe Cui   China	Zoe Newson   Great Britain
44 kg details	Ivory Nwokorie   Nigeria	Çiğdem Dede   Turkey	Lidiia Soloviova   Ukraine
48 kg details	Esther Oyema   Nigeria	Olesya Lafina   Russia	Shi Shanshan   China
52 kg details	Joy Onaolapo   Nigeria	Tamara Podpalnaya   Russia	Xiao Cuijuan   China
56 kg details	Fatma Omar   Egypt	Lucy Ejike   Nigeria	Özlem Becerikli   Turkey
60 kg details	Amalia Pérez   Mexico	Yang Yan   China	Amal Mahmoud   Egypt
67.5 kg details	Souhad Ghazouani   France	Tan Yujiao   China	Victoria Nneji   Nigeria
75 kg details	Fu Taoying   China	Folashade Oluwafemiayo   Nigeria	Lin Tzu-hui   Chinese Taipei
82.5 kg details	Loveline Obiji   Nigeria	Randa Mahmoud   Egypt	Xu Yanmei   China
+82.5 kg details	Grace Anozie   Nigeria	Heba Ahmed   Egypt	Perla Bárcenas   Mexico

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Yakubu Adesokan   Nigeria	Vladimir Balynetc   Russia	Taha Abdelmagid   Egypt
52 kg details	Feng Qi   China	Ikechukwu Obichukwu   Nigeria	Vladimir Krivulya   Russia
56 kg details	Sherif Othman   Egypt	Anthony Ulonnam   Nigeria	Wang Jian   China
60 kg details	Nader Moradi   Iran	Ifeanyi Nnajiofor   Nigeria	Yang Quanxi   China
67.5 kg details	Liu Lei   China	Rouhollah Rostami   Iran	Shaaban Ibrahim   Egypt
75 kg details	Ali Hosseini   Iran	Mohamed Elelfat   Egypt	Hu Peng   China
82.5 kg details	Majid Farzin   Iran	Gu Xiaofei   China	Metwaly Mathana   Egypt
90 kg details	Hany Abdelhady   Egypt	Cai Huichao   China	Pavlos Mamalos   Greece
100 kg details	Mohamed Eldib   Egypt	Qi Dong   China	Ali Sadeghzadeh   Iran
+100 kg details	Siamand Rahman   Iran	Faris Al-Ajeeli   Iraq	Chun Keun-bae   South Korea

References

1. . LOCOG. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
2. . LOCOG. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
3. . London 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2013.