Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Dates	30 August – 5 September 2012
Competitors	200

Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Men			Women
	48 kg			40 kg
	52 kg			44 kg
	56 kg			48 kg
	60 kg			52 kg
	67.5 kg			56 kg
	75 kg			60 kg
	82.5 kg			67.5 kg
	90 kg			75 kg
	100 kg			82.5 kg
	+100 kg			+82.5 kg

ExCeL Exhibition Centre hosted the powerlifting competitions.

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]

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

Qualification

There were 120 male and 80 female competitors.^[3]

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	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
10	Greece (GRE)	0	0	1	1
10	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	1	1
10	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Total		20	20	20	60

Women's events

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

Men's events

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

References

1. "Powerlifting - About". LOCOG. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
2. "Powerlifting - Classification". LOCOG. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
3. "Powerlifting - Athletes". London 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2013.