Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Dates	9–16 September 2008
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Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held in the Beihang University Gymnasium from September 9 to September 16. Any athlete who met a minimum level of disability (as determined by the IPC Powerlifting Classification Committee) could take part in these events.

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 countries

There were 203 athletes (121 male, 82 female) from 74 nations taking part in this sport.

•   Afghanistan  (1)
•   Armenia  (1)
•   Australia  (3)
•   Azerbaijan  (3)
•   Bahrain  (1)
•   Benin  (1)
•   Brazil  (4)
•   Bulgaria  (2)
•   China  (16)
•   Chinese Taipei  (3)
•   Colombia  (1)
•   Cuba  (2)
•   Czech Republic  (1)
•   Ecuador  (2)
•   Egypt  (14)
•   Finland  (2)
•   France  (4)
•   Georgia  (1)
•   Germany  (1)
•   Great Britain  (4)
•   Greece  (5)
•   Haiti  (1)
•   Hong Kong  (1)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   Iceland  (1)
•   India  (2)
•   Indonesia  (1)
•   Iran  (7)
•   Iraq  (7)
•   Ivory Coast  (1)
•   Japan  (1)
•   Jordan  (4)
•   Kazakhstan  (1)
•   Kenya  (1)
•   Kuwait  (1)
•   Kyrgyzstan  (1)
•   Laos  (1)
•   Latvia  (1)
•   Libya  (1)
•   Malaysia  (4)
•   Mexico  (6)
•   Moldova  (1)
•   Morocco  (4)
•   New Zealand  (1)
•   Niger  (1)
•   Nigeria  (8)
•   Oman  (1)
•   Pakistan  (1)
•   Peru  (1)
•   Philippines  (1)
•   Poland  (10)
•   Qatar  (1)
•   Romania  (1)
•   Russia  (9)
•   Saudi Arabia  (1)
•   Slovakia  (2)
•   South Africa  (1)
•   South Korea  (4)
•   Spain  (1)
•   Sri Lanka  (1)
•   Syria  (4)
•   Tajikistan  (1)
•   Thailand  (7)
•   Timor-Leste  (1)
•   Turkey  (3)
•   Turkmenistan  (3)
•   Uganda  (1)
•   Ukraine  (7)
•   United Arab Emirates  (1)
•   United States  (2)
•   Uzbekistan  (1)
•   Vanuatu  (1)
•   Venezuela  (2)
•   Vietnam  (3)

Medal summary

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their powerlifters (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China  (CHN)	9	2	3	14
2	Egypt  (EGY)	4	3	3	10
3	Nigeria  (NGR)	2	3	1	6
4	Iran  (IRI)	2	2	1	5
5	Mexico  (MEX)	1	0	2	3
6	Chinese Taipei  (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Ukraine  (UKR)	1	0	0	1
8	Russia  (RUS)	0	4	0	4
9	Iraq  (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
	Jordan  (JOR)	0	1	1	2
	Poland  (POL)	0	1	1	2
12	Australia  (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Greece  (GRE)	0	1	0	1
	United Arab Emirates  (UAE)	0	1	0	1
15	Thailand  (THA)	0	0	2	2
16	France  (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Laos  (LAO)	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia  (MAS)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea  (KOR)	0	0	1	1
	Syria  (SYR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		20	20	20	60

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg details	Lidiya Solovyova   Ukraine	Cui Zhe   China	Laura Cerero   Mexico
44 kg details	Xiao Cuijuan   China	Justyna Kozdryk   Poland	Zeinab Sayed Oteify   Egypt
48 kg details	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike   Nigeria	Olesya Lafina   Russia	Souhad Ghazouani   France
52 kg details	Amalia Perez   Mexico	Tamara Podpalnaya   Russia	Samkhoun Anon   Thailand
56 kg details	Fatma Omar   Egypt	Irina Kazantseva   Russia	Siow Lee Chan   Malaysia
60 kg details	Bian Jianxin   China	Amal Mahmoud Osman   Egypt	Patience Aghimile Igbiti   Nigeria
67.5 kg details	Fu Taoying   China	Amoge Victoria Nneji   Nigeria	Rasha Alshikh   Syria
75 kg details	Lin Tzu-hui   Chinese Taipei	Randa Tageldin Mohamed   Egypt	Zhang Liping   China
82.5 kg details	Heba Said Ahmed   Egypt	Zuo Jue   China	Perla Patricia Barcenas   Mexico
+82.5 kg details	Li Ruifang   China	Grace Ebere Anozie   Nigeria	Nadia Mohamed Ali   Egypt

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Ruel Ishaku   Nigeria	Omar Qarada   Jordan	Eay Simay   Laos
52 kg details	Wu Guojing   China	Osama Elserngawy   Egypt	Narong Kasanun   Thailand
56 kg details	Sherif Othman   Egypt	Rasool Mohsin   Iraq	Jung Keum-Jong   South Korea
60 kg details	Hamzeh Mohammadi   Iran	Ayrat Zakiev   Russia	Shaaban Ibrahim   Egypt
67.5 kg details	Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna   Egypt	Ali Hosseini   Iran	Wu Maoshun   China
75 kg details	Liu Lei   China	Majid Farzin   Iran	Mu'taz Aljuneidi   Jordan
82.5 kg details	Zhang Haidong   China	Pavlos Mamalos   Greece	Thaer Al-Ali   Iraq
90 kg details	Cai Huichao   China	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf   United Arab Emirates	Ryszard Rogala   Poland
100 kg details	Qi Dong   China	Obioma Daleth Aligekwe   Nigeria	Ali Sadeghzadeh   Iran
+100 kg details	Kazem Rajabi   Iran	Darren Gardiner   Australia	Li Bing   China

References

• "Schedules and Results - Powerlifting". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-09-10.

External links

• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics