| Powerlifting – Men's 80 kg at the XV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Riocentro | ||||||||||||
| Date | 12 September 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning lift | 240.0 kg WR | ||||||||||||
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| Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 49 kg | 41 kg | |
| 54 kg | 45 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 65 kg | 55 kg | |
| 72 kg | 61 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| 88 kg | 73 kg | |
| 97 kg | 79 kg | |
| 107 kg | 86 kg | |
| +107 kg | +86 kg | |
The men's 80 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 12 September at Riocentro. [1]
Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd lifts", which followed the same three-attempt format but used a wider variety of events, akin to strongman competition. Eventually odd lifts became standardized to the current three.
The 2016 Summer Paralympics, the 15th Summer Paralympic Games, were a major international multi-sport event for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic Committee, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. The Games marked the first time a Latin American and South American city hosted the event, the second Southern Hemisphere city and nation, the first one being the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, and also the first time a Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country hosted the event. These Games saw the introduction of two new sports to the Paralympic program: canoeing and the paratriathlon.
Riocentro is an exhibition and convention center located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built in 1977, it is the largest exhibition center in Latin America.
