Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

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This article details the qualifying phase for Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics . The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 180 athletes coming from their respective NPCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of 16 (eight for men, eight for women, and in either case, one per division). 140 will be awarded places based on world rankings in 2016, while 40 are made available to NPCs through a Bipartite Commission Invitation.

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The top 8 men and top 6 women from the world rankings in each division earn a quota a place, always ensuring that the NPC is subjected to a limit of 1 lifter per division. [1] If an NPC contains more than a single male athlete ranked in the top 8, or a single female in the top 6 of the world ranking list, the NPC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places

Summary

NPCMenWomenTotal
49 Kg54 Kg59 Kg65 Kg72 Kg80 Kg88 Kg97 Kg107 Kg+107 Kg41 Kg45 Kg50 Kg55 Kg61 Kg67 Kg73 Kg79 Kg86 Kg+86 Kg
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria X1
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan XXX3
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil XX2
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile X1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX16
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei XX2
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia X1
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast X1
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX16
Flag of France.svg  France XX2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain XXXX4
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece XXXXX5
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary X1
Flag of India.svg  India X1
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia X1
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran XXXXX5
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq XX2
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan XXXXXX6
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan X1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan XX2
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia XX2
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico XXXXXX6
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia X1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands X1
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland XXXXXXX7
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia XXXXXXXXXXX11
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa X1
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea XXXX4
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X1
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey XXX3
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan XX2
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine XXXXXXXX8
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates XX2
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan X1
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam XXX3
Total NPCs88888888886666766666141

Men's events

49 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vladimir Balynetc
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Yakubu Adesokan
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Lê Văn Công
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Omar Qarada
Flag of India.svg  India Farman Basha
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Nandor Tunkel
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Choi Keun Jin
Flag of France.svg  France Patrick Ardon
Invitational2
Total10

54 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Roland Ezuruike
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Bihn An Nguyen
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Dimitrios Bakochristos
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Jian
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Alidou Diamoutene
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Bruno Carra
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Sergii Khvalinskyi
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Esen Kaliev
Invitational2
Total10

59 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Sherif Othman
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Ali Jawad
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Anthony Ulonnam
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Juan Carlos Garrido
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yang Quanxi
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ildar Bedderdinov
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Mariusz Tomczyk
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Paschalis Kouloumoglou
Invitational2
Total10

65 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hu Peng
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Shaaban Ibrahim
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Hocine Bettir
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Hamzeh Mohammadi
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Micky Yule
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Grzegorz Lanzer
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Nikolaos Gkountanis
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Ahmad Razm Azar
Invitational2
Total10

72 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Liu Lei
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Rasool Mohsin
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohamed Elelfat
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Abdelkareem Mohmmad Khattab
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Sergei Sychev
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Nnamdi Innocent
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Sergey Meladze
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marek Trykacz
Invitational2
Total10

80 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Gu Xiaofei
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Metwaly Mathana
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia Jainer Rafael Cantillo
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Porfirio Arredondo
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Tolu-Lope Taiwo
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Wawrzyniec Latus
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Akhror Bozorov
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Izzettin Kanat
Invitational2
Total10

88 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Hany Abdelhady
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Seyedhamed Solhipouravanji
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Mutaz Zakaria Aljuneidi
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Mohammed Khamis Khalaf
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Ye Jixiong
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Opeyemi Jegede
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Evânio da Silva
Invitational2
Total10

97 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohamed Eldib
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abdulazeez Ibrahim
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Qi Dong
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico José de Jesús Castillo
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Saman Razi
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Anton Kriukov
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq Thaer Al-Ali
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Jong Yee Khie
Invitational2
Total10

107 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Elshan Huseynov
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Pavlos Mamalos
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Ali Sadeghzadeshsalmani
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Mohammed Elsayed
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cai Huichao
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Haidarah Abdallah Alkawamleh
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan Zhyrgalbek Orosbaev
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Md Saad Mohd Shahmil
Invitational2
Total10

+107 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of Feb 29, 2016)
8Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Siamand Rahman
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Chun Keun-bae
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Petr Filatov
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Amr Mosaad
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Jamil Elshebli
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Konstantinos Dimous
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Ahmed Khamis Albaloushi
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Maharram Aliyev
Invitational2
Total10

Women's events

41 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Nasmiye Muratli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Cui Zhe
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Jonah Ben
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Ni Nengah Widiasih
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Nawal Ramadan
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Maryna Kopiika
Invitational2
Total8

45 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hu Dandan
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Latifat Tijani
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Zeinab Oteify
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Justyna Kozdryk
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Rayisa Toporkova
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Zoe Newson
Invitational2
Total8

50 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Lidiia Soloviova
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Shi Shanshan
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Rehab Ahmed
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Loida Zabala Ollero
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Dang Thi Linh Phuong
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Rosaura Rodríguez
Invitational2
Total8

55 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Esther Oyema
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xiao Cuijuan
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Amalia Pérez
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Tamara Podpalnaya
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Mariana Shevchuk
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Natalie Blake
Invitational2
Total8

61 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Lucy Ejike
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Yang Yan
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Irina Kazantseva
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Tetyana Shyrokolava
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Malgorzata Halas
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Chantell Stierman
Invitational2
Total8

67 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Tan Yujiao
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Amal Mahmoud
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Kheda Berieva
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Raushan Koishibayeva
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Kim Hyeong Hui
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Dilfiroz Kuzdagi
Invitational2
Total8

73 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of France.svg  France Souhad Ghazouani
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Ndidi Nwosu
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Amany Ali
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan Mayagozel Ekeyeva
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Alina Kumeyko
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Nadezhna Sycheva
Invitational2
Total8

79 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Bose Omolayo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Lili
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei Lin Tzu-hui
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Vera Muratova
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Perla Barcenas
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Geehan Hassan
Invitational2
Total8

86 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Loveline Obiji
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Randa Mahmoud
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Li Fengmei
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Catalina Díaz
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Olga Kazankevich
Invitational2
Total8

+86 Kg

SectionPlacesNPCQualified lifter
World Ranking List
(as of May 30, 2016)
6Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Precious Orji
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Nadia Ali
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Marzena Zięba
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Melaica Tuinfort
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Lee Hyung Jung
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Svetlana Khairtdinova
Invitational2
Total8

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