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| Powerlifting at the 2018 Asian Para Games | |
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| Venue | Balai Sudirman |
| Location | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| Dates | 7–12 October |
Powerlifting at the 2018 Asian Para Games was held in Jakarta between 7 and 12 October 2018. [1]
* Host nation (Indonesia)
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Iran (IRI) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 |  Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Laos (LAO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mongolia (MGL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Uzbekistan (UZB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Indonesia (INA)* | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  India (IND) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 |  Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 12 |  Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Syria (SYR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 15 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkmenistan (TKM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 kg | Pia Laophakdee Laos | Farman Basha  India | Parmjeet Kumar India |
| 54 kg | Nguyễn Bình An  Vietnam | David Degtyarev  Kazakhstan | Ali al-Darraji Iraq |
| 59 kg | Amir Jafari  Iran | Seyed Yousef Yousefi Pashaki Iran | Nguyễn Văn Phúc Vietnam |
| 65 kg | Liu Lei  China | Bonnie Bunyau Gustin  Malaysia | Hamzeh Mohammadi Iran |
| 72 kg | Rouhollah Rostami Iran | Rasool Mohsin Iraq | Sergey Meladze  Turkmenistan |
| 80 kg | Gu Xiaofei China | Nader Moradi Iran | Sudhir India |
| 88 kg | Ye Jixiong China | Rakhmetzhan Khamayev Kazakhstan | Hideki Odo Japan |
| 97 kg | Hamed Solhipour Iran | Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates | Thaer al-Ali Iraq |
| 107 kg | Enkhbayaryn Sodnompiljee  Mongolia | Aliakbar Gharibshi Iran | Saman Razi Iran |
| +107 kg | Siamand Rahman Iran | Mansour Pourmirzaei Iran | Faris Al-Ageeli Iraq |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 kg | Cui Zhe China | Ni Nengah Widiasih  Indonesia | Noura Baddour Syria |
| 45 kg | Guo Lingling China | Achelle Guion  Philippines | Alina Solodukhina Kazakhstan |
| 50 kg | Đặng Thị Linh Phượng Vietnam | Sakina Khatun India | Gulbanu Abdykhalykova Kazakhstan |
| 55 kg | Ruza Kuzieva  Uzbekistan | Châu Hoàng Tuyết Loan Vietnam | Rani Puji Astuti Indonesia |
| 61 kg | Cui Jianjin China | Fatema al-Hasan Syria | Somkhoun Anon Thailand |
| 67 kg | Tan Yujiao China | Raushan Koishibayeva Kazakhstan | Kim Hyeong-hui South Korea |
| 73 kg | Han Miaoyu China | Nurtani Purba Indonesia | Haifa al-Naqbi United Arab Emirates |
| 79 kg | Xu Lili China | Siti Mahmudah Indonesia | Lin Tzu-hui  Chinese Taipei |
| 86 kg | Zheng Feifei China | Lee Young-sun South Korea | Ni Nengah Widiasih Indonesia |
| +86 kg | Lee Hyun-jung South Korea | Sriyanti Indonesia | Adeline Dumapong Philippines |
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