Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
Venue	Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall
Dates	20–27 September 2004
Competitors	229 from 69 nations
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Powerlifting at the 2004 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
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Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disability, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by body weight. The event was staged in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.^[1][2]

Participating countries[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	5	6	2	13
2	China (CHN)	5	4	6	15
3	Iran (IRI)	2	0	3	5
4	Nigeria (NGR)	1	3	3	7
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
6	Iraq (IRQ)	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
8	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
12	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
13	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	2	3
14	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
17	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary[]

Men's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Morteza Dashti  Iran	Thailand	Ruel Ishaku  Nigeria
52 kg details	Egypt	Wu Guojing  China	Iran
56 kg details	Jian Wang  China	Egypt	Rajinder Singh Rahelu  India
60 kg details	Shaban Ibrahim  Egypt	South Korea	China
67.5 kg details	Egypt	Wu Maoshun  China	Hamzeh Mohammadi  Iran
75 kg details	China	Egypt	Iran
82.5 kg details	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates	Egypt	Thaair Hussin  Iraq
90 kg details	South Korea	Ryszard Rogala  Poland	China
100 kg details	Iran	Nigeria	Li Bing  China
+100 kg details	Faris Abed  Iraq	Darren Gardiner  Australia	Hungary

Note - Gold medallist in +100 kg was disqualified after a positive doping test.^[3]

Women's events[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg details	Lidiya Solovyova  Ukraine	Ijeoma John  Nigeria	Laura Cerero Gabriel  Mexico
44 kg details	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria	Egypt	Xiao Cuijuan  China
48 kg details	Bian Jianxin  China	Amalia Perez Vazquez  Mexico	Olena Kiseolar  Ukraine
52 kg details	Tamara Podpalnaya  Russia	Egypt	China
56 kg details	Fatma Omar  Egypt	Nigeria	China
60 kg details	Taoying Fu  China	Souhad Ghazouani  France	Egypt
67.5 kg details	Heba Ahmed  Egypt	China	Catalina Diaz Vilchis  Mexico
75 kg details	Lin Tzu-hui  Chinese Taipei	China	Nigeria
82.5 kg details	Emma Brown  Great Britain	Carine Burgy  France	Egypt
+82.5 kg details	China	Egypt	Ebere Grace Anozie  Nigeria

See also[]

• Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References[]

External links[]

• International Paralympic Powerlifting Committee