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
	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 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.

Participating countries[]

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

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 nations)		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	Egypt
48 kg details	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria	Olesya Lafina  Russia	Souhad Ghazouani  France
52 kg details	Amalia Perez  Mexico	Tamara Podpalnaya  Russia	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	Syria
75 kg details	Lin Tzu-hui  Chinese Taipei	Egypt	China
82.5 kg details	Egypt	China	Perla Patricia Barcenas  Mexico
+82.5 kg details	China	Grace Ebere Anozie  Nigeria	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	Egypt	Thailand
56 kg details	Sherif Othman  Egypt	Rasool Mohsin  Iraq	South Korea
60 kg details	Hamzeh Mohammadi  Iran	Ayrat Zakiev  Russia	Shaaban Ibrahim  Egypt
67.5 kg details	Egypt	Ali Hosseini  Iran	Wu Maoshun  China
75 kg details	Liu Lei  China	Majid Farzin  Iran	Jordan
82.5 kg details	China	Pavlos Mamalos  Greece	Iraq
90 kg details	Cai Huichao  China	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates	Ryszard Rogala  Poland
100 kg details	Qi Dong  China	Nigeria	Ali Sadeghzadeh  Iran
+100 kg details	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