Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was held at Riocentro from September, with a maximum of 180 athletes (100 men and 80 women), competing in 20 events. According to the classification rules of the International Federation for Powerlifting athletes which cannot participate in weightlifting events because of a physical impairment affecting their legs or hips are deemed eligible to compete in powerlifting events at the Paralympics.

Powerlifting
at the XV Paralympic Games
VenueRiocentro
Dates8–14 September
Competitors180 (100 male, 80 female)
2012
2020

Events edit

There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016.

Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics - Weight Divisions
Men Women
49 kg 80 kg 41 kg 67 kg
54 kg 88 kg 45 kg 73 kg
59 kg 97 kg 50 kg 79 kg
65 kg 107 kg 55 kg 86 kg
72 kg +107 kg 61 kg +86 kg

Qualification edit

There were 120 male and 80 female competitors. The bulk of the quota places will be decided by reference to the IPC Powerlifting Rankings on 29 February 2016. Subject to a quota limit of one place per National Paralympic Committee, the top 8 ranked male, and top 6 ranked female athletes in each weight division will gain a quota place for their NPC. If they are the only lifter from their NPC in that list, that lifter shall gain the place; if an NPC has two or more lifters in quota place ranking position, the choice of lifter will be for the NPC from that number.[1]

Two further quota places per event will be awarded by the Bipartite Commission.[1]

The following is a summary of the qualification places at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Powerlifting event.

NPC Men Women Total
49 Kg 54 Kg 59 Kg 65 Kg 72 Kg 80 Kg 88 Kg 97 Kg 107 Kg +107 Kg 41 Kg 45 Kg 50 Kg 55 Kg 61 Kg 67 Kg 73 Kg 79 Kg 86 Kg +86 Kg
  Algeria X 1
  Azerbaijan X X X 3
  Brazil X X 2
  Chile X 1
  China X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
  Chinese Taipei X X 2
  Colombia X 1
  Ivory Coast X 1
  Egypt X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16
  France X X 2
  Great Britain X X X X 4
  Greece X X X X X 5
  Hungary X 1
  India X 1
  Indonesia X 1
  Iran X X X X X 5
  Iraq X X 2
  Jordan X X X X X X 6
  Kazakhstan X 1
  Kyrgyzstan X X 2
  Malaysia X X 2
  Mexico X X X X X X 6
  Mongolia X 1
  Netherlands X 1
  Nigeria X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15
  Poland X X X X X X X 7
  Russia X X X X X X X X X X X 11
  South Africa X 1
  South Korea X X X X 4
  Spain X 1
  Turkey X X X 3
  Turkmenistan X X 2
  Ukraine X X X X X X X X 8
  United Arab Emirates X X 2
  Uzbekistan X 1
  Vietnam X X X 3
Total NPCs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 141

Schedule edit

OC Opening ceremony  ●  Event finals CC Closing ceremony
September 2016 7
Wed
8
Thu
9
Fri
10
Sat
11
Sun
12
Mon
13
Tue
14
Wed
15
Thu
16
Fri
17
Sat
18
Sun
Gold
medals
  Powerlifting OC • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • CC 20
Schedule at the Paralympic Games 2016 - Powerlifting*[2]
Date Medal events Date Medal events
8 September Men's 49 kg
Women's 41 kg
12 September Men's 80 kg
Women's 73 kg
Women's 79 kg
9 September Men's 54 kg
Men's 59 kg
Women's 45 kg
13 September Men's 88 kg
Men's 97 kg
Women's 86 kg
10 September Men's 65 kg
Women's 50 kg
Women's 55 kg
14 September Men's 107 kg
Men's +107 kg
Women's +86 kg
11 September Men's 72 kg
Women's 61 kg
Women's 67 kg

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Nigeria (NGR)6219
2  China (CHN)36312
3  Egypt (EGY)34310
4  Iran (IRI)2013
5  Mexico (MEX)1023
6  Greece (GRE)1012
  Vietnam (VIE)1012
8  Turkey (TUR)1001
  Ukraine (UKR)1001
  United Arab Emirates (UAE)1001
11  Jordan (JOR)0213
12  Great Britain (GBR)0112
13  Brazil (BRA)0101
  France (FRA)0101
  Iraq (IRQ)0101
  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0101
  Poland (POL)0101
18  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
  Hungary (HUN)0011
  Indonesia (INA)0011
  Mongolia (MGL)0011
  Netherlands (NED)0011
  Uzbekistan (UZB)0011
Totals (23 entries)20202060

Men's events edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
49 kg
details
Lê Văn Công
  Vietnam
Omar Qarada
  Jordan
Nándor Tunkel
  Hungary
54 kg
details
Roland Ezuruike
  Nigeria
Wang Jian
  China
Dimitrios Bakochristos
  Greece
59 kg
details
Sherif Othman
  Egypt
Ali Jawad
  Great Britain
Yang Quanxi
  China
65 kg
details
Paul Kehinde
  Nigeria
Hu Peng
  China
Shaaban Ibrahim
  Egypt
72 kg
details
Liu Lei
  China
Rasool Mohsin
  Iraq
Nnamdi Innocent
  Nigeria
80 kg
details
Majid Farzin
  Iran
Gu Xiaofei
  China
Akhror Bozorov
  Uzbekistan
88 kg
details
Mohammed Khamis Khalaf
  United Arab Emirates
Evânio da Silva
  Brazil
Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar
  Mongolia
97 kg
details
Mohamed Eldib
  Egypt
Qi Dong
  China
Jose de Jesus Castillo Castillo
  Mexico
107 kg
details
Pavlos Mamalos
  Greece
Mohamed Ahmed
  Egypt
Ali Sadeghzadeh
  Iran
+107 kg
details
Siamand Rahman
  Iran
Amr Mosaad
  Egypt
Jamil Elshebli
  Jordan

Women's events edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
41 kg
details
Nazmiye Muratlı
  Turkey
Cui Zhe
  China
Ni Nengah Widiasih
  Indonesia
45 kg
details
Hu Dandan
  China
Latifat Tijani
  Nigeria
Zoe Newson
  Great Britain
50 kg
details
Lidiia Soloviova
  Ukraine
Rehab Ahmed
  Egypt
Đặng Thị Linh Phượng
  Vietnam
55 kg
details
Amalia Pérez
  Mexico
Esther Oyema
  Nigeria
Xiao Cuijuan
  China
61 kg
details
Lucy Ejike
  Nigeria
Fatma Omar
  Egypt
Yang Yan
  China
67 kg
details
Tan Yujiao
  China
Raushan Koishibayeva
  Kazakhstan
Amal Mahmoud
  Egypt
73 kg
details
Ndidi Nwosu
  Nigeria
Souhad Ghazouani
  France
Amany Ali
  Egypt
79 kg
details
Bose Omolayo
  Nigeria
Xu Lili
  China
Lin Tzu-hui
  Chinese Taipei
86 kg
details
Randa Mahmoud
  Egypt
Tharwat Alhajjaj
  Jordan
Catalina Diaz Vilchis
  Mexico
+86 kg
details
Josephine Orji
  Nigeria
Marzena Zięba
  Poland
Melaica Tuinfort
  Netherlands

References edit

  1. ^ a b Powerlifting Archived 7 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2016 Paralympic Games – Qualification Guide
  2. ^ Ticketing Guide Archived 28 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine Rio 2016 Paralympic Game

External links edit