Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 72 kg

The men's 72 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 11 September at Riocentro.

Powerlifting – Men's 72 kg at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Riocentro
Date	11 September 2016 (2016-09-11)
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning lift	221.0 kg WR
Medalists
Liu Lei  China Rasool Mohsin  Iraq Nnamdi Innocent  Nigeria

Records

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. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.

Record Type	Weight	Country	Venue	Date
World record	182 kg	Liu Lei (CHN)	Kuala Lumpur	26 February 2016
Paralympic record	–	–	–	–

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Liu Lei (CHN)	69.67	216.0	221.0	229.00	227.5	221.0
	Rasool Mohsin (IRQ)	71.19	215.0	220.0	229.0	227.0 WR PR	220.0
	Nnamdi Innocent (NGR)	70.78	203.0	210.0	215.0	–	210.0
4	Marek Trykacz (POL)	66.48	168.0	173.0	181.0	–	173.0
5	Fernando Acevedo (NCA)	70.88	140.0	140.0	140.0	–	140.0
-	Gabriel Zelaya Diaz (HON)	71.06	100.0	105.0	105.0	–	NMR
-	Herbert Aceituno (ESA)	68.87	185.0	185.0	185.0	–	NMR
-	Sergey Meladze (TKM)	71.21	100.0	100.0	100.0	–	NMR
-	Abdelkareem Khattab (JOR)	71.38	210.0	210.0	215.0	–	NMR
-	Mohamed Elelfat (EGY)	71.69	213.0	213.0	213.0	–	NMR