Powerlifting at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Dates	9–16 September

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

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 entries)		20	20	20	60

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg	Lidiya Solovyova  Ukraine	Cui Zhe  China	Laura Cerero  Mexico
44 kg	Xiao Cuijuan  China	Justyna Kozdryk  Poland	Zeinab Sayed Oteify  Egypt
48 kg	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria	Olesya Lafina  Russia	Souhad Ghazouani  France
52 kg	Amalia Perez  Mexico	Tamara Podpalnaya  Russia	Samkhoun Anon  Thailand
56 kg	Fatma Omar  Egypt	Irina Kazantseva  Russia	Siow Lee Chan  Malaysia
60 kg	Bian Jianxin  China	Amal Mahmoud Osman  Egypt	Patience Aghimile Igbiti  Nigeria
67.5 kg	Fu Taoying  China	Amoge Victoria Nneji  Nigeria	Rasha Alshikh  Syria
75 kg	Lin Tzu-hui  Chinese Taipei	Randa Tageldin Mohamed  Egypt	Zhang Liping  China
82.5 kg	Heba Said Ahmed  Egypt	Zuo Jue  China	Perla Patricia Barcenas  Mexico
+82.5 kg	Li Ruifang  China	Grace Ebere Anozie  Nigeria	Nadia Mohamed Ali  Egypt

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Ruel Ishaku  Nigeria	Omar Qarada  Jordan	Eay Simay  Laos
52 kg	Wu Guojing  China	Osama Elserngawy  Egypt	Narong Kasanun  Thailand
56 kg	Sherif Othman  Egypt	Rasool Mohsin  Iraq	Jung Keum-Jong  South Korea
60 kg	Hamzeh Mohammadi  Iran	Ayrat Zakiev  Russia	Shaaban Ibrahim  Egypt
67.5 kg	Metwaly Ibrahim Mathna  Egypt	Ali Hosseini  Iran	Wu Maoshun  China
75 kg	Liu Lei  China	Majid Farzin  Iran	Mu'taz Aljuneidi  Jordan
82.5 kg	Zhang Haidong  China	Pavlos Mamalos  Greece	Thaer Al-Ali  Iraq
90 kg	Cai Huichao  China	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates	Ryszard Rogala  Poland
100 kg	Qi Dong  China	Obioma Daleth Aligekwe  Nigeria	Ali Sadeghzadeh  Iran
+100 kg	Kazem Rajabi  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