Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 82.5 kg

Powerlifting – Men's 82.5 kg
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL London
Date4 September 2012 (2012-09-04)
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning lift237
Medalists
   Iran
   China
   Egypt
Powerlifting at the
2012 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

The men's 82.5 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 4 September at ExCeL London.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record 248.5 kg  Haidong Zhang (CHN) Kunming, China 18 May 2007
Paralympic record 243.0 kg  Jong Chul Park (KOR) Sydney, Australia 27 October 2000

Results

Rank Name Group Rack height Body weight (kg) Attempts (kg) Result (kg)[1]
1 2 3 4
1st  Majid Farzin (IRI) A 12 80.44 233.0 235.0 237.0 244.0 237.0
2nd  Xiao Fei Gu (CHN) A 13 80.92 221.0 228.0 238.0 228.0
3rd  Metwaly Mathana (EGY) A 14 80.68 227.0 234.0 237.0 227.0
4  Opeyemi Jegede (NGR) B 14 80.22 190.0 200.0 205.0 205.0
5  Porfirio Francisco Arredondo Luna (MEX) A 11 81.91 195.0 201.0 206.0 195.0
6  Hideki Odo (JPN) A 14 81.95 181.0 187.0 191.0 191.0
7  James Siaffa (LBR) B 16 80.43 180.0 190.0 197.0 190.0
8  Piotr Szymeczek (POL) A 13 80.59 190.0 195.0 195.0 190.0
9  Sachin Chaudhary (IND) A 15 82.08 187.0 187.0 188.0 187.0
10  Theogene Hakizimana (RWA) B 17 79.56 165.0 175.0 180.0 175.0
11  Karen Abramyants (RUS) B 13 81.57 165.0 176.0 176.0 165.0
12  Abdelrazik Baaba (LBA) B 16 80.13 150.0 155.0 163.0 155.0
-  Jose Marino (ECU) B 12 81.93 175.0 177.0 177.0 NMR
-  Ahmed Shafik (USA) B 13 81.25 180.0 180.0 180.0 NMR

References

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