Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
Venue	Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall

Powerlifting at the 2004 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 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disbility, which may have been caused by amputation, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries or various other specified conditions. The only classification was by body weight. The event was staged in the Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall.^[1][2]

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg	Morteza Dashti  Iran	Thongsa Marasri  Thailand	Ruel Ishaku  Nigeria
52 kg	Osama El Serngawy  Egypt	Guo Jing Wu  China	Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar  Iran
56 kg	Jian Wang  China	Ahmed Ahmed  Egypt	Rajinder Singh Rahelu  India
60 kg	Shaban Ibrahim  Egypt	Keum Jong Jung  South Korea	Jian Yu  China
67.5 kg	Metwaly Mathna  Egypt	Mao Shun Wu  China	Hamzeh Mohammadi  Iran
75 kg	Hai Dong Zhang  China	El Sayed Abd Elaal  Egypt	Reza Boroumand  Iran
82.5 kg	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates	Mostafa Hamed  Egypt	Thaair Hussin  Iraq
90 kg	Jong Chul Park  South Korea	Ryszard Rogala  Poland	Ya Dong Wu  China
100 kg	Kazem Rajabi  Iran	Solomon Ikechukwu Amarakuo  Nigeria	Li Bing  China
+100 kg	Faris Abed  Iraq	Darren Gardiner  Australia	Csaba Szavai  Hungary

Note - Habibollah Mousavi Gold medallist in +100 kg was disqualified after a positive doping test.^[3]

Women's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
40 kg	Lidiya Solovyova  Ukraine	Ijeoma John  Nigeria	Laura Cerero Gabriel  Mexico
44 kg	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria	Gihan El-Aziz Baioumy  Egypt	Cui Juan Xiao  China
48 kg	Jian Xin Bian  China	Amalia Perez Vazquez  Mexico	Olena Kiseolar  Ukraine
52 kg	Tamara Podpalnaya  Russia	Abir Nail  Egypt	Yan Yang  China
56 kg	Fatma Omar  Egypt	Aghimile Patience Igbiti  Nigeria	Zhenling Huo  China
60 kg	Taoying Fu  China	Souhad Ghazouani  France	Amany Aly  Egypt
67.5 kg	Heba Ahmed  Egypt	Li Ping Zhang  China	Catalina Diaz Vilchis  Mexico
75 kg	Lin Tzu-hui Chinese Taipei	Mingxia Zhu  China	Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo  Nigeria
82.5 kg	Emma Brown  Great Britain	Carine Burgy  France	Hend Abd Elaty  Egypt
+82.5 kg	Rui Fang Li  China	Nadia Fekry  Egypt	Ebere Grace Anozie  Nigeria

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt (EGY)	5	6	2	13
2	China (CHN)	5	4	6	15
3	Iran (IRI)	2	0	3	5
4	Nigeria (NGR)	1	3	3	7
5	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
6	Ukraine (UKR)	1	0	1	2
	Iraq (IRQ)	1	0	1	2
8	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
12	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
13	Mexico (MEX)	0	1	2	3
14	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
17	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1

References

1. "Schedule & Results - Powerlifting". Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 18 March 2006. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
2. "Medallists: Athens 2004 Paralympic Games: Powerlifting". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
3. "Further Adverse Analytical Findings from Athens Confirmed". International Paralympic Committee Website. 15 November 2004. Retrieved 31 May 2012.

External links

• International Paralympic Powerlifting Committee