Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 82.5 kg
| Powerlifting – Men's 82.5 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 4 September 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 14 from 14 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning lift | 237 | ||||||||||||
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| Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| 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)
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Kunming, China | 18 May 2007 |
| Paralympic record | 243.0 kg |  Jong Chul Park (KOR)
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Sydney, Australia | 27 October 2000 |
Results
| Rank | Name | Group | Rack height | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg)[1] | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
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 Majid Farzin (IRI) |
A | 12 | 80.44 | 233.0 | 235.0 | 237.0 | 237.0 | |
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 Gu Xiaofei (CHN) |
A | 13 | 80.92 | 221.0 | 228.0 | – | 228.0 | |
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 Metwaly Mathana (EGY) |
A | 14 | 80.68 | 227.0 | – | 227.0 | ||
| 4 |  Opeyemi Jegede (NGR) |
B | 14 | 80.22 | 200.0 | 205.0 | – | 205.0 | |
| 5 |  Porfirio Francisco Arredondo Luna (MEX) |
A | 11 | 81.91 | 195.0 | – | 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 | – | 190.0 | |
| 8 |  Piotr Szymeczek (POL) |
A | 13 | 80.59 | 190.0 | – | 190.0 | ||
| 9 |  Sachin Chaudhary (IND) |
A | 15 | 82.08 | 187.0 | – | 187.0 | ||
| 10 |  Theogene Hakizimana (RWA) |
B | 17 | 79.56 | 165.0 | 175.0 | – | 175.0 | |
| 11 |  Karen Abramyants (RUS) |
B | 13 | 81.57 | 165.0 | – | 165.0 | ||
| 12 |  Abdelrazik Baaba (LBA) |
B | 16 | 80.13 | 150.0 | 155.0 | – | 155.0 | |
| - |  Jose Marino (ECU) |
B | 12 | 81.93 | – | NMR | |||
| - |  Ahmed Shafik (USA) |
B | 13 | 81.25 | – | NMR | |||
References
- ^ "Men's -82.50 kg - Paralympic Powerlifting | London 2012". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- "Men's -82.5 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.