Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

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Paralympic Powerlifting

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Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of ten men's events and ten women's demonstration eventa.

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China (CHN)| 2| 1| 1| 4
South Korea (KOR)| 2| 1| 1| 4
3|  Poland (POL)| 2| 1| 0| 3
4|  Egypt (EGY)| 1| 4| 1| 6
5|  Nigeria (NGR)| 1| 1| 2| 4
6|  United States (USA)| 1| 0| 1| 2
7|  Germany (GER)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Iran (IRI)| 0| 1| 2| 3
9|  Australia (AUS)| 0| 1| 0| 1
10|  Great Britain (GBR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Norway (NOR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (11 entries)| 10| 10| 10| 30

### Participating nations

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* Armenia (1)
* Australia (3)
* Azerbaijan (1)
* Bahrain (2)
* Belarus (1)
* Belgium (2)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Burkina Faso (1)
* Canada (2)
* Chile (1)
* China (5)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Egypt (9)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (7)
* Germany (3)
* Great Britain (4)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Indonesia (1)
* Iran (6)
* Israel (2)
* Japan (1)
* Jordan (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Kuwait (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (2)
* Libya (4)
* Malaysia (2)
* Mexico (2)
* Moldova (1)
* Morocco (2)
* Netherlands (1)
* Nigeria (5)
* Norway (2)
* Oman (1)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (10)
* Qatar (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (4)
* Saudi Arabia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (7)
* Spain (2)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Syria (2)
* Thailand (1)
* Uganda (1)
* Ukraine (3)
* United Arab Emirates (1)
* United States (10)
* Venezuela (2)

## Medal summary

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men's 48 kg  | Jung Yong Kwak
South Korea | Abraham Obaretin
Nigeria | Anthony Peddle
Great Britain
Men's 52 kg  | Keum Jong Jung
South Korea | Jian Wang
China | Johnson Sulola
Nigeria
Men's 56 kg  | Gomma G. Ahmed
Egypt | Fereydoun Karimipour
Iran | Sang Jin Yoon
South Korea
Men's 60 kg  | Monday Emoghavwe
Nigeria | Metwaly Mathna
Egypt | Allahbakhsh Akbari
Iran
Men's 67.5 kg  | Hai Dong Zhang
China | Emadeldin Mohamed
Egypt | Zeinal Siavoshani
Iran
Men's 75 kg  | Ryszard Fornalczyk
Poland | Jong Park
South Korea | Abd Elmonem Farag
Egypt
Men's 82.5 kg  | Bernd Vogel
Germany | Mostafa Hamed
Egypt | Jiahua Zhou
China
Men's 90 kg  | Ryszard Tomaszewski
Poland | Brian McNicholl
Australia | Frank Gyland
Norway
Men's 100 kg  | Zhiqiang Luo
China | Sherif Bakr
Egypt | Patrick Akutaekwe
Nigeria
Men's +100 kg  | Kim Brownfield
United States | Leszek Hallmann
Poland | Pernell Cooper
United States

## See also

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* Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Paralympic Results & Historical Records".

* Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta) from the International Paralympic Committee (archived)

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Events at the 1996 Summer Paralympics (Atlanta)

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* Cycling
* Equestrian
* Football 7-a-side
* Goalball
* Judo
* Lawn bowls
* Powerlifting
* Racquetball (demonstration)
* Sailing (demonstration)
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Table tennis
* Volleyball
* Wheelchair basketball
* Wheelchair fencing
* Wheelchair rugby (demonstration)
* Wheelchair tennis

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