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Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting
at the XIV Paralympic Games
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Venue ExCeL London
Dates 30 August – 5 September 2012
Competitors 200
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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

Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was held at ExCeL London from 30 August to 5 September, with a maximum of 200 athletes (120 men and 80 women), competing in 20 events. According to the classification rules of the International Federation for Powerlifting athletes which cannot participate in weightlifting events because of a physical impairment affecting their legs or hips are deemed eligible to compete in powerlifting events at the Paralympics.

There were twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women.

There were 120 male and 80 female competitors.


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