Powerlifting at the Summer Paralympics
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Paralympic powerlifting has been competed at every Summer Paralympics since 1984. Weightlifting had been on the Paralympic program since 1964, however after the 1992 Games the IPC decided to drop weightlifting and hold powerlifting events only. Women first competed in the sport at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
The International Paralympic Committee recognises the heaviest weights lifted in powerlifting events at the Paralympic Games. An asterisk after the result indicates that the lift is also a current IPC world record.
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