Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Powerlifting at the 2004 Summer Paralympics did not have disability categories. There was a requirement for a minimum level of physical disability, 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]

Powerlifting at the XII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Powerlifting
Venue	Nikaia Olympic Weightlifting Hall
Dates	20–27 September 2004
Competitors	229 from 69 nations
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Participating countries

•  Algeria (2)
•  Armenia (1)
•  Australia (4)
•  Azerbaijan (1)
•  Bahrain (2)
•  Belarus (3)
•  Benin (1)
•  Brazil (2)
•  Bulgaria (3)
•  Canada (1)
•  Cape Verde (1)
•  Central African Republic (1)
•  China (19)
•  Chinese Taipei (3)
•  Ivory Coast (1)
•  Cuba (2)
•  Ecuador (3)
•  Egypt (16)
•  Estonia (1)
•  France (3)
•  Germany (2)
•  Great Britain (5)
•  Greece (7)
•  Hungary (2)
•  India (2)
•  Iran (8)
•  Iraq (4)
•  Japan (1)
•  Jordan (3)
•  Kazakhstan (1)
•  Kenya (1)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Kyrgyzstan (3)
•  Libya (2)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Malaysia (8)
•  Mexico (8)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Morocco (4)
•  Namibia (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (10)
•  Norway (1)
•  Oman (2)
•  Peru (1)
•  Philippines (2)
•  Poland (10)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (7)
•  Saudi Arabia (4)
•  Slovakia (4)
•  South Korea (9)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Syria (5)
•  Tajikistan (1)
•  Thailand (4)
•  Turkey (2)
•  Turkmenistan (4)
•  Uganda (1)
•  Ukraine (7)
•  United Arab Emirates (1)
•  United States (3)
•  Uzbekistan (1)
•  Venezuela (3)
•  Vietnam (2)

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	Iraq (IRQ)	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine (UKR)	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	Australia (AUS)	0	1	0	1
	Poland (POL)	0	1	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	0	1	0	1
17	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
	India (IND)	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		20	20	20	60

Medal summary

Men's events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
48 kg details	Morteza Dashti  Iran	Thongsa Marasri  Thailand	Ruel Ishaku  Nigeria
52 kg details	Osama El Serngawy  Egypt	Wu Guojing  China	Gholam Hossein Chaltoukkar  Iran
56 kg details	Jian Wang  China	Ahmed Ahmed  Egypt	Rajinder Singh Rahelu  India
60 kg details	Shaban Ibrahim  Egypt	Keum Jong Jung  South Korea	Yu Jian  China
67.5 kg details	Metwaly Mathna  Egypt	Wu Maoshun  China	Hamzeh Mohammadi  Iran
75 kg details	Hai Dong Zhang  China	El Sayed Abd Elaal  Egypt	Reza Boroumand  Iran
82.5 kg details	Mohammed Khamis Khalaf  United Arab Emirates	Mostafa Hamed  Egypt	Thaair Hussin  Iraq
90 kg details	Jong Chul Park  South Korea	Ryszard Rogala  Poland	Ya Dong Wu  China
100 kg details	Kazem Rajabi  Iran	Solomon Ikechukwu Amarakuo  Nigeria	Li Bing  China
+100 kg details	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 details	Lidiya Solovyova  Ukraine	Ijeoma John  Nigeria	Laura Cerero Gabriel  Mexico
44 kg details	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria	Gihan El-Aziz Baioumy  Egypt	Xiao Cuijuan  China
48 kg details	Bian Jianxin  China	Amalia Perez Vazquez  Mexico	Olena Kiseolar  Ukraine
52 kg details	Tamara Podpalnaya  Russia	Abir Nail  Egypt	Yan Yang  China
56 kg details	Fatma Omar  Egypt	Aghimile Patience Igbiti  Nigeria	Zhenling Huo  China
60 kg details	Taoying Fu  China	Souhad Ghazouani  France	Amany Aly  Egypt
67.5 kg details	Heba Ahmed  Egypt	Li Ping Zhang  China	Catalina Diaz Vilchis  Mexico
75 kg details	Lin Tzu-hui  Chinese Taipei	Mingxia Zhu  China	Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo  Nigeria
82.5 kg details	Emma Brown  Great Britain	Carine Burgy  France	Hend Abd Elaty  Egypt
+82.5 kg details	Rui Fang Li  China	Nadia Fekry  Egypt	Ebere Grace Anozie  Nigeria

See also

• Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics