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Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 82.5 kg

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Powerlifting – Men's 82.5 kg
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL London
Date4 September 2012 (2012-09-04)
Competitors14 from 14 nations
Winning lift237
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Majid Farzin  Iran
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gu Xiaofei  China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Metwaly Mathana  Egypt
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The men's 82.5 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 4 September at ExCeL London.

Records

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Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record 248.5 kg  Haidong Zhang (CHN) Kunming, China 18 May 2007
Paralympic record 243.0 kg  Jong Chul Park (KOR) Sydney, Australia 27 October 2000

Results

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Rank Name Group Rack height Body weight (kg) Attempts (kg) Result (kg)[1]
1 2 3 4
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Majid Farzin (IRI) A 12 80.44 233.0 235.0 237.0 244.0 237.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Gu Xiaofei (CHN) A 13 80.92 221.0 228.0 238.0 228.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Metwaly Mathana (EGY) A 14 80.68 227.0 234.0 237.0 227.0
4  Opeyemi Jegede (NGR) B 14 80.22 190.0 200.0 205.0 205.0
5  Porfirio Francisco Arredondo Luna (MEX) A 11 81.91 195.0 201.0 206.0 195.0
6  Hideki Odo (JPN) A 14 81.95 181.0 187.0 191.0 191.0
7  James Siaffa (LBR) B 16 80.43 180.0 190.0 197.0 190.0
8  Piotr Szymeczek (POL) A 13 80.59 190.0 195.0 195.0 190.0
9  Sachin Chaudhary (IND) A 15 82.08 187.0 187.0 188.0 187.0
10  Theogene Hakizimana (RWA) B 17 79.56 165.0 175.0 180.0 175.0
11  Karen Abramyants (RUS) B 13 81.57 165.0 176.0 176.0 165.0
12  Abdelrazik Baaba (LBA) B 16 80.13 150.0 155.0 163.0 155.0
-  Jose Marino (ECU) B 12 81.93 175.0 177.0 177.0 NMR
-  Ahmed Shafik (USA) B 13 81.25 180.0 180.0 180.0 NMR

References

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  1. ^ "Men's -82.50 kg - Paralympic Powerlifting | London 2012". Archived from the original on 11 January 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2013.