Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 72 kg

Powerlifting – Men's 72 kg at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Riocentro
Date	11 September 2016 (2016-09-11)
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Winning lift	221.0 kg WR
Medalists
Liu Lei  China Rasool Mohsin  Iraq Nnamdi Innocent  Nigeria

Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
	Men	Women
	49 kg	41 kg
	54 kg	45 kg
	59 kg	50 kg
	65 kg	55 kg
	72 kg	61 kg
	80 kg	67 kg
	88 kg	73 kg
	97 kg	79 kg
	107 kg	86 kg
	+107 kg	+86 kg

The men's 72 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 11 September at Riocentro.^[1]

Records

There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.

Record Type	Weight	Country	Venue	Date
World record	182 kg[2]	Liu Lei (CHN)	Kuala Lumpur	26 February 2016
Paralympic record	–	–	–	–

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Liu Lei (CHN)	69.67	216.0	221.0	229.00	227.5	221.0
	Rasool Mohsin (IRQ)	71.19	215.0	220.0	229.0	227.0 WR PR	220.0
	Nnamdi Innocent (NGR)	70.78	203.0	210.0	215.0	–	210.0
4	Marek Trykacz (POL)	66.48	168.0	173.0	181.0	–	173.0
5	Fernando Acevedo (NCA)	70.88	140.0	140.0	140.0	–	140.0
-	Gabriel Zelaya Diaz (HON)	71.06	100.0	105.0	105.0	–	NMR
-	Herbert Aceituno (ESA)	68.87	185.0	185.0	185.0	–	NMR
-	Sergey Meladze (TKM)	71.21	100.0	100.0	100.0	–	NMR
-	Abdelkareem Khattab (JOR)	71.38	210.0	210.0	215.0	–	NMR
-	Mohamed Elelfat (EGY)	71.69	213.0	213.0	213.0	–	NMR

References