Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's +100 kg explained

Event:Powerlifting – Men's +100 kg
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL London
Competitors:11
Nations:11
Win Label:Winning lift
Win Value:280.0 kg
Gold:Siamand Rahman
Goldnpc:IRI
Silver:Faris Abed
Silvernpc:IRQ
Bronze:Chun Keun-bae
Bronzenpc:KOR
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The men's +100 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 5 September at ExCeL London.

Records

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

World record291.0 kgSharjah, United Arab Emirates4 December 2011
Paralympic record265.0 kgBeijing, China16 September 2008

Results

RankNameGroupBody weight (kg)Attempts (kg)Result (kg)
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A 173.46 270.0 280.0 301.0 280.0 PR
A 118.77 237.0 242.0 261.0 242.0
A 151.91 227.0 232.0 237.0 232.0
4 A 125.61 227.0 231.0 236.0 231.0
5 A 152.66 230.0 233.0 237.0 230.0
6 A 109.99 225.0 230.0 232.0 225.0
7 A 107.18 208.0 215.0 220.0 215.0
8 A 126.64 192.0 196.0 196.0 192.0
9 A 107.13 175.0 182.0 182.0 182.0
A 114.58 175.0 175.0 175.0 NMR

Key: PR=Paralympic record; WR=World record; NMR=No marks recorded

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