Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's 75 kg explained

Event:Powerlifting – Men's 75 kg
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL London
Competitors:13
Nations:13
Win Label:Winning lift
Win Value:225.0 kg
Gold:Ali Hosseini
Goldnpc:IRI
Silver:Mohamed Elelfat
Silvernpc:EGY
Bronze:Peng Hu
Bronzenpc:CHN
Prev:2008
Next:2016

The men's 75 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 3 September at ExCeL London.

Records

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

World record240.0 kgSydney, Australia26 October 2000
Paralympic record240.0 kgSydney, Australia26 October 2000

Results

RankNameGroupBody weight (kg)Attempts (kg)Result (kg)
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A 73.87 216.0 220.0 225.0 225.0
A 73.62 213.0 219.0 224.0 219.0
A 72.17 205.0 213.0 213.0 213.0
4 A 73.20 213.0 213.0 213.0 213.0
5 A 72.38 183.0 188.0 190.0 188.0
6 A 73.86 183.0 183.0 189.0 183.0
7 B 74.65 176.0 180.0 180.0 180.0
8 B 74.11 170.0 170.0 170.0 170.0
9 B 73.88 160.0 167.0 170.0 167.0
10 B 74.00 160.0 160.0 164.0 160.0
11 B 74.06 140.0 145.0 150.0 150.0
12 B 70.94 120.0 120.0 127.0 127.0
A 74.91 183.0 183.0 183.0

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

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