title: Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
text: # Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
  
  Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics consisted of ten men's events and ten women's demonstration eventa.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 1 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | Poland (POL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
  | 5 | Nigeria (NGR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
  | 6 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 7 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
  | 9 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
  
  ### Participating nations
  
  * Armenia (1)
  * Australia (3)
  * Azerbaijan (1)
  * Bahrain (2)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Belgium (2)
  * Brazil (1)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Burkina Faso (1)
  * Canada (2)
  * Chile (1)
  * China (5)
  * Chinese Taipei (1)
  * Egypt (9)
  * Estonia (1)
  * Finland (4)
  * France (7)
  * Germany (3)
  * Great Britain (4)
  * Hungary (1)
  * India (1)
  * Indonesia (1)
  * Iran (6)
  * Israel (2)
  * Japan (1)
  * Jordan (1)
  * Kazakhstan (1)
  * Kuwait (2)
  * Kyrgyzstan (2)
  * Libya (4)
  * Malaysia (2)
  * Mexico (2)
  * Moldova (1)
  * Morocco (2)
  * Netherlands (1)
  * Nigeria (5)
  * Norway (2)
  * Oman (1)
  * Peru (1)
  * Poland (10)
  * Qatar (1)
  * Romania (1)
  * Russia (4)
  * Saudi Arabia (2)
  * Slovakia (1)
  * South Korea (7)
  * Spain (2)
  * Sweden (3)
  * Switzerland (1)
  * Syria (2)
  * Thailand (1)
  * Uganda (1)
  * Ukraine (3)
  * United Arab Emirates (1)
  * United States (10)
  * Venezuela (2)
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Men's 48 kg | Jung Yong Kwak South Korea | Abraham Obaretin Nigeria | Anthony Peddle Great Britain |
  | Men's 52 kg | Keum Jong Jung South Korea | Jian Wang China | Johnson Sulola Nigeria |
  | Men's 56 kg | Gomma G. Ahmed Egypt | Fereydoun Karimipour Iran | Sang Jin Yoon South Korea |
  | Men's 60 kg | Monday Emoghavwe Nigeria | Metwaly Mathna Egypt | Allahbakhsh Akbari Iran |
  | Men's 67.5 kg | Hai Dong Zhang China | Emadeldin Mohamed Egypt | Zeinal Siavoshani Iran |
  | Men's 75 kg | Ryszard Fornalczyk Poland | Jong Park South Korea | Abd Elmonem Farag Egypt |
  | Men's 82.5 kg | Bernd Vogel Germany | Mostafa Hamed Egypt | Jiahua Zhou China |
  | Men's 90 kg | Ryszard Tomaszewski Poland | Brian McNicholl Australia | Frank Gyland Norway |
  | Men's 100 kg | Zhiqiang Luo China | Sherif Bakr Egypt | Patrick Akutaekwe Nigeria |
  | Men's +100 kg | Kim Brownfield United States | Leszek Hallmann Poland | Pernell Cooper United States |
  