title: Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
text: # Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
  
  Powerlifting at the 2000 Summer Paralympics consisted of 20 events.
  
  ## Medal summary
  
  ### Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
  | 2 | Nigeria (NGR) | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
  | 3 | Egypt (EGY) | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
  | 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
  | 5 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
  | 6 | Iran (IRI) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
  | 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 8 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
  | 11 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 11 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
  | 13 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 13 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 15 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Libya (LBA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 15 | South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
  
  ### Participating nations
  
  * Algeria (2)
  * Armenia (1)
  * Australia (13)
  * Austria (1)
  * Azerbaijan (3)
  * Bahrain (1)
  * Belarus (1)
  * Brazil (3)
  * Burkina Faso (1)
  * Canada (2)
  * Chile (2)
  * China (18)
  * Chinese Taipei (8)
  * Ecuador (1)
  * Egypt (19)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (8)
  * Germany (3)
  * Great Britain (8)
  * Greece (2)
  * Hungary (2)
  * India (2)
  * Indonesia (1)
  * Individual Paralympic Athletes (1)
  * Iran (7)
  * Israel (1)
  * Japan (1)
  * Jordan (3)
  * Kazakhstan (1)
  * Kenya (1)
  * Kuwait (5)
  * Kyrgyzstan (2)
  * Laos (2)
  * Libya (2)
  * Malaysia (5)
  * Mali (1)
  * Mauritania (1)
  * Mexico (9)
  * Morocco (5)
  * Netherlands (2)
  * New Zealand (2)
  * Nigeria (18)
  * Norway (2)
  * Oman (2)
  * Pakistan (1)
  * Papua New Guinea (1)
  * Peru (1)
  * Philippines (1)
  * Poland (9)
  * Qatar (2)
  * Romania (1)
  * Russia (10)
  * Slovakia (3)
  * South Africa (2)
  * South Korea (6)
  * Spain (1)
  * Sri Lanka (1)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Syria (4)
  * Thailand (6)
  * Tunisia (1)
  * Turkmenistan (1)
  * Ukraine (8)
  * United Arab Emirates (2)
  * United States (12)
  * Venezuela (6)
  * Vietnam (1)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### Men's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | −48 kg details | Anthony Peddle Great Britain | Jung Yong Kwak South Korea | Thongsa Marasri Thailand |
  | −52 kg details | Keum Jong Jung South Korea | Osama El Sernegawy Egypt | Jian Wang China |
  | −56 kg details | Gomma G. Ahmed Egypt | Fereydoun Karimipour Iran | Stephen Davou Nigeria |
  | −60 kg details | Metwaly Mathana Egypt | Richard Nicholson Australia | Taqy Parnian Netherlands |
  | −67.5 kg details | Monday Emoghavwe Nigeria | Shaban Ibrahim Egypt | Allahbakhsh Akbari Iran |
  | −75 kg details | Hai Dong Zhang China | Mansour Dimasi Iran | El Sayed Abd El Aal Egypt |
  | −82.5 kg details | Jong Chul Park South Korea | Saeid Bafandeh Iran | Mostafa Hamed Egypt |
  | −90 kg details | Bernd Vogel Germany | Abd Elmonem Farag Egypt | Ya Dong Wu China |
  | −100 kg details | Amrollah Dehghani Iran | Sherif Bakr Egypt | Nicholas Slater Great Britain |
  | +100 kg details | Pernell Cooper United States | Kim Brownfield United States | Abdelrahim Hamed Libya |
  
  ### Women's events
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | −40 kg details | Bian Jianxin China | Lidiya Solovyova Ukraine | Laura Cerero Gabriel Mexico |
  | −44 kg details | Fatma Omar Egypt | Lucy Ejike Nigeria | Li Hua Lu Chinese Taipei |
  | −48 kg details | Iyabo Ismaila Nigeria | Abir Ibrahim Aly Nail Egypt | Xia Zhang China |
  | −52 kg details | Tamara Popdalnaia Russia | Amalia Perez Mexico | Patricia Nnaji Nigeria |
  | −56 kg details | Taoying Fu China | Somkhoun Anon Thailand | Moekie Grobbelaar South Africa |
  | −60 kg details | Victoria Nneji Nigeria | Yu Zuo China | Lyudmyla Osmanova Ukraine |
  | −67.5 kg details | Patricia Okafor Nigeria | Mingxia Zhu China | Nadia Ali Egypt |
  | −75 kg details | Rui Fang Li China | Patricia Barcenas Mexico | Kike Adedeji Ogunbamowo Nigeria |
  | −82.5 kg details | Emma Brown Great Britain | Hend Abd Elaty Egypt | Adeline Dumapong Philippines |
  | +82.5 kg details | Ping Cao China | Carine Burgy France | Faith Igbinehin Nigeria |
  