The men's 48 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 30 August at ExCeL London.
| Powerlifting – Men's 48 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 11 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning lift | 180.0 kg | ||||||||||||
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Records edit
Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World record | 177.0 kg |  Yakubu Adesokan (NGR)
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 22 February 2012 |
| Paralympic record | 169.0 kg | Ruel Ishaku (NGR)
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Beijing, China | 9 September 2008 |
The world record holder, Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria, broke both of these records during the competition.
Results edit
| Rank | Name | Group | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||
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 Yakubu Adesokan (NGR) |
A | 46.49 | 172.0 | 178.0 | 180.0 | – | 180.0 WR |
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 Vladimir Balynetc (RUS) |
A | 47.74 | 165.0 | 170.0 | – | 170.0 | |
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 Taha Abdelmagid (EGY) |
A | 47.15 | 160.0 | 165.0 | – | 165.0 | |
| 4 |  Eay Simay (LAO) |
A | 46.97 | 155.0 | – | 155.0 | ||
| 5 |  Farman Basha (IND) |
A | 46.37 | 150.0 | – | 150.0 | ||
| 6 |  Patrick Ardon (FRA) |
B | 47.44 | 136.0 | 141.0 | 146.0 | – | 146.0 |
| 7 |  Nguyễn Văn Phúc (VIE) |
A | 47.01 | 145.0 | – | 145.0 | ||
| 8 |  Anthony Peddle (GBR) |
B | 46.97 | 135.0 | 140.0 | – | 140.0 | |
| 9 |  Hiroshi Miura (JPN) |
B | 46.13 | 112.0 | 117.0 | – | 117.0 | |
| – |  Anatolii Mykoliuk (UKR) |
B | 42.53 | – | NMR | |||
| – |  Yashin Shoberdiev (UZB) |
B | 46.96 | – | NMR | |||
References edit
- "Men's -48 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.