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Powerlifting – Men's 48 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games
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Venue	ExCeL London
Date	30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning lift	180.0 kg
Medalists
Yakubu Adesokan  Nigeria Vladimir Balynetc  Russia Taha Abdelmagid  Egypt
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Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
	Men	Women
	48 kg	40 kg
	52 kg	44 kg
	56 kg	48 kg
	60 kg	52 kg
	67.5 kg	56 kg
	75 kg	60 kg
	82.5 kg	67.5 kg
	90 kg	75 kg
	100 kg	82.5 kg
	+100 kg	+82.5 kg
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The men's 48 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 30 August at ExCeL London.

Records

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

World record	177.0 kg	Yakubu Adesokan (NGR)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	22 February 2012
Paralympic record	169.0 kg	Ruel Ishaku (NGR)	Beijing, China	9 September 2008

The world record holder, Yakubu Adesokan of Nigeria, broke both of these records during the competition.

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
				1	2	3	4
	Yakubu Adesokan (NGR)	A	46.49	172.0	178.0	180.0	–	180.0 WR
	Vladimir Balynetc (RUS)	A	47.74	165.0	170.0	171.0	–	170.0
	Taha Abdelmagid (EGY)	A	47.15	160.0	165.0	170.0	–	165.0
4	Eay Simay (LAO)	A	46.97	152.0	155.0	165.0	–	155.0
5	Farman Basha (IND)	A	46.37	150.0	150.0	165.0	–	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	148.0	148.0	–	145.0
8	Anthony Peddle (GBR)	B	46.97	135.0	140.0	145.0	–	140.0
9	Hiroshi Miura (JPN)	B	46.13	112.0	117.0	124.0	–	117.0
–	Anatolii Mykoliuk (UKR)	B	42.53	140.0	140.0	140.0	–	NMR
–	Yashin Shoberdiev (UZB)	B	46.96	80.0	82.0	82.0	–	NMR

References

• "Men's -48 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

• Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics