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Powerlifting – Men's 56 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	31 August 2012 (2012-08-31)
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning lift	197 kg
Medalists
Sherif Othman  Egypt Anthony Ulonnam  Nigeria Jian Wang  China
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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 56 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 31 August at ExCeL London.

Records

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

World record	206.5 kg	Sherif Othman (EGY)	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	23 February 2012
Paralympic record	202.5 kg	Sherif Othman (EGY)	Beijing, China	11 September 2008

Results

Rank	Name	Group	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
				1	2	3	4
	Sherif Othman (EGY)	A	55.39	197.0	205.0	205.0	–	197.0
	Anthony Ulonnam (NGR)	B	55.37	184.0	188.0	189.0	–	188.0
	Jian Wang (CHN)	A	55.50	181.0	185.0	189.0	–	185.0
4	Ali Jawad (GBR)	A	55.64	180.0	185.0	189.0	–	185.0
5	Ildar Bedderdinov (RUS)	A	55.40	169.0	174.0	182.0	–	174.0
6	Amir Jafari (IRI)	A	55.90	173.0	182.0	186.0	–	173.0
7	Narong Kasanun (THA)	B	55.17	162.0	175.0	175.0	–	162.0
8	Abebe Fekadu (AUS)	B	55.21	158.0	163.0	163.0	–	158.0
9	Conrat Frederic Atangana (CMR)	B	54.09	150.0	155.0	162.0	–	155.0
10	Turan Mutlu (TUR)	B	55.42	150.0	158.0	158.0	–	150.0
-	Hasan Al-Tameemi (IRQ)	B	55.84	155.0	155.0	155.0	–	NMR

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

References

• "Men's -56 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 30 August 2012.

• Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics