Powerlifting at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
# 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 |
