Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's 97 kg

Powerlifting – Men's 97 kg at the XV Paralympic Games
Venue	Riocentro
Date	14 September 2016 (2016-09-14)
Competitors	11 from 11 nations
Winning lift	237.0 kg PR
Medalists
Mohamed Eldib  Egypt Qi Dong  China José de Jesús Castillo  Mexico
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Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
	Men	Women
	49 kg	41 kg
	54 kg	45 kg
	59 kg	50 kg
	65 kg	55 kg
	72 kg	61 kg
	80 kg	67 kg
	88 kg	73 kg
	97 kg	79 kg
	107 kg	86 kg
	+107 kg	+86 kg
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The men's 97 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics was contested on 14 September at Riocentro.^[1]

There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. The weight categories were significantly adjusted after the 2012 Games so most of the weights are new for 2016. As a result, no Paralympic record was available for this weight class prior to the competition. The existing world records were as follows.

Record Type	Weight	Country	Venue	Date
World record	243 kg[2]	Mohamed Eldib (EGY)	Dubai	18 February 2016
Paralympic record	–	–	–	–

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Mohamed Eldib (EGY)	94.57	233.0	237.0	237.0 PR	244	237.0
	Qi Dong (CHN)	95.27	226.0	233.0	234.0	–	233.0
	José de Jesús Castillo (MEX)	96.41	227.0	229.0	234.0	–	229.0
4	Saman Razi (IRI)	95.66	221.0	226.0	229.0	–	221.0
5	Anton Kriukov (UKR)	95.97	220.0	227.0	229.0	–	220.0
6	Abdulazeez Ibrahim (NGR)	94.77	215.0	226.0	–	–	215.0
7	Jong Yee Khie (MAS)	94.73	202.0	210.0	213.0	–	202.0
8	Vadim Dukart (KAZ)	95.79	155.0	160.0	165.0	–	165.0
9	Akaki Jintcharadze (GEO)	96.28	150.0	155.0	155.0	–	155.0
-	Favio Torres Silva (COL)	95.74	211.0	213.0	213.0	–	NMR
-	Petar Milenkovic (SRB)	95.42	2225.0	222.0	222.0	–	NMR