The men's 72 kg powerlifting event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested on 28 August at Tokyo International Forum.[1]
| Powerlifting – Men's 72 kg at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | ||||||||||||
| Date | 28 August 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 10 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Records
editThere are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women.[2] Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World Record |  Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (MAS) |
230.0 kg | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 22 June 2021 |
| Paralympic Record |  Rasool Mohsin (IRQ) |
227.0 kg | Riocentro, Brazil | 11 September 2016 |
Results
edit| Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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 Bonnie Bunyau Gustin (MAS) |
69.45 | 217 | 225 | 228 PR | 228 | |
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 Mahmoud Attia (EGY) |
69.08 | 185 | 191 | – | 191 | |
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 Micky Yule (GBR) |
71.58 | 180 | 182 | – | 182 | |
| 4 |  Thongsa Marasri (THA) |
71.53 | 180 | – | 180 | ||
| 5 |  Rey Melchor Dimas Vasquez (PAN) |
71.12 | 165 | 169 | – | 169 | |
| 6 |  Hajime Ujiro (JPN) |
71.31 | 156 | 162 | – | 162 | |
| 7 |  Emmanuel Nii Tettey Oku (GHA) |
70.54 | 160 | – | 160 | ||
 Nnamdi Innocent (NGR) |
71.40 | – | NM | ||||
| Rasool Mohsin (IRQ) |
71.34 | – | NM | ||||
 Hu Peng (CHN) |
71.58 | – | NM | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Men's -72 kg". Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.