This article details the qualifying phase for Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 180 athletes coming from their respective NPCs; each has been allowed to enter a maximum of 16 (eight for men, eight for women, and in either case, one per division). 140 will be awarded places based on world rankings in 2016, while 40 are made available to NPCs through a Bipartite Commission Invitation.

The top 8 men and top 6 women from the world rankings in each division earn a quota a place, always ensuring that the NPC is subjected to a limit of 1 lifter per division. If an NPC contains more than a single male athlete ranked in the top 8, or a single female in the top 6 of the world ranking list, the NPC can decide which of their athletes obtain the quota places

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NPCMenWomenTotal49 Kg54 Kg59 Kg65 Kg72 Kg80 Kg88 Kg97 Kg107 Kg+107 Kg41 Kg45 Kg50 Kg55 Kg61 Kg67 Kg73 Kg79 Kg86 Kg+86 Kg X1 X X X3 X X 2 X 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 X X 2 X 1 X 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 16 X X 2 X X X X 4 X X X X X5 X1 X1 X 1 X X X X X5 X X2 X X X X X X 6 X 1 X X2 X X 2 X X X X X X6 X 1 X 1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 15 X X X X X X X 7 X X X X X X X X X X X 11 X 1 X X X X 4 X 1 X X X 3 X X 2 XX X X X X X X 8 X X2 X 1 X X X 3 Total NPCs 88888888886666766666 141

Men's events

49 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Vladimir Balynetc Yakubu Adesokan Lê Văn Công Omar Qarada Farman Basha Nandor Tunkel Choi Keun Jin Patrick Ardon Invitational 2 Total 10

54 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Roland Ezuruike Nguyễn Bình An Dimitrios Bakochristos Wang Jian Alidou Diamoutene Bruno Carra Sergii Khvalinskyi Esen KalievInvitational 2 Total 10

59 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Sherif Othman Ali Jawad Anthony Ulonnam Juan Carlos Garrido Yang Quanxi Ildar Bedderdinov Mariusz Tomczyk Paschalis KouloumoglouInvitational 2 Total 10

65 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Hu Peng Shaaban Ibrahim Hocine Bettir Hamzeh Mohammadi Micky Yule Grzegorz Lanzer Nikolaos Gkountanis Ahmad Razm AzarInvitational 2 Total 10

72 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Liu Lei Rasool Mohsin Mohamed Elelfat Abdelkareem Mohmmad Khattab Sergei Sychev Nnamdi Innocent Sergey Meladze Marek TrykaczInvitational 2 Total 10

80 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Gu Xiaofei Metwaly Mathana Jainer Rafael Cantillo Porfirio Arredondo Tolu-Lope Taiwo Wawrzyniec Latus Akhror Bozorov Izzettin Kanat Invitational 2 Total 10

88 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Hany Abdelhady Seyedhamed Solhipouravanji Mutaz Zakaria Aljuneidi Mohammed Khamis Khalaf Ye Jixiong Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar Opeyemi Jegede Evânio da Silva Invitational 2 Total 10

97 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Mohamed Eldib Abdulazeez Ibrahim Qi Dong José de Jesús Castillo Saman Razi Anton Kriukov Thaer Al-Ali Jong Yee KhieInvitational 2 Total 10

107 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Elshan Huseynov Pavlos Mamalos Ali Sadeghzadeshsalmani Mohammed Elsayed Cai Huichao Haidarah Abdallah Alkawamleh Zhyrgalbek Orosbaev Md Saad Mohd Shahmil Invitational 2 Total 10

+107 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of Feb 29, 2016) 8 Siamand Rahman Chun Keun-bae Petr Filatov Amr Mosaad Jamil Elshebli Konstantinos Dimous Ahmed Khamis Albaloushi Maharram Aliyev Invitational 2 Total 10

Women's events

41 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Nasmiye Muratli Cui Zhe Jonah Ben Ni Nengah Widiasih Nawal Ramadan Maryna Kopiika Invitational 2 Total 8

45 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Hu Dandan Latifat Tijani Zeinab Oteify Justyna Kozdryk Rayisa Toporkova Zoe NewsonInvitational 2 Total 8

50 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Lidiia Soloviova Shi Shanshan Rehab Ahmed Loida Zabala Ollero Dang Thi Linh Phuong Rosaura Rodríguez Invitational 2 Total 8

55 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Esther Oyema Xiao Cuijuan Amalia Pérez Tamara Podpalnaya Mariana Shevchuk Natalie Blake Invitational 2 Total 8

61 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Lucy Ejike Yang Yan Irina Kazantseva Tetyana Shyrokolava Malgorzata Halas Chantell Stierman Invitational 2 Total 8

67 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Tan Yujiao Amal Mahmoud Kheda Berieva Raushan Koishibayeva Kim Hyeong Hui Dilfiroz KuzdagiInvitational 2 Total 8

73 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Souhad Ghazouani Ndidi Nwosu Amany Ali Mayagozel Ekeyeva Alina Kumeyko Nadezhna SychevaInvitational 2 Total 8

79 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Bose Omolayo Xu Lili Lin Tzu-hui Vera Muratova Perla Barcenas Geehan HassanInvitational 2 Total 8

86 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Loveline Obiji Randa Mahmoud Li Fengmei Catalina Díaz Tharwh Tayseer Hamdan Alhajaj Olga Kazankevich Invitational 2 Total 8

+86 Kg Section Places NPC Qualified lifter World Ranking List(as of May 30, 2016) 6 Precious Orji Nadia Ali Marzena Zięba Melaica Tuinfort Lee Hyung Jung Svetlana Khairtdinova Invitational 2 Total 8

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