# Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Qualification for powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics began on 25 May 2018 and finished on 27 June 2021. There were 180 powerlifters (80 male, 80 female and 20 gender free) competing in 20 events (10 male, 10 female).

## Timeline

| World Para Powerlifting Qualification Pathway 2017-2020 | Date | Venue |
| 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships | 2 – 8 December 2017 | Mexico City |
| 2018 World Para Powerlifting European Open Championships | 25 – 29 May 2018 | Berck Sur Mer |
| 2018 World Para Powerlifting African Championships | 10 – 12 August 2018 | Algiers |
| 2018 World Para Powerlifting Asia-Oceania Open Championships | 8 – 12 September 2018 | Kitakyushu |
| 2018 World Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships | 6 – 9 December 2018 | Bogota |
| 2019 World Para Powerlifting Championships | 12 – 20 July 2019 | Nur-Sultan |

## Quotas

A qualification slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC:
* An NPC can allocated no more than eight male and female slots with a maximum of one powerlifter per medal event. Exceptions may be granted through the Bipartite Invitation Commission Allocation method.
* An athlete can only be eligible to compete if they complete the requirements set out in the World Para Powerlifting Qualification Pathway 2017-2020 or have achieved an MQS (Minimum Qualification Standard).

### Minimum Qualification Standard targets

| Men's Events | MQS | Women's Events | MQS |
| -49 kg | 105 kg | -41 kg | 57 kg |
| -54 kg | 115 kg | -45 kg | 60 kg |
| -59 kg | 125 kg | -50 kg | 62 kg |
| -65 kg | 135 kg | -55 kg | 65 kg |
| -72 kg | 142 kg | -61 kg | 67 kg |
| -80 kg | 150 kg | -67 kg | 70 kg |
| -88 kg | 157 kg | -73 kg | 72 kg |
| -97 kg | 165 kg | -79 kg | 77 kg |
| - 107 kg | 172 kg | -86 kg | 82 kg |
| +107 kg | 180 kg | +86 kg | 87 kg |

## Summary

| NPC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NPC | 49 | 54 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 80 | 88 | 97 | 107 | +107 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 86 | +86 | Total |
| Algeria | X | | | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | X | | | | | | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Brazil | X | X | | | | X | X | | | | X | | | | | | X | | X | | 7 |
| Cameroon | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Chile | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | | 4 |
| China | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | 14 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 |
| Colombia | | | | | | X | | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Cuba | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Cyprus | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Egypt | | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 15 |
| El Salvador | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| France | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 2 |
| Georgia | | | | | | X | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Ghana | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Great Britain | | | X | | X | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | X | | 5 |
| Greece | | X | X | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Hungary | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| India | | | | X | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Indonesia | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Iran | | | | X | | X | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| Iraq | | X | | | X | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | X | X | 6 |
| Ireland | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 1 |
| Israel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Italy | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ivory Coast | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Japan (H) | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | 4 |
| Jordan | X | | | X | | | X | X | | X | | | | | | | | X | X | | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | | X | | | | | X | | | | | X | X | | | X | | | | | 5 |
| Kenya | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Malaysia | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Mexico | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | X | | | | | X | 4 |
| Moldova | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | X | | | | 2 |
| Mongolia | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Morocco | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | | | X | | | 3 |
| Nigeria | X | | X | | X | | | | | | | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 |
| Panama | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Peru | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Philippines | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Poland | X | | X | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | X | 6 |
| RPC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | | 2 |
| Serbia | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| South Korea | | X | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | X | | | X | X | 5 |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | X | | | 2 |
| Syria | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | X | | | | | | 2 |
| Thailand | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| Turkey | X | | | | | | | | | | | X | | X | X | | X | | | | 5 |
| Ukraine | | X | | | | X | | | | | X | | X | X | X | X | | X | | | 8 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | 2 |
| United States | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Uzbekistan | | | | | | | X | | X | | | | | | X | | | | | | 3 |
| Venezuela | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | | X | | | | | | | 3 |
| Vietnam | X | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | 2 |
| Total NPCs: 55 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 179 |

## Qualified slots

Top ranked eight male and female powerlifters are automatically qualified to compete for their respective bodyweight category, as of 27 June 2021.

### Men

| Weight category | Slots allocated | NPC | Qualified powerlifter |
| -49 kg | 9 | Nigeria | Yakubu Adesokan |
| -49 kg | 9 | Jordan | Omar Qarada |
| -49 kg | 9 | Turkey | Abdullah Kayapinar |
| -49 kg | 9 | Azerbaijan | Parvin Mammadov |
| -49 kg | 9 | Vietnam | Le Van Cong |
| -49 kg | 9 | Algeria | Hadj Ahmed Beyour |
| -49 kg | 9 | Brazil | Joao Maria Franca Junior |
| -49 kg | 9 | Japan | Hiroshi Miura |
| -49 kg | 9 | Poland | Slawomir Szymanski |
| -54 kg | 8 | Kazakhstan | David Degtyarev |
| -54 kg | 8 | Egypt | Taha Abdelmajid |
| -54 kg | 8 | Greece | Dimitrios Bakochristos |
| -54 kg | 8 | Brazil | Bruno Carra |
| -54 kg | 8 | France | Axel Bourlon |
| -54 kg | 8 | Ukraine | Kostiantyn Panasiuk |
| -54 kg | 8 | Iraq | Ali Al-Darraji |
| -54 kg | 8 | South Korea | Choi Keun Jin |
| -59 kg | 10 | Egypt | Sherif Osman |
| -59 kg | 10 | China | Qi Yongka |
| -59 kg | 10 | Chile | Juan Carlos Garrido |
| -59 kg | 10 | El Salvador | Herbert Aceituno |
| -59 kg | 10 | Greece | Paschalis Kouloumoglou |
| -59 kg | 10 | Nigeria | Ibrahim Dauda |
| -59 kg | 10 | Great Britain | Ali Jawad |
| -59 kg | 10 | Poland | Mariusz Tomczyk |
| -59 kg | 10 | Japan | Tomohiro Kose |
| -59 kg | 10 | Peru | Niel Garcia Trelles |
| -65 kg | 10 | China | Liu Lei |
| -65 kg | 10 | Iran | Amir Jafari |
| -65 kg | 10 | Algeria | Hocine Bettir |
| -65 kg | 10 | Chile | Jorge Carinao |
| -65 kg | 10 | Jordan | Mohammad Tarbash |
| -65 kg | 10 | India | Jai Deep |
| -65 kg | 10 | Thailand | Narong Kasunun |
| -65 kg | 10 | Poland | Grzegorz Lanzer |
| -65 kg | 10 | Ivory Coast | Adou Herve Ano |
| -65 kg | 10 | Dominican Republic | Jose Manuel Abud Coronado |
| -72 kg | 10 | Malaysia | Bonnie Bunyau Gustin |
| -72 kg | 10 | Iraq | Rasool Mohsin |
| -72 kg | 10 | China | Hu Peng |
| -72 kg | 10 | Nigeria | Nnamdi Innocent |
| -72 kg | 10 | Egypt | Mahmoud Attia |
| -72 kg | 10 | Great Britain | Micky Yule |
| -72 kg | 10 | Thailand | Thongsa Marasri |
| -72 kg | 10 | Japan | Hajime Ujiro |
| -72 kg | 10 | Ghana | Emmanuel Nii Tettey Oku |
| -72 kg | 10 | Panama | Rey Melchor Dimas Vasquez |
| -80 kg | 9 | Iran | Roohallah Rostami |
| -80 kg | 9 | China | Gu Xiaofei |
| -80 kg | 9 | Egypt | Mohamed Elelfat |
| -80 kg | 9 | Italy | Donato Telesca |
| -80 kg | 9 | Colombia | Francisco Palomeque |
| -80 kg | 9 | Greece | Gkremislav Moysiadis |
| -80 kg | 9 | Ukraine | Yurii Babynets |
| -80 kg | 9 | Brazil | Ailton Bento de Souza |
| -80 kg | 9 | Georgia | Ahmad Razm Azar |
| -88 kg | 9 | Jordan | Abdelkareem Khattab |
| -88 kg | 9 | China | Ye Jixiong |
| -88 kg | 9 | Egypt | Hany Abdelhady |
| -88 kg | 9 | United Arab Emirates | Mohammed Khamis Khalaf |
| -88 kg | 9 | Uzbekistan | Farhod Umirzakov |
| -88 kg | 9 | Cuba | Oniger Drake Vega |
| -88 kg | 9 | Brazil | Evanio Da Silva |
| -88 kg | 9 | Kazakhstan | Rakhmetzhan Khamayev |
| -88 kg | 9 | Hungary | Sedric Watchou |
| -97 kg | 8 | Iran | Seyedhamed Solhipouravanji |
| -97 kg | 8 | China | Yan Panpan |
| -97 kg | 8 | Colombia | Fabio Torres |
| -97 kg | 8 | Serbia | Petar Milenkovic |
| -97 kg | 8 | Egypt | Mohamed Ahmed |
| -97 kg | 8 | Azerbaijan | Nurlan Babajanov |
| -97 kg | 8 | Moldova | Denis Raiul |
| -97 kg | 8 | Jordan | Mutaz Aljuneidi |
| -107 kg | 9 | Mongolia | Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar |
| -107 kg | 9 | Malaysia | Yee Khie Jong |
| -107 kg | 9 | Iran | Saman Razi |
| -107 kg | 9 | Mexico | Jose De Jesus Castillo |
| -107 kg | 9 | Azerbaijan | Elshan Huseynov |
| -107 kg | 9 | Uzbekistan | Nuriddin Davlatov |
| -107 kg | 9 | Georgia | Akaki Jintcharadze |
| -107 kg | 9 | Iraq | Abbas Naisan |
| -107 kg | 9 | United States | Jacob Schrom |
| +107 kg | 8 | Iran | Mansour Pourmirzaei |
| +107 kg | 8 | Iraq | Faris Al-Ageeli |
| +107 kg | 8 | Jordan | Jamil Elshebli |
| +107 kg | 8 | Greece | Konstantinos Dimou |
| +107 kg | 8 | Azerbaijan | Shamo Aslanov |
| +107 kg | 8 | Colombia | Jhon Castaneda Velasquez |
| +107 kg | 8 | South Korea | Chun Keun Bae |
| +107 kg | 8 | Egypt | Amr Mosaad |
| Total | 80 | | |

### Women

| Weight category | Slots allocated | NPC | Qualified powerlifter |
| -41 kg | 10 | China | Guo Lingling |
| -41 kg | 10 | Indonesia | Ni Nengah Widiasih |
| -41 kg | 10 | Great Britain | Zoe Newson |
| -41 kg | 10 | Venezuela | Clara Fuentes Monasterio |
| -41 kg | 10 | Cuba | Leidy Rodriguez |
| -41 kg | 10 | Ukraine | Maryna Kopiika |
| -41 kg | 10 | Colombia | Cristina Poblador Granados |
| -41 kg | 10 | Syria | Noura Baddour |
| -41 kg | 10 | Brazil | Lara Aparecida de Lima |
| -41 kg | 10 | Kenya | Hellen Wawira Kariuki |
| -45 kg | 10 | Turkey | Nazmiye Muratli |
| -45 kg | 10 | Nigeria | Latifat Tijani |
| -45 kg | 10 | China | Cui Zhe |
| -45 kg | 10 | Poland | Justyna Kozdryk |
| -45 kg | 10 | Cameroon | Mimozette Nghamsi Fotie |
| -45 kg | 10 | Algeria | Samira Guerioua |
| -45 kg | 10 | Singapore | Nur Aini Mohamad Yasli |
| -45 kg | 10 | Kazakhstan | Alina Solodukhina |
| -45 kg | 10 | Venezuela | Oriana Del Carmen Teran Velazquez |
| -45 kg | 10 | Philippines | Achelle Guion |
| -50 kg | 9 | Egypt | Rehab Ahmed |
| -50 kg | 9 | China | Hu Dandan |
| -50 kg | 9 | Ukraine | Lidiia Soloviova |
| -50 kg | 9 | Great Britain | Olivia Broome |
| -50 kg | 9 | Spain | Loida Zabala Ollero |
| -50 kg | 9 | India | Sakina Khatun |
| -50 kg | 9 | Mexico | Mayra Alejandra Hernandez Godinez |
| -50 kg | 9 | Kazakhstan | Gulbanu Abdykhalykova |
| -50 kg | 9 | Morocco | Halima Lemtakhem |
| -55 kg | 9 | Ukraine | Mariana Shevchuk |
| -55 kg | 9 | China | Xiao Cuijuan |
| -55 kg | 9 | Turkey | Besra Duman |
| -55 kg | 9 | Venezuela | Wiunawis Nairobys Hernandez |
| -55 kg | 9 | United Arab Emirates | Mozag Alzeyoudi |
| -55 kg | 9 | Chile | Camila Campos |
| -55 kg | 9 | Morocco | Najat El Garraa |
| -55 kg | 9 | Egypt | Gihan Abdelaziz |
| -55 kg | 9 | Vietnam | Hoang Tuyet Loan Chau |
| -61 kg | 9 | Nigeria | Lucy Ejike |
| -61 kg | 9 | Mexico | Amalia Perez Vazquez |
| -61 kg | 9 | Uzbekistan | Ruza Kuzieva |
| -61 kg | 9 | Ukraine | Rayisa Toporkova |
| -61 kg | 9 | Egypt | Fatma Korany |
| -61 kg | 9 | Turkey | Yasemin Ceylan Baydar |
| -61 kg | 9 | Thailand | Somkhoun Anon |
| -61 kg | 9 | Syria | Fatema Alhasan |
| -61 kg | 9 | Chinese Taipei | Lin Ya-hsuan |
| -67 kg | 8 | China | Tan Yujiao |
| -67 kg | 8 | Egypt | Fatma Omar |
| -67 kg | 8 | Nigeria | Olaitan Ibrahim |
| -67 kg | 8 | Ukraine | Tetyana Shyrokolava |
| -67 kg | 8 | Kazakhstan | Raushan Koishibayeva |
| -67 kg | 8 | South Korea | Kim Hyeong Hui |
| -67 kg | 8 | Cyprus | Maria Markou |
| -67 kg | 8 | Poland | Paulina Przeywecka-Puziak |
| -73 kg | 9 | Brazil | Mariana D'Andrea |
| -73 kg | 9 | China | Xu Lili |
| -73 kg | 9 | France | Souhad Ghazouani |
| -73 kg | 9 | Nigeria | Paulina Okpala |
| -73 kg | 9 | Egypt | Amal Mahmoud |
| -73 kg | 9 | Turkey | Sibel Cam |
| -73 kg | 9 | RPC | Kheda Berieva |
| -73 kg | 9 | Ireland | Britney Arendse |
| -73 kg | 9 | Moldova | Larisa Marinenkova |
| -79 kg | 10 | Nigeria | Bose Omolayo |
| -79 kg | 10 | RPC | Vera Muratova |
| -79 kg | 10 | Ukraine | Nataliia Oliinyk |
| -79 kg | 10 | Egypt | Gehan Hassan |
| -79 kg | 10 | Chile | Maria Antonieta Ortiz |
| -79 kg | 10 | Spain | Maria Alcoba Membrilla |
| -79 kg | 10 | Jordan | Asma Issa |
| -79 kg | 10 | Japan | Chika Sakamoto |
| -79 kg | 10 | Morocco | Sanae Soubane |
| -79 kg | 10 | Turkmenistan | Mayagozel Ekeyeva |
| -86 kg | 8 | Nigeria | Folashade Oluwafemiayo |
| -86 kg | 8 | China | Zheng Feifei |
| -86 kg | 8 | Egypt | Amany Ali |
| -86 kg | 8 | Great Britain | Louise Sugden |
| -86 kg | 8 | Jordan | Tharwh Alhajaj |
| -86 kg | 8 | South Korea | Lee Youngsun |
| -86 kg | 8 | Brazil | Tayana Medeiros |
| -86 kg | 8 | Chile | Marion Serrano Guajardo |
| +86 kg | 8 | China | Deng Xuemei |
| +86 kg | 8 | Nigeria | Loveline Obiji |
| +86 kg | 8 | Egypt | Randa Mahmoud |
| +86 kg | 8 | Mexico | Perla Barcenas |
| +86 kg | 8 | Poland | Marzena Zięba |
| +86 kg | 8 | Israel | Polina Katsman |
| +86 kg | 8 | South Korea | Lee Hyunjung |
| +86 kg | 8 | Iraq | Huda Ali |
| Total | 80 | | |