Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 40 kg

Powerlifting – Women's 40 kg
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL London
Date30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)
Competitors8 from 8 nations
Winning lift106.0 kg
Medalists
   Turkey
   China
   Great Britain
Powerlifting at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Men Women
  48 kg     40 kg  
52 kg 44 kg
56 kg 48 kg
60 kg 52 kg
67.5 kg 56 kg
75 kg 60 kg
82.5 kg 67.5 kg
90 kg 75 kg
100 kg 82.5 kg
+100 kg +82.5 kg

The women's 40 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 30 August at ExCeL London.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record 106.5 kg  Nazmiye Muslu (TUR) Dubai, United Arab Emirates 22 February 2012
Paralympic record 105.5 kg  Lidiia Soloviova (UKR) Beijing, China 9 September 2008

The world record holder, Nazmiye Muslu of Turkey, broke both of these records during the competition.

Results

Rank Name Body weight (kg) Attempts (kg) Result (kg)
1 2 3 4
1st  Nazmiye Muslu (TUR) 39.36 100.0 104.0 106.0 109.0 WR 106.0 PR
2nd  Zhe Cui (CHN) 39.18 97.0 103.0 104.0 97.0
3rd  Zoe Newson (GBR) 39.40 84.0 88.0 88.0 88.0
4  Thi Hong Nguyen (VIE) 39.69 88.0 88.0 90.0 88.0
5  Ni Nengah Widiasih (INA) 38.98 78.0 78.0 88.0 78.0
6  Malika Matar (MAR) 38.02 73.0 76.0 76.0 76.0
7  Maryna Kopiika (UKR) 38.90 70.0 73.0 74.0 73.0
 Noura Baddour (SYR) 37.24 88.0 88.0 88.0 NMR

References

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