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

Powerlifting – Women's 40 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	30 August 2012 (2012-08-30)
Competitors	8 from 8 nations
Winning lift	106.0 kg
Medalists
Nazmiye Muslu   Turkey   Zhe Cui   China   Zoe Newson   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
	Nazmiye Muslu (TUR)	39.36	100.0	104.0	106.0	109.0 WR	106.0 PR
	Zhe Cui (CHN)	39.18	97.0	103.0	104.0	–	97.0
	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