The women's 40 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 30 August at ExCeL London.
| Powerlifting – Women's 40 kg at the XIV Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | ExCeL London | ||||||||||||
| Date | 30 August 2012 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning lift | 106.0 kg | ||||||||||||
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Records
editPrior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World record | 106.5 kg |  Nazmiye Muslu (TUR)
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 22 February 2012 |
| Paralympic record | 105.5 kg |  Lidiia Soloviova (UKR)
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Beijing, China | 9 September 2008 |
The world record holder, Nazmiye Muslu of Turkey, broke both of these records during the competition.
Results
edit| Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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 Nazmiye Muslu (TUR) |
39.36 | 100.0 | 104.0 | 106.0 | 109.0 WR | 106.0 PR |
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 Zhe Cui (CHN) |
39.18 | 97.0 | – | 97.0 | ||
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 Zoe Newson (GBR) |
39.40 | 84.0 | 88.0 | – | 88.0 | |
| 4 |  Thi Hong Nguyen (VIE) |
39.69 | 88.0 | – | 88.0 | ||
| 5 |  Ni Nengah Widiasih (INA) |
38.98 | 78.0 | – | 78.0 | ||
| 6 |  Malika Matar (MAR) |
38.02 | 73.0 | 76.0 | – | 76.0 | |
| 7 |  Maryna Kopiika (UKR) |
38.90 | 70.0 | 73.0 | – | 73.0 | |
| – |  Noura Baddour (SYR) |
37.24 | – | NMR | |||
References
edit- "Women's -40 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.