Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 48 kg

Powerlifting - Women's 48 kg at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	10 September
Competitors	9 from 9 nations
Medalists
Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike  Nigeria Olesya Lafina  Russia Souhad Ghazouani  France

The women's 48 kg powerlifting event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was contested on 10 September at the Beihang University Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This event was the third-lightest of the women's powerlifting weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 48 kilograms (105.8 lb) of body mass.

As with all Paralympic powerlifting events, lifters competed in the bench press. Each athlete was allowed three attempts to bench press as much weight as possible. Athletes attempting to break a record were allowed a fourth attempt. For the attempt to be valid, the competitor must have lowered the weighted bar to her chest, held it motionless for a moment, then pressed the bar upwards until her arms were fully extended. If the competitor failed to meet these requirements or any other rule infraction was committed, the attempt was declared invalid by a team of three referees and the result struck from the record.

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Lucy Ogechukwu Ejike (NGR)	47.69	125.0 WR	130.0 WR	137.5	–	130.0
	Olesya Lafina (RUS)	47.52	112.5	115.0	122.5	–	115.0
	Souhad Ghazouani (FRA)	46.81	107.5	112.5	120.0	–	112.5
4	Hoang Tuyet Loan Chau (VIE)	46.25	92.5	97.5	100.0	–	100.0
5	Shi Shanshan (CHN)	46.71	97.5	102.5	102.5	–	97.5
6	Natalie Blake (GBR)	47.93	92.5	97.5	102.5	–	97.5
7	Loida Zabala (ESP)	47.03	75.0	80.0	82.5	–	80.0
–	Greta Khndzrtsyan (ARM)	44.42	80.0	80.0	80.0	–	NMR
–	Zaytuna Roziqova (TJK)	45.45	70.0	80.0	80.0	–	NMR

Key: WR=World record; NMR=No marks recorded

References

• "Schedules and Results - Powerlifting". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-11-03.