Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 40 kg
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| 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)
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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
| 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
- "Women's -40 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.