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

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

References

• "Women's -40 kg". London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2012.