Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 40 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 record106.5 kgDubai, United Arab Emirates22 February 2012Paralympic record105.5 kgBeijing, China9 September 2008

The world record holder, Nazmiye Muslu of Turkey, broke both of these records during the competition.

Results

RankNameBody weight (kg) Attempts (kg) Result (kg)1234 39.36 100.0 104.0 106.0 109.0 106.0 39.18 97.0 103.0 104.0 – 97.0 39.40 84.0 88.0 88.0 – 88.0 4 39.69 88.0 88.0 90.0 – 88.0 5 38.98 78.0 78.0 88.0 – 78.0 6 38.02 73.0 76.0 76.0 – 76.0 7 38.90 70.0 73.0 74.0 – 73.0 – 37.24 88.0 88.0 88.0 –

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