Powerlifting at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Women's 56 kg

Powerlifting – Women's 56 kg
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueExCeL London
Date2 September 2012 (2012-09-02)
Competitors7 from 7 nations
Winning lift142.0 kg
Medalists
   Egypt
   Nigeria
   Turkey
Powerlifting at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
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 56 kg powerlifting event at the 2012 Summer Paralympics was contested on 2 September at ExCeL London.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.

World record 141.5 kg  Fatma Omar (EGY) Beijing, China 10 September 2008
Paralympic record 141.5 kg  Fatma Omar (EGY) Beijing, China 10 September 2008

Results

Rank Name Body weight (kg) Attempts (kg) Result (kg)
1 2 3 4
1st, gold medalist(s)  Fatma Omar (EGY) 54.86 132.0 137.0 142.0 142.0 WR
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Lucy Ejike (NGR) 55.27 135.0 142.0 142.5 135.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Özlem Becerikli (TUR) 52.49 115.0 117.0 118.0 118.0
4  Jianjin Cui (CHN) 55.85 108.0 110.0 118.0 110.0
5  Irina Kazantseva (RUS) 54.45 101.0 108.0 108.0 101.0
6  Lee Chan Siow (MAS) 53.70 80.0 85.0 86.0 80.0
 Elena Abasova (UZB) 54.60 65.0 70.0 72.0 NMR

References

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