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

Event:Powerlifting – Women's 56 kg
Games:2012 Summer
Venue:ExCeL London
Competitors:7
Nations:7
Win Label:Winning lift
Win Value:142.0 kg
Gold:Fatma Omar
Goldnpc:EGY
Silver:Lucy Ejike
Silvernpc:NGR
Bronze:Özlem Becerikli
Bronzenpc:TUR
Prev:2008
Next:2016

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 record141.5 kgBeijing, China10 September 2008
Paralympic record141.5 kgBeijing, China10 September 2008

Results

RankNameBody weight (kg)Attempts (kg)Result (kg)
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54.86 132.0 137.0 142.0 142.0
55.27 135.0 142.0 142.5 135.0
52.49 115.0 117.0 118.0 118.0
4 55.85 108.0 110.0 118.0 110.0
5 54.45 101.0 108.0 108.0 101.0
6 53.70 80.0 85.0 86.0 80.0
54.60 65.0 70.0 72.0

References