Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 56 kg
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{{Infobox Paralympic event
|event = Powerlifting - Women's 56 kg
|games = 2008 Summer
|image =
|caption =
|venue = Beihang University Gymnasium
|date = 10 September 2008
|competitors = 8
|nations = 8
|gold = Fatma Omar
|goldNPC = EGY
|silver = Irina Kazantseva
|silverNPC = RUS
|bronze = Siow Lee Chan
|bronzeNPC = MAS
|prev = 2004
|next = 2012
}}
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The women's 56 kg powerlifting event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was contested on 10 September at the Beihang University Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This event was the fifth-lightest of the women's powerlifting weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of {{convert|56|kg|lb|1}} of body mass.
As with all Paralympic powerlifting events, lifters competed in the bench press. Each athlete was allowed three attempts to bench press as much weight as possible. Athletes attempting to break a record were allowed a fourth attempt. For the attempt to be valid, the competitor must have lowered the weighted bar to her chest, held it motionless for a moment, then pressed the bar upwards until her arms were fully extended. If the competitor failed to meet these requirements or any other rule infraction was committed, the attempt was declared invalid by a team of three referees and the result struck from the record.{{cite web |title=Competitions Description |publisher=The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |year=2008 |url=http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/powerlifting/n214355287.shtml |accessdate=2008-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112090117/http://en.paralympic.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/powerlifting/n214355287.shtml |archive-date=2008-11-12 |url-status=dead }}
Results
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| {{Gold1}} | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Fatma Omar|EGY|2008 Summer}} | 54.83 | 125.0 | 131.0 {{PlyR|powerlifting}} | 135.0 {{PlyR|powerlifting}} | 141.5 {{WR|Paralympic powerlifting}} | 141.5 |
| {{Silver2}} | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Irina Kazantseva|RUS|2008 Summer}} | 55.21 | 90.0 | 95.0 | 97.5 | – | 97.5 |
| {{Bronze3}} | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Siow Lee Chan|MAS|2008 Summer}} | 55.12 | 87.5 | 92.5 | 95.0 | – | 95.0 |
| 4 | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Tetyana Shyrokolava|UKR|2008 Summer}} | 54.05 | 87.5 | 92.5 | – | 92.5 | |
| 5 | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Dhikra Saleem|IRQ|2008 Summer}} | 54.32 | 85.0 | 90.0 | – | 90.0 | |
| 6 | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Lin Ya-Hsuan|TPE|2008 Summer}} | 54.96 | 75.0 | 77.5 | 82.5 | – | 82.5 |
| 7 | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Mayagozel Pekiyeva|TKM|2008 Summer}} | 55.77 | 75.0 | 82.5 | – | 82.5 | |
| 8 | align="left"| {{flagIPCathlete|Maria Bartosova|SVK|2008 Summer}} | 54.92 | 65.0 | 70.0 | – | 70.0 |
Key: PR=Paralympic record; WR=World record
References
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- {{cite web
| title = Schedules and Results - Powerlifting
| publisher = The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
| url = http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/PO.shtml
| accessdate = 2008-11-03
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081018233025/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/PO.shtml
| archive-date = 2008-10-18
| url-status = dead
}}
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