Powerlifting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Women's 67.5 kg

Powerlifting - Women's 67.5 kg at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beihang University Gymnasium
Date	13 September
Competitors	10 from 10 nations
Medalists
Fu Taoying  China Amoge Victoria Nneji  Nigeria Rasha Alshikh  Syria

Powerlifting at the 2008 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 67.5 kg powerlifting event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was contested on 13 September at the Beihang University Gymnasium in Beijing, China. This event was the fourth-heaviest of the women's powerlifting weight classes, limiting competitors to a maximum of 67.5 kilograms (148.8 lb) 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.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Body weight (kg)	Attempts (kg)				Result (kg)
			1	2	3	4
	Fu Taoying (CHN)	67.07	137.5	142.5	145.5	145.5 WR	145.5
	Amoge Victoria Nneji (NGR)	64.44	125.0	132.5	142.5	–	132.5
	Rasha Alshikh (SYR)	67.00	115.0	117.5	122.5	–	117.5
4	Rania Alaa Eldin Morshedi (EGY)	66.43	115.0	120.0	120.0	–	115.0
5	Josilene Ferreira (BRA)	66.98	100.0	105.0	110.0	–	100.0
6	Svitlana Hedian (UKR)	67.02	90.0	95.0	97.5	–	95.0
7	Anastasia Kazantzidou (GRE)	67.00	82.5	87.5	87.5	–	87.5
8	Larisa Marinencov (MDA)	66.91	72.5	77.5	82.5	–	77.5
–	Blandine Sahenou (BEN)	62.78	70.0	70.0	75.0	–	NMR
–	Ivanka Koleva (BUL)	64.45	90.0	92.5	92.5	–	NMR

Key: WR=World record; NMR=No marks recorded

References

• "Schedules and Results - Powerlifting". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Retrieved 2008-11-03.