| Powerlifting – Women's 55 kg at the XVI Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum | ||||||||||||
| Date | 27 August 2021 (2021-08-27) | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 9 from 9 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| 49 kg | 41 kg | |
| 54 kg | 45 kg | |
| 59 kg | 50 kg | |
| 65 kg | 55 kg | |
| 72 kg | 61 kg | |
| 80 kg | 67 kg | |
| 88 kg | 73 kg | |
| 97 kg | 79 kg | |
| 107 kg | 86 kg | |
| +107 kg | +86 kg | |
The women's 55 kg powerlifting event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics was contested on 27 August at Tokyo International Forum.
Records
There are twenty powerlifting events, corresponding to ten weight classes each for men and women. Prior to this competition, the existing world and Paralympic records were as follows.
| World Record |  Mariana Shevchuk (UKR) |
133.0 kg | Tbilisi, Georgia | 20 May 2021 |
| Paralympic Record |  Amalia Pérez (MEX) |
130.0 kg | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 10 September 2016 |
Results
| Rank | Name | Body weight (kg) | Attempts (kg) | Result (kg) | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
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 Mariana Shevchuk (UKR) |
53.44 | 125 | – | 125 | ||
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 Xiao Cuijuan (CHN) |
54.00 | 118 | 124 | – | 124 | |
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 Besra Duman (TUR) |
54.84 | 117 | 124 | – | 124 | |
| 4 |  Camila Campos (CHI) |
54.57 | 111 | 115 | – | 115 | |
| 5 |  Najat El Garraa (MAR) |
54.04 | 108 | 111 | – | 111 | |
| 6 |  Châu Hoàng Tuyết Loan (VIE) |
53.19 | 97 | 103 | – | 103 | |
| 7 |  Gihan Abdelaziz (EGY) |
53.54 | 96 | 100 | – | 100 | |
| 8 |  Wiunawis Hernández (VEN) |
53.66 | 93 | 97 | – | 97 | |
| 9 |  Mozah Alzeyoudi (UAE) |
52.72 | 76 | 80 | 84 | 80 | |
References
- "Women's -50 kg". Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- "Records" (PDF). Retrieved 26 August 2021.