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Olympic Qualification Preliminary Status after Santo Domingo

As it is known, weightlifting's total quota of 260 athletes for the Olympic Games of Beijing 2008 will be filled in a process of qualification, of which here is a summary: MenWomen No of athletesNo of NOCsNo of athletesNo of NOCsQualification at the 2006 and 2007 World Championsh.120275717Continental qualification30221817Individual qualification8877Tripartite Commission Invitation places6644Host nation6141Total170649046 As a first step, National Olympic Committees will achieve qualification places according to their position in the joint team classification by points adding those scored in the 2006 and in the 2007 World Championships, whereby Points achieved at the 2006 WWC team classification = 100%   andPoints achieved at the 2007 WWC team classification x 1.2 = 120%After the 2006 World Championships in Santo Domingo, here is the status of qualification ? just for preliminary information and orientation!Qualification at 2006 WWC - MenQualification at 2006 WWC -

New technical rules!

PROGRESSION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE BARBELLA study of the major events held since the introduction of the 1kg rule has shown that only an insignificant minority (0.4%) of the athletes ? whether men or women, and whether in snatch or in clean and jerk ? have accepted the 1kg automatic increase of the barbell?s weight from the 1st to the 2nd attempt. Reloading the barbell takes a lot of time. Therefore, it was decided thatas of 1st January 2007, the automatic progression of the weight of the barbell from the 1st attempt to the 2nd attempt is 2 kg (two kilogrammes)!The 2kg minimum progression refers only to the 2nd attempt. It applies both in snatch and in clean and jerk, for men and women, for seniors and juniors. For 3rd attempts lifters may take the 1kg progression or any weight, multiples of 1kg, as before. TIME LIMIT FOR WEIGHT CHANGE REQUESTCompetitions are too often slowed down when an athlete who follows himself/herself and has 2 minutes delays the announcement of his/her decision whether to take the automatically allocated weight or take more until the last second of his/her time. Many times, for 1 minute and 30 seconds there is no activity on the platform and the public is waiting for something to happen. This gives a bad image and takes a lot of unnecessary time from the competition.Therefore, the IWF Executive Board decided that:As of 1st January 2007, a request for changing the weight of the barbell must be announced within the FIRST 30 SECONDS of the allocated time! This is the same in both cases: the 1-minute and the 2-minute allocated times. RESTING AREA IN WARM-UPIn order to eliminate the possibilities of manipulation, in future events organisers shall not provide separated cabins/booths for the participating teams in the warm-up

Yannis Sgouros re-elected as Prefect of Athens

Congratulations to IWF General Secretary Yannis Sgouros on his re-election as Prefect of Athens! In charge of a Prefecture responsible for over four and half million people living in Greater Athens, Mr. Sgouros continues to hold a highly important and difficult function for another

FISU sanctions World University Weightlifting Championship

FISU President George E. Killian welcomed IWF Delegate Anikó Németh-Móra, IWF Director at the International University Sports Federation's headquarters in Brussels on 24th October 2006. Present also at the meeting were FISU Director-General Eric Saintrond and FISU Director of Education Kole Gjeloshaj.After having carried out nine University World Cups since 1998 with impressive participation and great success, and about to stage another one in Lima, Peru in 2007, the IWF can now move forward by getting the FISU endorsement to carry out World University Weightlifting Championships, as of 2008. By embracing the sport of weightlifting as a university sport, FISU adds another sport discipline to its broad range of sports, bringing the number of FISU sanctioned sports to 32 for the World University Championships. IWF has offered its full co-operation on all technical, organisational, promotional, development and educational issues of the World University Championships and expects a substantial boost in interest and participation in weightlifting among the university students of the world. Also at

Sam Coffa re-elected President of Australian Commonwealth Games Association

When a weightlifting official is promoted or confirmed in a high position in another national or international sport organisation, it is always a momentum of joy for the IWF, as - beyond the personal merits of the individual concerned - it also means a wide recognition of the entire sport of weightlifting.This time again, we are proud and happy to congratulate Mr. Sam Coffa, 1st Vice President of the IWF, who was re-elected as President of one of the world's most important Commonwealth Games Associations: that of

Full and authentic results from 2006 Santo Domingo

Full results for each of the 15 bodyweight categories (Snatch, Clean&Jerk, Total), medallists, medal tables, team classifications, records are now published in a downloadable form on this website. You can now access the complete results of the Qualification World Championships 2006 of Santo Domingo by clicking