Two days into the events of the 15th Asian Games held in Doha, weightlifting athletes display excellence at the highest level. Among the 35 nations of the continent that have sent their participants to Qatar the Chinese are leaving no doubt of their pre-eminence in both genders. Santo Domingo?s world champions, Li Zheng (56kg) and [...]

In the process of an investigation into the nine Iranian athletes who tested positive out of competition before the 2006 World Championships, the Iranian Weightlifting Federation appointed a new President, Mr. Bahram Afsharzadeh (for a long time General Secretary of the Iranian NOC) and dismissed the Bulgarian chief coach and his assistants. Mr. Bahram Afsharzadeh, accompanied by [...]

Dr. Tamás Aján, President of the IWF paid a short visit to Baku, capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During his stay, he met Mr. Azad Rahimov, Minister for Youth and Sport, Mr. Vagut Nazarov, Vice President and Mr. Ismail Ismailov, General Secretary of the Weightlifting Federation, as well as the leaders of the Olympic [...]

All the analysis reports of the 2006 Olympic Qualification World Championships, held in Santo Domingo, DOM have now arrived at the IWF from the laboratory, which is, of course, a WADA-accredited one. 31% of the participants (149 competitors out of 484) were tested – a figure unparallelled among all sports – and only one is positive (not a medal [...]

Completing the IWF Handbook 2005-2008 and following the various modifications that have been decided by the IWF Executive Board since the new rules entered into force, a new IWF Referees? Examination has now been elaborated and finalized. A hard copy of the updated Referees’ Examination ? 100 questions and 100 answers ? was sent to all National Federations, for application [...]

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:   Men Women   No of athletes No of NOCs No of athletes No of NOCs Qualification at the 2006 and 2007 World Championsh. [...]

PROGRESSION OF THE WEIGHT OF THE BARBELL A 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 [...]

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 term.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 here.

At its meeting held in Santo Domingo, on 28 September 2006, the IWF Executive Board selected the following hosts to organise future major events in the sport: 2009 Junior World Championships ? allocated to Constantza, Romania 2010 (Qualification) World Championships ? to be held in Antalya, Turkey