Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The competition at these Games includes 260 athletes. Each competing nation is allowed to enter a maximum of 10 competitors, 6 men and 4 women. 2014 and 2015 World Weightlifting Championships are the main qualifying events for the 2016 Olympic games. NOCs achieve qualification places according to their position in the joint team classification by points adding those scored in the 2014 and 2015 World Championships. One continental qualification event is held for each continent in 2016. Only NOCs which have not gained quota places in the Main Qualification Events may obtain quota places.

Summary

• The International Olympic Committee and the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) have decided to remove one quota place from Romania (men) and Uzbekistan (women) due to "multiple positive cases" of doping. • On June 22, 2016, IWF further removed 11 quotas from 6 NOCs: :* loses 1 man and 1 woman quota. :* loses 1 man quota. :* , , and each lose 1 man and 1 woman quota. :* loses 2 men quota. • On July 29, 2016, the IWF banned the entire Russian team (which had quota for eight athletes; five men and three women). The IWF then reallocated the quota as follows: :* , , and each get a woman quota. :* , , , , and each get a man quota. == Timeline ==

Timeline

;Individual ranking events == Men ==

Men

Note: In the 2015 Qualification ranking, the IWF deleted Bulgaria (BUL) from the ranking list and recalculated all scores accordingly (i.e. as if Bulgarian athletes had not competed). If the same changes are made to the 2014 ranking, point scores were changed and ranking places were altered. World Championships • Teams 1st–6th: 6 athletes • Teams 7th–12th: 5 athletes • Teams 13th–18th: 4 athletes • Teams 19th–24th: 3 athletes European Championships • Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete Asian Championships • Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete African Championships • Teams 1st–5th: 1 athlete Oceania Championships • Teams 1st–5th: 1 athlete Pan American Championships • Teams 1st–7th: 1 athlete == Women ==

Women

In the 2015 Qualification ranking, the IWF eliminated Bulgaria (BUL) from the ranking list and recalculated all scores accordingly, as if Bulgarian athletes had not been present at all. If the same changes are made to the 2014 ranking, point scores will change and ranking places may be altered. World Championships • Teams 1st–9th: 4 athletes • Teams 10th–16th: 3 athletes • Teams 17th–21st: 2 athletes European Championships • Teams 1st–6th: 1 athlete Asian Championships • Teams 1st–6th: 1 athlete African Championships • Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete Oceania Championships • Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete Pan American Championships • Teams 1st–4th: 1 athlete Notes • Nastassia Novikava's 4th-place finish in the 58 kg discipline during the 2015 IWF World Championships was invalidated due to a positive doping test. ==Individual qualification==

Individual qualification

Eight places for men and seven places for women are allocated based on the Olympic Qualification Ranking Lists. Individual quota places are allocated to the athletes, ranked in the top 15 places for men and the top 10 places for women in each bodyweight category, from NOCs which have not gained any quota place(s) through the Main or Continental Qualification Events. as the country does not have any quota for either gender as an NOC, no athlete is eligible for the Games. ==Tripartite commission invitations==

Tripartite commission invitations

Men Women == Reallocation of unused quota places ==

Reallocation of unused quota places

On June 23, 2016, the International Weightlifting Federation announced the re-allocation of 20 unused quota places. On July 29, 2016, the IWF announced more re-allocation of unused quota places. Men Women ==References==

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