POWERLIFTINGMEDAL EVENTS
MaleFemale

MixedTotal

1010020

up to 49.00kg
up to 54.00kg
up to 59.00kg
up to 65.00kg
up to 72.00kg
up to 80.00kg
up to 88.00kg
up to 97.00kg
up to 107.00kg
over 107.00kg

up to 41.00kg
up to 45.00kg
up to 50.00kg
up to 55.00kg
up to 61.00kg
up to 67.00kg
up to 73.00kg
up to 79.00kg
up to 86.00kg
over 86.00kg

ATHLETE QUOTA
MaleFemale

Gender FreeTotal

808020180

ALLOCATION OF QUALIFICATION SLOTSThe qualification slot is allocated to the individual athlete not to the NPC.
MAXIMUM QUOTA ALLOCATION PER NPC
An NPC can be allocated no more than eight (8) male and eight (8) female athleteslots, with a maximum of one (1) athlete slot allowed per medal event. Exceptions
may be granted through the Bipartite Invitation Allocation method.
ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for selection by an NPC, athletes must:•••

hold an active World Para Powerlifting Athletes License;
be internationally classified with either a ‘Confirmed’ sport class status or a
‘Review’ sport class status with a review date after 31 December 2021;
have completed all the requirements set out in the World Para Powerlifting
Qualification Pathway 2017-2020. Exceptions may be made via theBipartite Invitation method. Qualification Pathway requirements include

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2compulsory participation in the following World Para Powerliftingcompetitions:- 2017 World Championships or Junior World Championships (Mexico City)- 2018 Respective Regional Championships- 2019 World Championships or Junior World Championships (Astana)- one WPPO sanctioned competition between 1 January and 23 April 2020;• have participated in one WPPO Recognised Competition (excluding WPPO
Approved Competitions) between 1 November 2020 and 27 June 2021; and• have achieved the following Paralympic Games Minimum Qualification
Standard (MQS) between 25 May 2018 and 27 June 2021:
Men’s Event

MQS

Women’s Event

MQS

Up to 49.00 kg

105 kgUp to 41.00 kg

57 kg

Up to 54.00 kg

115 kgUp to 45.00 kg

60 kg

Up to 59.00 kg

125 kgUp to 50.00 kg

62 kg

Up to 65.00 kg

135 kgUp to 55.00 kg

65 kg

Up to 72.00 kg

142 kgUp to 61.00 kg

67 kg

Up to 80.00 kg

150 kgUp to 67.00 kg

70 kg

Up to 88.00 kg

157 kgUp to 73.00 kg

72 kg

Up to 97.00 kg

165 kgUp to 79.00 kg

77 kg

Up to 107.00 kg

172 kgUp to 86.00 kg

82 kg

Over 107.00 kg

180 kgOver 86.00 kg

87 kg

Exceptions may be made via the Bipartite Invitation method.
MAXIMUM ENTRY PER NPC
An NPC can enter a maximum of one (1) eligible athlete per medal event, and no
more than eight (8) eligible male and eight (8) eligible female athletes in total.
Exceptions may be granted through the Bipartite Commission Invitation Allocation
method.

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QUALIFICATION SYSTEM
Qualification slots will be allocated as follows:
METHODQUALIFICATIONTOTALParalympic
Ranking ListAllocation

The top eight (8) ranked male athletes, and topeight (8) ranked female athletes in each
bodyweight category listed on the World Para
Powerlifting Paralympic ranking list closing 27
June 2021 will obtain a direct qualification slot
in their respective medal event.

80 maleathletes
80
femaleathletes

In case an NPC is represented in more thaneight (8) bodyweight categories in either
gender of the World Para Powerlifting
Paralympic ranking list closing 27 June 2021, theNPC must nominate which eight (8) athletes pergender should be offered a qualification slot.
Any qualification slot that becomes available
will then be allocated to either gender via theBipartite Invitation method.
Bipartite
Commission
Invitation
Allocation

Twenty (20) Bipartite qualification slots will be
granted in either gender on a discretionary
basis by World Para Powerlifting and IPC.

20
athletes

To be considered for a Bipartite slot, NPCs must
submit an official application to World Para
Powerlifting by 7 July 2021.
180
athletes

TotalTIMELINE
25 May 2018

Start of the period for athletes to achieve MQSperformances for the Paralympic Ranking List

14 May 2021

Deadline for Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee toreceive accreditation application forms submitted byNPCs (“Accreditation Long List”)

27 June 2021

End of the period for athletes to achieve MQS
performances for the Paralympic Ranking List

28 June 2021

World Para Powerlifting publishes the Paralympic
Ranking List

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430 June 2021

Deadline for NPCs with athletes ranked in more than
one bodyweight category and/or more than eight (8)athletes per gender ranked in the top-8 of theirrespective bodyweight category to declare in writing
to World Para Powerlifting both the medal event that
their athlete(s) wish to compete in and/or which eight(8) athletes per gender they wish to be allocated aqualification slot. If an NPC fails to submit thisdeclaration, World Para Powerlifting will take thisdecision with no opportunity for protest or appeal
based on the results of the most recent competition.

5 July 2021

World Para Powerlifting confirms in writing to theNPCs the allocation of Paralympic Ranking List
qualification slots

5 July 2021

Start of Bipartite Commission Invitation process

9 July 2021

Deadline for NPCs to confirm in writing to World Para
Powerlifting the acceptance of qualification slots

9 July 2021

Deadline for NPCs to submit Bipartite applications toWorld Para Powerlifting

13 July 2021

World Para Powerlifting confirms in writing to NPCs
the awarding of Bipartite Commission Invitation slots

2 August 2021

Deadline for Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee toreceive sport entry forms submitted by NPCs

CONFIRMATION PROCESS OF ALLOCATED SLOTS
By 9 July 2021 each NPC must confirm in writing to World Para Powerlifting (faxand email are accepted), the qualification slots that they will accept. NPCs thatfail to respond by this date will automatically lose their qualification slots, andWorld Para Powerlifting may reallocate these slots at their discretion.
By 13 July 2021 World Para Powerlifting will confirm in writing the reallocation of
all unused qualification slots.
By 13 July 2021 it is officially declared that the respective NPCs will use theallocated slots granted for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Any NPC that does
not use some or all of its allocated qualification slots may be subject to sanctionsby IPC.

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Any qualification slots allocated and not used by the respective NPC will bereallocated via the Bipartite Invitation Commission Allocation method.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONWorld Para Powerlifting
Adenauerallee 212-214
D-53113 Bonn
Germany
Phone: (+49) 228-2097-260
Fax: (+49) 228-2097-209
Email: worldparapowerlifting@paralympic.org

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