After being determined the quotas of different countries for the presence in Beijing Olympic by IWF; in fact, from this great international event the shares of different continents of the world were appointed. In men's section 164 athletes could gain quota because of their own good performance. Among the Europe with 79 weightlifters (48/2 percent of total participants) and Asia with 48 weightlifters (29/3 percent of total participants) allocated themselves the most number of the participants. As matter of fact, the both continents altogether have made up 77/5 percent of Olympic Weightlifters and the main competing is running between the two continents to gain the colorful medals and valuable titles. The Pan American continent with 23 participants stands in the third place in the aspect of numbers in Beijing Olympic Men Weightlifting. In women section , Europe allocated 30 athletes ( 34/9 percent of total participants ) Asia allocated 29 athletes ( 33/7 percent of total participants ) and the Pan-American continent allocated 21 athletes ( 24/4 percent of total participants ) to themselves. The shares of the Oceania and Africa each one, are 3/5 percents of all. In this section, it's expected to view the competition between the European and Asian women and the other continents' lifters have less fortune of gaining medals in Beijing Olympic. The table below shows the quotas comparison among different continents both in men and women sections and the figures are brought your attention forward.
30/06/2008