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World records for juniors are recognized and registered. Referees are classified in Category I and Category II.

One-hand exercises are deleted.

Foundation of the “Asian Weightlifting Federation”. For the team classification 7-5-4-3-2-1 points are distributed for the 1st to the 6th place.

For the team classification, there are distributed 10-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first to the sixth place. Diameter of the bar is 28 mm; distance of the bar between the discs is 1.31 m; height from the ground 21 cm; length of the bar 2.20m.

New categories are introduced: 56 kg – Bantamweight, 60 kg – Featherweight, 67.5 kg – Lightweight, 75 kg – Middleweight, 82.5 kg – Lightheavyweight, 90 kg – Middleheavyweight and over 90 kg – Heavyweight. 28th February, Buenos Aires: Foundation of the “Pan-American Weightlifting Federation”.