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  • International Meet Interest

  • Meet Director Information


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  • Have you hosted a powerlifting competition before?*

  • Competition Location

  • Is transportation available to/from the airport?*

  • Competition Information

  • What is the proposed start date?*
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  • End date*
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  • Other proposed date?
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  • End date
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  • Other proposed date?
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  • End date
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  • Does your country require a Visa for US athletes?*
  • Are athletes from other countries also able to compete?*

  • Venue Specifications

  • Does the venue have food/meals on site or eating establishments within walking distance?*

  • Equipment

  • Equipment needed to run a USA Powerlifting competition

    •  Platform specifications
      • 2.5m x 2.5m (8’x8’) minimum and 4.0m x 4.0m (10’x10’) maximum
      • The surface of the platform must be flat, firm and level and covered with a material of non-slip smooth carpet
    • Rack
      • Must be an adjustable rack and you must have safety bars that attach to the rack for the bench press
    • Weights/Bars
      • Calibrated plates and bars
  • Do you have access to warm-up & competition equipment?*
  • Do you have access to calibrated plates and bars?*

  • Officiating Crew

  • For a 1 platform competition, these are the minimum numbers of officials needed.

    • 1 Chief Referee
    • 2 Side Referees
    • 1 Reserve Referee
    • 1 Technical Controller
  • Do you have certified referees?*
  • Do you need support of certified referees?*
  • Do you have candidates to become certified referees?*

  • Doping Control

  • Do you understand USA Powerlifting policy of drug testing 10% of the athletes per competition?*
  • Do you have appropriate Doping Control Officers?*
  • Have those Doping Control Officer performed doping tests in the past?
  • Do you feel confortable allowing them to complete this task?
  • Would you like USA Powerlifting to assist in the drug testing?

  • Competition Support Staff

  • For a 1 platform competition, these are the minimum numbers of support staff needed.

    • 5 Spotters per competition platform
    • 2 Scoring table staff
    • 1-2 Event registration
    • 2-5 Event set-up and teardown staff
  • Do you have support staff to run the competition?*
  • Do you need support staff?*
  • Do you need USA Powerlifting to help mentor support staff?*

  • Sample of One Session vs Two Session Event

    • One session
      • A one-session event of 60 lifters will take approximately 9 hours
      • You need 5 referees in total
    • Two session
      • Use this when you have more than 60 lifters
      • You’ll need approximately 2-3 more referees
      • Session two will weigh in and do equipment check while session one is still lifting

    Example of 75 lifter event with two sessions

    • 38 athletes in the morning session and 37 in the afternoon session
    • 38 lifters will take approximately 6 hrs (38×9=342, (342+20)/60=6.03 hrs)
      • Approximately 1 minute for each lift = 342 minutes.  Add 20 minutes for the platform change between events = 362 minutes. Divide 362 by 60 minutes to get 6.03 hours)

    Assume your morning session will start at 9:00 am and end at 3:00 pm. Your afternoon session will start at 3:30 pm and will end at approximately 9:00 pm (37×9=333, (333+20)/60=5.88hrs).


    The speed at which your event runs depends on

    • Having an efficient platform crew (spotters & loaders)
    • Having knowlegable scoring table staff
    • Having educated lifters that know how the flights run (back to back)
    • Having technical issues will cost time and bring the competition to a halt
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