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International Weightlifting Federation

IWF

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[International Weightlifting Federation flag]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013

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Overview

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF), headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting. The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 187 member nations. Originally, it was called the Fédération Haltéphile International (FHI), it changed its name to IWF between the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. It has five affiliated continental federations.
Home page: www.iwf.net/
Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2011

The Flag

IWF flag is white with its logo in the middle of the flag. Ratio is 2:3.
http://www.iwf.net/doc/handbook/Handbook(2009)_Constitution.pdf (Page 10 - Emblem and flag)
Images of flag:
www.iwf.net/event_images/41/Closing%20ceremony-27_resize.JPG
www.iwf.net/event_images/41/Closing%20ceremony-29_resize.JPG
Zoltan Horvath, 20 February 2011

Flag at the London 2012 Olympics

The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 [loc12]) provides recommendations for flag designs. Each international federation and international paralympics federation was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official version of each flag, they are certainly what the international federation and international paralympics federation believed the flag to be.
Ian Sumner, 10 October 2012

Last year Ian Sumner made some scans from the flag manual for the London 2012 Olympics (Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012) which provides recommendations for flag designs of international sporting federations.
For International Weightlifting Federation - IWF: PMS 267 purple, PMS 116 yellow, and PMS black.
Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013

Vertical Flag

[International Boxing Association flag]
image by Zoltan Horvath, 15 November 2013