Bodybuilding at the 2009 World Games

Bodybuilding

Bodybuilding is a form of body modification involving intensive muscle hypertrophy. An individual who engages in this activity is referred to as a bodybuilder. In competitive and professional bodybuilding, bodybuilders display their physiques to a panel of judges, who assign points based on their...

was an event which took place at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung

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, Taiwan

Taiwan

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from the 18 to 19 July 2009. The competition included both men's and women's events for seven different weight categories. It was controlled by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness.

All events were held at the Cultural Center Jhinde Hall in Kaohsiung.. Ukraine topped the standings with 3 gold medals. Unfortunately four male bodybuilders were later disqualified as a result of doping.

Medal table

1	3	1	1	5
2	3	0	0	3
3	1	1	2	4
4	0	2	0	2
5	0	1	1	2
6	0	1	0	1
	0	1	0	1
8	0	0	2	2
9	0	0	1	1
Total	7	7	7	21

Result Placings

Men

+85 kg (Heavyweight)

1 Olexander Bilous (Ukraine)
2 Kamal Abdulsalam

Kamal Abdulsalam

Kamal Abdulsalam is a Libyan bodybuilder. In 2005 he had Qatari nationality.-His Competition Titles:* 2009 World Amateur Championships - IFBB, Light-HeavyWeight, 4th* 2009 World Games, HeavyWeight, 2nd* 2006 Asian Games, 1st...

(Qatar)
3 Peter Tatarka (Slovakia)
4 Ott Kiivikas (Estonia)
5 Hsu Chia-Hao (Chinese Taipei)

85 kg (Light Heavyweight)

1 Lee Jin Ho (Korea)
2 Luiz Carlos Sarmento (Brazil)
3 Mohamed Kotb (Egypt)
4 Jan Kubik (Czech Republic)
5 Masato Shimoda (Japan)

80 kg (Middleweight)

1 Beila Balog (Ukraine)
2 Hsu Chung-Huang (Chinese Taipei)
3 Masashi Suzuki (Japan)
4 Mariusz Balazinski (Poland)
5 Amit Chaudhary (India)

75 kg (Welterweight)

1 Boo Chang Soon (Korea)
2 Igor Kocis (Slovakia)
3 Huang Chien-Chih (Chinese Taipei)
4 Koji Godo (Japan)
5 Nyombo Mkobi Lukonge (Tanzania)

70 kg (Lightweight)

1 Kim Byung Soo (Korea)
2 Vyacheslav Makogon (Ukraine)
3 Masahiro Sue (Japan)
4 Nepram Kishan Singh (India)
5 Vajda Zoltan (Hungary)

Women

+52 kg (Lightweight)

1 Jana Purdjaková (Slovakia)
2 Alina Cepurniene (Lithuania)
3 Natalia Dichkovskaya (Ukraine)
4 Naoko Imamura (Japan)
5 Elivan Campos (Venezuela)

-52 kg (Fitness)

1 Alevtyna Titarenko (Ukraine)
2 Diana Almeida (Brazil)
3 Anna Mozolany-Urbanikova (Slovakia)
4 Natalia Nazarenko-Kiivikas (Estonia)
5 Irina Nititina (Lithuania)
6 Tetiana Savytska (Ukraine)

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