Bodybuilding at the 2009 World Games

The bodybuilding events at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung occurred between 18 and 19 July.^[1] 40 athletes from 17 nations participated in the tournament.^[2] The bodybuilding competition took place in Kaohsiung Cultural Center Jhihde Hall. The competition included both men's and women's events among seven different weight categories. It was conducted by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness.

Bodybuilding at the 2009 World Games
Venue	Kaohsiung Cultural Center Jhihde Hall
Dates	18–19 July 2009
Competitors	40 from 17 nations
← 2005

Ukraine topped the standings with three gold medals.^[3] On 26 October 2009 the IWGA announced that four male medal-winners were disqualified for doping violations, and their medals were stripped.^[4]

Participating nations

•  Brazil (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (3)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Estonia (2)
•  Hungary (2)
•  India (2)
•  Japan (5)
•  Lithuania (2)
•  Poland (1)
•  Qatar (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (3)
•  Slovakia (4)
•  Tanzania (1)
•  Ukraine (6)
•  Venezuela (3)

Doping sanctions

On 26 October 2009, the IWGA announced sanctions against the following four competitors:^[5]

• Beila Balog, Ukraine, middleweight gold medalist, who tested positive for various anabolic steroids, diuretics and SERMs – disqualified, results at the 2009 World Games deleted from the records, stripped of medal and lifetime suspension from The World Games.
• Luiz-Carlos Sarmento, Brazil, light heavyweight silver medalist, who tested positive for various anabolic steroids, tamoxifen, SERMs and excess testosterone – disqualified, results at the 2009 World Games deleted from the records, stripped of medal and lifetime suspension from The World Games.
• Oleksandr Bilous, Ukraine, heavyweight gold medalist, who tested positive for various masking agents, diuretics and excess testosterone – disqualified, results at the 2009 World Games deleted from the records, stripped of medal and lifetime suspension from The World Games.
• Kamal Abdulsalam Abdulrahman, Qatar, heavyweight silver medalist, who tested positive for tamoxifen – disqualified, results at the 2009 World Games deleted from the records, and stripped of medal.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	0	3
2	Slovakia (SVK)	1	1	2	4
3	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
4	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
5	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
7	Japan (JPN)	0	0	2	2
8	Egypt (EGY)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	7	17

Events

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
70 kg details	Kim Byung-soo  South Korea	Vyacheslav Makogon  Ukraine	Masahiro Sue  Japan
75 kg details	Boo Chang-soon  South Korea	Igor Kočiš  Slovakia	Huang Chien-chih  Chinese Taipei
80 kg details	None awarded	Hsu Chung-huang  Chinese Taipei	Masashi Suzuki  Japan
85 kg details	Lee Jin-ho  South Korea	None awarded	Mohamed Kotb  Egypt
+85 kg details	None awarded	None awarded	Peter Tatarka  Slovakia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Jana Purdjaková  Slovakia	Alina Čepurnienė  Lithuania	Nataliia Dichkovska  Ukraine
Fitness details	Alevtyna Titarenko  Ukraine	Diana Almeida  Brazil	Anna Urbaníková  Slovakia