# Bodybuilding at the 2009 World Games

The bodybuilding events at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung occurred between 18 and 19 July. 40 athletes from 17 nations participated in the tournament. 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.
Ukraine topped the standings with three gold medals. On 26 October 2009 the IWGA announced that four male medal-winners were disqualified for doping violations, and their medals were stripped.

## 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:
* 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 |
| 5 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 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 |