Bodybuilding at the 2001 World Games – Men's 75 kg

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Bodybuilding men's 75 kg
at the World Games
Akita City Culture Hall.jpg
Akita City Culture Hall
Venue Akita City Culture Hall, Akita, Japan
Date18–19 August 2001
Competitors8 from 6 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Becker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Yoshihiro Yano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Makoto Tashiro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  1997
2005  

The men's 75 kg event in bodybuilding at the 2001 World Games in Akita was played from 18 to 19 August. The bodybuilding competition took place at Akita City Culture Hall. [1]

Competition format

A total of 8 athletes entered the competition.

Results

RankAthleteNation
Gold medal icon.svg Andreas Becker Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Yoshihiro Yano Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Bronze medal icon.svg Makoto Tashiro Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
4 Mariano Villena Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
5 Noh Woo-hyun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea
6 Kenji Kondo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
7 Patrick Mounier Flag of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia
8 Mohamed Ismail bin Muhammad Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore

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References

  1. "Results". Archived from the original on 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2020-06-25.