Asian Championships 2012
Asian Championships 2012 was held in Asia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Somkhit Sumethowetchakun.
- Year
- 2012
- Date
- Dec 15, 2012
- Location
- Asia
- Federation
- ABBF
- Divisions
- 20
- Competitors
- 81
Results by Division
Asian Championships 2012 Results
Asian Championships 2012 was held in Asia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Somkhit Sumethowetchakun.
Defending Athletic Medium champion Paijar Bin Upau, who won in 2011, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Asian Championships 2012 contested 19 divisions across 81 athletes, 17 open and 2 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 13 countries. Somkhit Sumethowetchakun took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 17 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
18 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 2
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Somkhit Sumethowetchakun Title defense, 2nd win here | Thailand |
| 2nd | Xiang Cheng Yue | United States |
| 3rd | Jin Jong Tae | United States |
| 4th | Shyam Shrestha | Nepal |
| 5th | Halim Bin Ismail | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Class 1
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ho Tan Phat | Vietnam |
| 2nd | Wichien Jamjumlas | Thailand |
| 3rd | Marcus Fam Shu Han | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Class 2
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kittipong Chansuwan First recorded win | Thailand |
| 2nd | Truong Quoc Long | Vietnam |
| 3rd | Wanchai Karnjanaphimai | - |
| 4th | Khurshed Tolibov | - |
| 5th | Mohamed Ibrahim Manik | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Class 3
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mohammad Allamehzadeh First recorded win | Iran |
| 2nd | Mohammad Syarul Azman Mahen | Malaysia |
| 3rd | Nguyen Truong Giang | Vietnam |
| 4th | He Zhangming | United States |
| 5th | Mohamed Ahmed Al Ali | United Arab Emirates |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Class 4
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sajad Niknampour First recorded win | Brazil |
| 2nd | Reza Zivdar | Iran |
| 3rd | Kwon Young Doo | United States |
| 4th | Sambo Nan | - |
| 5th | Ebrahim Mubarak Jumah | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Flyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jiraphan Pongkhom Title defense, 2nd win here | Thailand |
| 2nd | Nguyen Anh Thong | Vietnam |
| 3rd | Jefry Wuaten | United States |
| 4th | Suraj Resmi Kalathinkal | - |
| 5th | Sachit Pradhan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Flyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pham Van Mach Title defense, 3rd win here | Vietnam |
| 2nd | Ehsan Ehajavi | - |
| 3rd | Sujan Tamang | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Reza Bagherzadeh First recorded win | Iran |
| 2nd | Hassan Khosravi | Iran |
| 3rd | Ismadi Bin Riji | United States |
| 4th | Son Seok Ho | - |
| 5th | Tandin Wangchen | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Yousef Rashed B? First recorded win | United Arab Emirates |
| 2nd | Kosa Dinh Huu Cong | United States |
| 3rd | Pham Duc Dai | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mahdi Ayari 2nd win here | Iran |
| 2nd | Salman Abul Rahman | - |
| 3rd | Bayankhuu Lkhaashid | Mongolia |
| 4th | Jang Hee Seong | South Korea |
| 5th | Shokrullah Helmandi | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sazali Abdul Samad 2nd win here | Malaysia |
| 2nd | Abdul Salim Ansari | United States |
| 3rd | Nguyen Hai Au | Vietnam |
| 4th | Ran Maorong | United States |
| 5th | Khuntan Phuangphet | Thailand |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Bae Jung Jin | - |
| 3rd | Ali Rashid Ibrahim | - |
| 4th | Fahad Albalooshi | - |
| 5th | Jia Yong | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Yaser Esmaeili First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Sangram Chougule | India |
| 3rd | Saeed Juma Almas | - |
| 4th | Mark Alan Mogindol | - |
| 5th | Juns Nurlan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Abolfazl Navidi Benhkohal | Iran |
| 2nd | Mukesh Singh | United States |
| 3rd | Baek Ki Hun | South Korea |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Babak Akbarnia | Iran |
| 1st | Xin Jian | China |
| 2nd | Ehsan Ahmadi | - |
| 3rd | Habibbollah Moammeryan Abad | United States |
| 4th | Buda Anchan | Malaysia |
| 5th | Jasim Mohamed Al Ali | Australia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Flyweight
No placement data
Placement data for this division has not been recorded.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Liang Yueyun First Asian Championships title | China |
| 2nd | Jaranya Doungkum | Thailand |
| 3rd | Nguyen Thi My Linh | Vietnam |
| 4th | Luong Hong Ngoc | Vietnam |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dinh Kim Loan | Vietnam |
| 2nd | Liu Hongxia | China |
| 3rd | Wiliaporn Wannaklang | Thailand |
| 4th | Yoon Gyu Suk | South Korea |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Abbas Gholizadeh First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Mohammad Ranjabar | - |
| 3rd | Somkhit Sumethowetchakun | Thailand |
| 4th | Jin Jong Tae | United States |
| 5th | Bae Jung Jin | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sakorn Mantwangsang | United States |
| 2nd | Peter Joseph Gnalian | India |
| 3rd | Mohammad Rostam Kafsh | - |
| 4th | Rajesh Nanoth Kundancherry | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 81
- Divisions
- 19
- Size rank
- 5 of 6
The biggest field since 2011.
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.
- Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
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