World Amateur Championships 1996
World Amateur Championships 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Anwar El Amawy.
- Year
- 1996
- Date
- Nov 15, 1996
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 9
- Competitors
- 80
Results by Division
World Amateur Championships 1996 Results
World Amateur Championships 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Anwar El Amawy.
Defending BantamWeight champion Zetri Munir, who won in 1995, did not return.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight and more were contested at the World Amateur Championships 1996 on November 15, 1996 in USA. 80 athletes from 28 countries competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Anwar El Amawy 4th win here | Egypt |
| 2nd | Aldo Fumagalli | United States |
| 3rd | Mohammed Abdelaziz | United States |
| 4th | Hassan Yousif | United States |
| 5th | Ibrahim Bin Sihat | Singapore |
| 6th | Istvan Magos | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jeno Kiss First recorded win | Hungary |
| 2nd | Ercan Demir | United States |
| 3rd | Oleg Protas | United States |
| 4th | Jan Kus | United States |
| 5th | Olegas Zuras | Lithuania |
| 6th | Stanislav Bobine | United States |
| participated | Jenne Dekker | Netherlands |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Thomas Scheu | Germany |
| 2nd | Johan Oldenmark | United States |
| 3rd | Ingo Fischer | Germany |
| 4th | Ahmad Haidar | United States |
| 5th | Peter Lantos | United States |
| 6th | Pawel Brzoska | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Han Dong Ki 2nd win here | South Korea |
| 2nd | Polvillo Blazquertz | United States |
| 3rd | Toshihiko Hirota | Japan |
| 4th | Hassan Bellabsili | United States |
| 5th | Ahmed El Sayed | United States |
| 6th | Neil Gardner | Australia |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oleg Zhur | United States |
| 2nd | Jaroslav Horvath | Slovakia |
| 3rd | Armando Villa | Spain |
| 4th | Matthias Herzog | Germany |
| 5th | Ibrahim Magid | United States |
| 6th | Jose Calero Novillo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ertugrul Gulcan | United States |
| 2nd | Kim Jun Ho | Canada |
| 3rd | François Pitarch | France |
| 4th | René Zimmermann | Switzerland |
| 5th | Stephane Levy | United States |
| 6th | Angelo Giustiniani | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Zdenka Tvrda | Serbia |
| 2nd | Marika Blankenstein | Germany |
| 3rd | Sabine Bracht | Germany |
| 4th | Eva Maria Eriksson | Sweden |
| 5th | Antonella Centanaro | Italy |
| 6th | Minna Rynamen | Finland |
| 7th | Julia Stefanovitch | Russia |
| 8th | Aase Svendheim | Norway |
| 9th | Erika Taksony | Hungary |
| 10th | Anne Oksanen | Finland |
| 11th | Marika Johansson | United States |
| 12th | Kristie Kelly | United States |
| 13th | Christina Lavezzi | Italy |
| 14th | Corletta Wickham | Barbados |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Iryna Petrenko First recorded win | Ukraine |
| 2nd | Cathy Pailain | France |
| 3rd | Marina Vari | Italy |
| 4th | Donna Kaylor | United States |
| 5th | Christine Noel | France |
| 6th | Brigitte Schori | Switzerland |
| 7th | Zelika Tepes | Croatia |
| 8th | Federica Segantini | Italy |
| 9th | Gabriella DiTursi | Italy |
| 10th | Luciana Cardosa | Brazil |
| 11th | Utako Mizuma | Japan |
| 12th | Aylin Akbal | Turkey |
| 13th | Shawn Farley | Barbados |
| 14th | Jan Johnson | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Inna Uit (2) | United States |
| 2nd | Patricia David | France |
| 3rd | Elena Kurakova | Moldova |
| 4th | Maria Rita Bello | Canada |
| 5th | Guzel Akgul (2) | - |
| 6th | Barbara Kafkova | Czech Republic |
| 7th | Hana Stepankova | Slovakia |
| 8th | Rita Rinner | Switzerland |
| 9th | Verena Meier | Switzerland |
| 10th | Violet Keiter | Germany |
| 11th | Lea Juvonen | Finland |
| 12th | Raissa Merchina | Russia |
| 13th | Monica Martins | Brazil |
| 14th | Gina Marie Hall | United States |
| 15th | Danza Marques | Brazil |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 80
- Divisions
- 9
- Size rank
- 29 of 41
The biggest field since 1995.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Jenica Stan | Junior Physique |
| 2016 | Heidrun Ertsaas | Figure Junior |
| 2013 | Olga Beliakova | Bodybuilding |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
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