World Championships 2008
World Championships 2008 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Jason Barnett.
- Year
- 2008
- Date
- Nov 15, 2008
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- WBFF
- Divisions
- 33
- Competitors
- 395
Results by Division
World Championships 2008
World Championships 2008 was held in USA.
2-time winner Valentina Yefymchuk, who won in 2007, did not return.
World Championships 2008 contested 33 divisions across 395 athletes, 26 open and 7 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 19 countries. Jason Barnett took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 13 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
26 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 7
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Lori Gerbereaux | United States |
| 3rd | Cinzia Lorieri | United States |
| 3rd | Manja Williams | Germany |
| 4th | Nina Midling | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jason Barnett First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Frank Gunther | United States |
| 3rd | Zane Fahey | United States |
| 4th | David Barry (2) | United States |
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 - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Renaldo Gairy | Canada |
| 1st | Victor Nkwo | United States |
| 2nd | Godfrey Onyac | United States |
| 2nd | Domingo Uria Monzon | United States |
| 3rd | John Davis | United States |
| 3rd | Ismael Claro | United States |
| 4th | Diego Azizi | Canada |
| 4th | Gerard Martie | France |
| 5th | Sean Everingham | Canada |
| 5th | Eric Cartwright | United States |
| 6th | Greg Alan Strom | United States |
| 7th | Jeff Kropacek | United States |
| 8th | Karl Baumgart | United States |
| 9th | Paul Buonagura | United States |
| 10th | Joseph Concannon | United States |
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 - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aleksander Rodionov | United States |
| 1st | Miguel Angel Estrada | Mexico |
| 1st | Peter Lovenjak | United States |
| 1st | Gergo Bognar | United States |
| 2nd | Leonardo Cesar Hernandez | United States |
| 2nd | Gregory Bogaert | United States |
| 2nd | Graison Horn | United States |
| 3rd | Moysidis Marios | United States |
| 3rd | Imer Jetullahu | United States |
| 3rd | Uros Dovjak | United States |
| 4th | Konstantinos Damaulakis | United States |
| 4th | Vladimir Durovic | United States |
| 4th | David Brunsek | United States |
| 5th | Oliver Petzak | United States |
| 5th | Simon Valencic | United States |
| 5th | Christian Weidmann | United States |
| 6th | Georgios Kasfikis | United States |
| 6th | Georgios Sarmpinov | United States |
| 6th | Zika Rakita | United States |
| participated | Stavrolakis Pantlehmon | United States |
| participated | Hristofor Hristoforov | United States |
| participated | Liam Barrowclough | United Kingdom |
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 - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harry Vlahos | Australia |
| 1st | Eduard Duque | United States |
| 2nd | Hassan Jama | Canada |
| 2nd | Jorg Müller | United States |
| 3rd | Carlos Alamilla Avalos | United States |
| 3rd | Ensa Sanyang | United States |
| 4th | Leighton Edwards | United States |
| 4th | David Naugler | Canada |
| 5th | Gary Stefanic | United States |
| 5th | Gary Masington | United States |
| 6th | Mike Vitoria | United States |
| 7th | Dean Stephenson | United States |
| 8th | Anthony Parker | United States |
| 9th | Jude Camacho | United States |
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 - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Meunier | United States |
| 1st | Deawaika Dolo | United States |
| 2nd | Robert Roos | United States |
| 3rd | Matthew Nicholson | United States |
| 4th | Richard Grattan | United States |
| 5th | Knowl Johnson | United States |
| 6th | Charles Walker | United States |
| 7th | Frank Baptiste | United States |
| 8th | Marlon Mora | United States |
| 9th | Sincere Allah-El | United States |
| 10th | David DeJesus | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luciano DiPinto First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Stefano Tinelli | United States |
| 3rd | Mauro Zotti | United States |
| 4th | Peter Stiewe | United States |
| 5th | Michele Venturini | United States |
| 6th | Antonio Andonoski | United States |
| participated | Dusan Petrović | United States |
| participated | Stojan Miklic | United States |
| participated | Davor Doma | United States |
| participated | Roberto Santarpia | United States |
| participated | Simon Valencic | United States |
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 - Medium
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Tomas Bures (Tomáš Bureš) First World Championships title | Canada |
| 2nd | Miha Zupan | United States |
| 3rd | Neil Browne | United States |
| 4th | Tadas Blazys | United States |
| 5th | Gintaras Gorodnicenko | United States |
| 6th | Anastasios Minidis | United States |
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 - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frank Sucre | United States |
| 1st | Adam Napoli | United States |
| 2nd | Daniel Ziccardi | United States |
| 2nd | Roland Gasser | United States |
| 3rd | Hendrik Richter | United States |
| 3rd | Irwin Pierre Smith | United States |
| 4th | Cory Gregory | United States |
| 4th | Ahmed Rashed | United States |
| 5th | Paul Valentine | United States |
| 6th | Alberto Hernandez | United States |
| 7th | Michael Falcone | United States |
| 8th | Laurance Coppa | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Daniel Toth | United States |
| 2nd | Jean Marc Claire | France |
| 3rd | Alexandr Poloznikov | United States |
| 4th | Mark Krah | United States |
| 5th | Eligio Campos Belmont | Mexico |
| 6th | Arnaud Duchenne | United States |
| 7th | Luis Vidal Butler | United States |
| 8th | Patrick Tuor | Netherlands |
| 9th | José Maria Forte Armengou | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hakan Kesici First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Peter Hoppe | Germany |
| 2nd | Bojan Jotanovic | United States |
| 3rd | Albano Larios | United States |
| 3rd | Franck Ramacciotti | France |
| 4th | Paul Robert Shaw | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Mimmo Termidoro | United States |
| 5th | Stefano Scordino | United States |
| 5th | Joseph Doutau | United States |
| 6th | Alexander Worster | United States |
| 6th | Zan Frantar | United States |
| participated | Ioanis Pilatos | United States |
| participated | Behnam Ghodsi | United States |
| participated | Panagis Garbis | United States |
| participated | Georgi Illiev Antonov | United States |
| participated | Kefalouks Vangelis | United States |
| participated | Ionis Grimis | United States |
| participated | Diego Sbaraglia | United States |
| participated | Moreno Ghidini | United States |
| participated | Markus Fath | United States |
| participated | Serjey Cletowsky | United States |
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 - Short
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 - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pasquale Caliolo | United States |
| 1st | Hector Alonso Perez | United States |
| 2nd | David Böhme | United States |
| 2nd | Dejan Maslow | United States |
| 3rd | Pavel Patsura | United States |
| 3rd | Robert Reljic | United States |
| 4th | Bjørgue Hansen | United States |
| 4th | Ernest Podrecca | United States |
| 5th | Thomas Riedel | United States |
| 6th | Pantelis Apostaolakis | United States |
| 6th | Aleksander Reher | United States |
| participated | Matiaz Plausteiner | United States |
| participated | Slavko Zek | United States |
| participated | Michel Molinaro | United States |
| participated | David Monteiro | United States |
| participated | Nikolai Nikolov | United States |
| participated | Bostjan Jurko | United States |
| participated | Marko Jug | United States |
| participated | Franco Barone | United States |
| participated | Dario Buttazzo | United States |
| participated | Rene Forjanic | United States |
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 - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marius Dohne | South Africa |
| 1st | Miguel Angel Cerezo Nieto | Argentina |
| 1st | Sašo Petek | United States |
| 1st | Alexandr Poloznikov | United States |
| 2nd | Ersin Kuruel | United States |
| 2nd | Gregor Tus | United States |
| 2nd | Pavel Vacek | United States |
| 2nd | Ferenc Kovacs | United States |
| 3rd | Radek Lonc | Czech Republic |
| 3rd | Fernand Olloz | United States |
| 3rd | Peter Lovenjak | United States |
| 4th | Thorsten Hala | United States |
| 4th | Dietmar Meyn | United States |
| 4th | Eric Orrao | United States |
| 5th | Evgeny Petrov | United States |
| 5th | Julian Grishajev | United States |
| 5th | Mohamed Rezek | United States |
| 6th | Sergio Monteiro Gomes | United States |
| 6th | Roni Kovacic | United States |
| 6th | Paulius Jasiukaitis | United States |
| 6th | Jean-Marie Bermer | United States |
| 7th | Juan Salvador Delgado | United States |
| 7th | Giovanni Marraudino | United States |
| participated | Kelvin Hinde | United Kingdom |
| participated | Catalin Boeriu | United States |
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.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chrissy Zmijewski | United States |
| 1st | Ivett Gizella | United States |
| 1st | Roberta Micheli | United States |
| 2nd | Laura Bernini | United States |
| 2nd | Lala Akopyan | United States |
| 3rd | Doreen Nicolaou | United States |
| 4th | Verdi Montgomery | United States |
| 4th | Anna Lisa Ceci | United States |
| 5th | Manuella Monteiro | United States |
| 5th | Vivian Graves | United States |
| 6th | Sevgi Yilmaz | United States |
| 6th | Katie Boyer | United States |
| 7th | Yulia Avdoshina | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Medium
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| participated | Andrea Della Folgore | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Short
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andrea Romboni First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 5th | Andrea Taddio | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Andrea Benvenuti | United States |
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.
Women's Figure
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dora Szantai | Hungary |
| 1st | Brigitta Grof | United States |
| 1st | Malika Zitouni | United States |
| 2nd | Natalia Knyazeva | United States |
| 2nd | Cinzia Chiarenza | United States |
| 2nd | Sandra Ducret Rousseaux | Switzerland |
| 3rd | Xiomara Valdivia | Mexico |
| 3rd | Albina Askerova | United States |
| 3rd | Anna Maria Giordani | Italy |
| 4th | Francis Aumaitre | United States |
| 4th | Noemi Kovac | Serbia |
| 4th | Izabela Krieger | United States |
| 5th | Rebeca Rodriguez Jove | Spain |
| 5th | Sandrine Cocq | France |
| 5th | Arina Saikovska | United States |
| 6th | Emiliya Boriskova | United States |
| 6th | Jolanta Dubikaltyte | Lithuania |
| 7th | Yazmin Rangel | United States |
| 8th | Alla Nesterova | Kazakhstan |
| participated | Lydie Saintoyant | United States |
| participated | Stacey Cosse | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class A
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dottie Santos First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Juliet Deane | United States |
| 3rd | Terri Sileno | United States |
| 4th | Zoila Acevedo | United States |
| 5th | Tracie Euker | United States |
| 6th | Stacy Curcio | United States |
| 7th | Lesley Maxwell | United States |
| 8th | Janet Harding | United States |
| 9th | Larissa Leegordva | United States |
| 10th | Rosie Trimble | United States |
| 11th | Claudia Lanzetta | United States |
| 12th | Stella Nicolosi | United States |
| 13th | Frederica Lovelace | United States |
| 14th | Melissa Zachariades | United States |
| 15th | Vivian Graves | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Class B
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joe-Anne Cowin First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Sarah Hansen | United States |
| 3rd | Wendy LaRoche | United States |
| 4th | Victoria Thomas | United States |
| 5th | Jennifer Wunder | United States |
| 6th | Karen Rix | United States |
| 7th | Alexandra Johnston | United States |
| 8th | Tahica Fredericks | United States |
| 9th | Rhonnie Hayes | United States |
| 10th | Tania Annand | Australia |
| 11th | Claudia Furst | United States |
| 12th | Shauna Romano | United States |
| 13th | Debra Pritchett | United States |
| 14th | Jasmin Johnson | United States |
| 15th | Natalie Attino | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andreina Montero First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Eva Sefcova | United States |
| 3rd | Michelle Jean Pierre | United States |
| 4th | Easton Martin | United States |
| 5th | Dorian Feleppa | United States |
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.
Women's Figure - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Auxiiadora Barbosa | United States |
| 1st | Emily Ramsden | United States |
| 2nd | Kathryn Mullen | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Catherine Baptiste | United States |
| 3rd | Andree Gioanni | United States |
| 3rd | Amalia Escobar Rodriguez | United States |
| 4th | Josette Garramone | United States |
| 4th | Liudmila Kungurova | Russia |
| 5th | Jodi Boam | Canada |
| 5th | Lilian Okubo | United States |
| 6th | Vincenza Cordio | United States |
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.
Women's Figure - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Maria Kuzmina | United States |
| 1st | Diana Chaloux | United States |
| 2nd | Ruta Pazarauskaite | United States |
| 2nd | Sandra Andrade | United States |
| 3rd | Coral Moody | Australia |
| 3rd | Kourtney Wilson | United States |
| 4th | Natalia Zhavora | Russia |
| 4th | Judy Wright | United States |
| 5th | Katerina Kyptova | Czech Republic |
| 5th | Jenna Popowich | United States |
| 6th | Helena Cornelia Joppe | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
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.
Women's Figure - Masters
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Amalia Escobar Rodriguez | United States |
| 1st | Catherine Baptiste | United States |
| 2nd | Carmen Dwyer | United States |
| 2nd | Monique Ballema | United States |
| 3rd | Alicia Leombruni | United States |
| 3rd | Mona Kosti | United States |
| 4th | Kirsi Touminen | United States |
| 4th | Liset Maldonato | United States |
| 5th | Lyudmila Zaharieva | United States |
| 5th | Elsa Simmons | United States |
| 6th | Giulia DiVincenzo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Eligio Campos Belmont | Mexico |
| 2nd | Leo Flores | Mexico |
| 3rd | Eric Caminiti | United States |
| 4th | Aart Van De Gruiter | Netherlands |
| 5th | Laszlo Balog | United States |
| 6th | Jean Paul Broglia | United States |
| 7th | Istvan Hegedüs | United States |
| 8th | Rogelio Javier Lopez Garcia | United States |
| 9th | Abel Mendez | United States |
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.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 45+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jonny Arntsen | United States |
| 2nd | Eric Orrao | United States |
| 3rd | Stefano Tinelli | United States |
| 4th | Petar Liska | United States |
| 5th | Matko Verhovnik | United States |
| 6th | Mimmo Termidoro | United States |
| participated | Paolo Fagiolini | United States |
| participated | Giancarlo Biagioni | United States |
| participated | Roberto Fedeli | United States |
| participated | Ferrucio Ferraris | United States |
| participated | Zoran Velisavcic | United States |
| participated | Mauro Politi | United States |
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.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Josef Rac | United States |
| 1st | Renato Celestra | United States |
| 1st | Heinrich Horling | United States |
| 2nd | Graham Park | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Francois Gauvin | United States |
| 3rd | Bernhard Klemmer | United States |
| 3rd | Andrzej Brzezinski | United States |
| 4th | Cristian Mihailescu | United States |
| 4th | Jörg Busse | United States |
| 5th | Dmitrij Zolin | United States |
| 5th | Sam Metcalfe | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Luiz Flavio Felicio | United States |
| 6th | Dimitar Yovichin | United States |
| participated | Andres Fassi Gres | United States |
| participated | Robbie Hazeley | United States |
| participated | Shane Kelly | United States |
| participated | Anatoliy Lyubayev | United States |
| participated | Klebert Pelmar | United States |
| participated | Farid Semrani | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 55+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Martyn Yates-Brown | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Emilio Braghetti | United States |
| 3rd | Anton Pulko | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 65+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Filippo Alfani First recorded win | Italy |
| 2nd | Anton Zibert | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 395
- Divisions
- 33
- Size rank
- 9 of 43
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Danni Teresa | Bodybuilding |
| 1991 | Rosana Marrone | Figure |
| 1988 | Beate Plank | Figure |
| 1986 | Marie Mahabir | Open |
| 1984 | Thierry Pastel | Open |
| 1978 | Bridget Pasquill | Open |
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.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.

