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World Games 1993

World Games 1993 was held in International. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Glenn Gravenbeek.

Year
1993
Location
International
Divisions
7
Competitors
37

Results by Division

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World Games 1993 Results

Glenn Gravenbeek Champion

1993 International

World Games 1993 was held in International. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Glenn Gravenbeek.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 1, 2026 Accurate?

Defending HeavyWeight champion Andreas Munzer, who won in 1989, did not return.

About this show

Full placings from the World Games 1993 in International, where 7 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight and Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight. 37 athletes from 13 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Glenn Gravenbeek
Glenn Gravenbeek
Netherlands
2nd
Svend Karlsen
United States
3rd
Gene Howell
United States

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Glenn Gravenbeek First World Games title Netherlands
2nd Svend Karlsen United States
3rd Gene Howell United States
4th Jean Luc Gory France

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Ian Dowe First World Games title United Kingdom
2nd Gustav Ander -
3rd Juhani Herranen -
4th Roberto Morisho Netherlands
5th Ishak Raja Etam Malaysia
6th Rasheed Al Malid -

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Abdullah Azman First World Games title United States
2nd Patrick Linquet United States
3rd Ray Williams Canada
4th Mohammed Muhammed -
5th Cor Wijler Netherlands
6th Fumitoshi Takanishi Japan

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Conny Ploesser (2) First recorded win -
2nd Gunilla Söderberg Sweden
3rd Linda Forbin France
4th Minna Rynamen Finland
5th Ursula Teply (2) -
6th Isabel DeCarvalho -

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Andrulla Blanchette First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Jong Quan Jee -
3rd Ina Lopulesa (2) -
4th Lori Adams United States
5th Esther Sydfox Spain
6th Marre Bjone -

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Martha Sanchez (2) United States
2nd Maria Aicher Germany
3rd Elena Sesana -

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
37
Divisions
7
Size rank
4 of 8

The biggest field since 1985.

What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

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