Bodybuilding was an Asian Games event from 2002 to 2006. Bodybuilding is no longer an event at the Games because of the judging controversy during the 2006 Asian Games.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Singapore (SGP)	3	2	3	8
2	South Korea (KOR)	3	0	4	7
3	Bahrain (BRN)	2	3	1	6
4	Qatar (QAT)	2	1	1	4
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	1	1	3
	Vietnam (VIE)	1	1	1	3
7	China (CHN)	1	0	0	1
	Lebanon (LBN)	1	0	0	1
	Thailand (THA)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
11	Japan (JPN)	0	3	2	5
12	Indonesia (INA)	0	2	0	2
	Malaysia (MAS)	0	2	0	2
14	Syria (SYR)	0	1	0	1
15	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	1	1
	Macau (MAC)	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar (MYA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		16	16	16	48

Nation	02	06	Years
Afghanistan		4	1
Bahrain	6	8	2
China	5	4	2
Chinese Taipei	2	2	2
Hong Kong	3	4	2
India	2		1
Indonesia	3	2	2
Iran		8	1
Iraq		5	1
Japan	8	4	2
Jordan		1	1
Kazakhstan	5	2	2
Lebanon	2	1	2
Macau		4	1
Malaysia	2	2	2
Maldives	1	3	2
Myanmar	4		1
Nepal		1	1
Oman		4	1
Pakistan	2		1
Philippines	2	2	2
Qatar	4	7	2
Singapore	8	6	2
South Korea	8	7	2
Syria		2	1
Thailand	1	3	2
United Arab Emirates	6	4	2
Vietnam	5	4	2
Number of nations	20	25
Number of athletes	79	94

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