Womens-Physique-Rules-2024 - International Fitness & Bodybuilding Federation IFBB Federation Rules Section 8 Women’s Physique - 2024 Edition

Oct 17, 2026

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International Fitness & Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB) Women’s Physique regulations for Section 8, 2024 edition, outlining the sport’s purpose and the IFBB framework for administering Women’s Physique. The rules specify organizers’ responsibilities toward athletes and delegates, including accommodation and meal coverage for world and masters events, and define women’s physique categories by height class and masters age. It further details the competition structure—elimination, round 1, finals rounds 2 and 3—along with judging, presentation attire, scoring, assessing, quarter turns and mandatory poses in appendices.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryHealthcare

FormatPDF

Pages16

Reading Time40 min

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Article 1: Introduction

Article 2 – Responsibilities of Organizers to Athletes and Delegates

Article 3 – Categories

Article 4 – Rounds

Article 5 – Prejudging: Elimination Round

General

Elimination Round Procedures

Appendix 1: Quarter Turns in a Women’s Physique Competition

Appendix 2: Assessing of the Female Physique in Quarter Turns

Appendix 3: Description of the Four Female Mandatory Poses

INTERNATIONAL FITNESS & BODYBUILDING FEDERATION IFBB FEDERATION RULES SECTION 8: WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE 2024 EDITION IFBB FEDERATION HEADQUARTERS: Calle Dublin No. 39-I, 28232 Las Rozas, Madrid, Spain Tel: +34 91 535 2819 e-mail: [headquarters@ifbb.com](headquarters@ifbb.com) [Website: www.ifbb.com](Website: www.ifbb.com) SECTION 6: WOMEN’S PHYSIQUE Article 1: Introduction 3 Article 2: Responsibilities of Organizers to Athletes and Delegates 3 Article 3: Categories 3 Article 4: Rounds 4 Article 5: Prejudging: Elimination Round 4 Article 6: Prejudging and Finals: Attire for All Rounds 5 Article 7: Prejudging: Scoring of the Elimination Round 6 Article 8: Prejudging: Presentation of Round 1 6 Article 9: Prejudging: Scoring of Round 1 7 Article 10: Prejudging: Assessing of Round 1 8 Article 11 : Finals 8 Article 12: Finals: Presentation of Round 2 9 Article 13: Finals: Scoring of Round 2 9 Article 14: Finals: Assessing of Round 2 9 Article 15: Finals: Presentation of Round 3 (Posing Routines) 9 Article 16-Finals: Scoring of Round 3 10 Article 17: Finals: Assessing Round 3 10 Article 18: Finals: The Award Ceremony 10 Article 19: Overall Category and Award 11 Article 20: Teams Classification Results and Award 11 Appendix 1 : Quarter Turns in a Women’s Physique Competition 12 Appendix 2: Assessing of the Female Physique in Quarter Turns 13 Appendix 3: Description of the Four Female Mandatory Poses 13 . Article 1- Introduction Women’s Physique was officially recognized as a new sport discipline by the IFBB Executive Council and IFBB Congress on November 11 , 2012 (Guayaquil, Ecuador) . The Women’s Physique category is aimed at women who prefer to develop a less muscular, yet athletic and aesthetically pleasing physique, unlike former women’s bodybuilders. 1.1 General: Whenever possible, all the IFBB World Championships, including men, women, juniors, seniors and masters as well as the IFBB Annual Congress should be organized together as one big international event. The IFBB Rules for Women’s Physique consist of regulations, policies, directives and decisions intended to guide the IFBB and its Members in the administration of the sport of Women’s Physique. 1.2 Rules: Certain administrative and technical rules that appear in the General Rules section are the same for Women’s Physique and therefore, are not repeated in this section. Article 2 – Responsibilities of Organizers to Athletes and Delegates 2.1 Responsibilities: The Organizer of the World Championships will undertake to cover the cost of doubleoccupancy accommodations and meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for competitors and delegates as follows: 1. World Fitness Championships (included Women’s Acrobatic Fitness, Women Artistic Fitness, Men’s Fitness, Women’s Physique, Women’s Bodyfitness, Women’s Bikini, Women’s Wellness, Mixed-Pairs Fit-Pairs): For four days (three nights) according to the following scale: a. Three or more competitors-Two delegates b. One or two competitors-One delegate Note 1: A maximum allowable number of participating competitors per National Federation is unlimited. Note 2: Delegates without athletes, extra delegates and supporters will have to pay for the Full Package Special Rate. Note 3: Upon agreement between the IFBB and the Organizer, one additional category may be opened for competition. 2. World Masters Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships: For four days (three nights) according to the following scale: a. Three or more competitors-Two delegates b. One or two competitors-One delegate Note 1: A maximum allowable number of participating competitors per National Federation is unlimited. Note 2: Delegates without athletes, extra delegates and supporters will have to pay for the Full Package Special Rate. Note 3: Upon agreement between the IFBB and the Organizer, one additional category may be opened for competition. Article 3 – Categories 3.1

FAQs

What is the goal of the Women’s Physique category in IFBB rules?

Women’s Physique targets women who want a less muscular yet athletic and aesthetically pleasing physique, different from former women’s bodybuilding.

What responsibilities do organizers have toward athletes and delegates?

Organizers of the World Championships cover double-occupancy accommodations and meals for competitors and delegates, following defined scales based on the number of competitors and event type.

How is a Women’s Physique competition structured in the 2024 rules?

The competition consists of four rounds: elimination round, prejudging round 1, finals round 2, and finals round 3 with a specified posing routine duration, with judging and quarter-turn comparisons included in later rounds.

Oct 17, 2026

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