Bodybuilding at the 1981 World Games


Medal events in both men's and women's bodybuilding were included in World Games I. They were held on July 30–31, 1981, at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, California. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in California's Santa Clara Valley. In the bodybuilding competition, the preliminary rounds featured two-on-two competition. Point scoring was based on mandatory posing and optional posing determined by the athlete. 26 of the countries at these Games participated in bodybuilding, making it one of the most represented sports.

Medalists

Results

Sources:
Men's–Heavyweight

1 John Kemper – USA

2 Wayne Robbins – Canada

3 Achmed Ibrahim – Egypt

4 Manfred Grossler – Austria

5 Rolando Pintoy – Philippines

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Men's–Light-Heavyweight

1 Jacques Neuville – France

2 Jesse Gautreaux – USA

3 Keijo Reiman – Finland

4 Ulf Bengtsson – Sweden

5 Osamu Usui – Japan

6 Cesar Lopez – Mexico

7 L.K. Adhikary – India

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Men's–Middleweight

1 James Youngblood – USA

2 Billy Knight – Australia

3 Erwin Note – Belgium

4 Ray Beaulieu – Canada

5 Lucien Gunther – Holland

6 Michel Dermaux – Belgium

7 Paijo Bin Jemadi – Malaysia, tie

7 Teh Ah Fook – Malaysia, tie

9 Vicente Segovia – Spain

10 Michael Hekel – Switzerland

11 Moloy Roy – India
Men's–Lightweight

1 Renato Bertagna – Italy

2 Esmat Sadek – Egypt

3 Joseph Disinti – USA

4 Harry Derglin – Switzerland

5 Ralph Lopez – Puerto Rico

6 Guillermo Franco – Guatemala

7 Katsumi Ishimura – Japan

8 Luis Guzman – Puerto Rico
Women's–Middleweight

1 Kike Elomaa – Finland

2 Gail Schroeter – USA

3 Deborah Diana – USA

4 Carla Dunlap – USA

5 Kay Baxter-Wick – USA

6 Shelley Gruwell – USA

7 Linda McCrerey – USA

8 Joanne Cameron – USA

9 Vera Cools – Belgium

10 Carole Bennett – Australia

11 Lynne Bergmame – Canada

12 Marlene Fuhrer – Switzerland

13 Leia Kawaii – USA

14 Monika Chevalley – Switzerland
Women's–Lightweight

1 Pam Brooks – USA

2 Josee Baumgartner – France

3 Christine Reed – USA

4 Debbie Trenholm – USA

5 Jacqueline Roos – Holland

6 Kathy Basacker – USA

7 Josiane Jamar – Belgium

8 Stella Martinez – USA

9 Dagmar Zuso – Switzerland

9 Susan Roberts – USA

11 Sue Tonks – England

12 Carla York – USA

13 Terri Miladinovich – USA

14 Milda Graham – Canada

15 Kathleen Cosentino – USA

16 Kathy Tuite – USA

17 Michelle Tennier – Canada

18 Wendy Daniels – Canada

19 Claudine Turin – Switzerland

20 Terri Buhne – Australia
Other competitors expected prior to Games – United States: Madeline Almeida, Susan Bressler, Gary Leonard, Ernie Santiago, Richard Baldin, John Burkholder; Singapore: Moh Teck Hin