Bodybuilding at the 1981 World Games

Medal events in both men's (4) and women's (2) 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 (front, back and side poses) 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.^[1]

Arnold Schwarzenegger, winner of seven consecutive world championships, carries the flag of the International Federation of Bodybuilders in the opening ceremony of World Games I in 1981 at Santa Clara University, California.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men
Heavyweight	John Kemper (USA)	Wayne Robbins (CAN)	Achmed Ibrahim (EGY)
Light-heavyweight	Jacques Neuville (FRA)	Jesse Gautreaux (USA)	Keijo Reiman (FIN)
Middleweight	James Youngblood (USA)	Billy Knight (AUS)	Erwin Note (BEL)
Lightweight	Renato Bertagna (ITA)	Esmat Sadek (EGY)	Joseph Disinti (USA)
Women
Middleweight	Kike Elomaa (FIN)	Gail Schroeter (USA)	Deborah Diana (USA)
Lightweight	Pam Brooks (USA)	Josee Baumgartner (FRA)	Christine Reed (USA)

Results

Sources:^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Men's–Lightweight Rank Athlete Nation Renato Bertagna  Italy Esmat Sadek  Egypt Joseph Disinti  United States 4 Harry Derglin  Switzerland 5 Ralph Lopez  Puerto Rico 6 Guillermo Franco  Guatemala 7 Katsumi Ishimura  Japan 8 Luis Guzman  Puerto Rico

Men's–Middleweight Rank Athlete Nation James Youngblood  United States Billy Knight  Australia Erwin Note  Belgium 4 Ray Beaulieu  Canada 5 Lucien Gunther  Netherlands 6 Michel Dermaux  Belgium 7 (tie) Paijo Bin Jemadi  Malaysia 7 (tie) Teh Ah Fook  Malaysia 9 Vicente Segovia  Spain 10 Michael Hekel  Switzerland 11 Moloy Roy  India

Men's–Light-Heavyweight Rank Athlete Nation Jacques Neuville  France Jesse Gautreaux  United States Keijo Reiman  Finland 4 Ulf Bengtsson  Sweden 5 Osamu Usui  Japan 6 Cesar Lopez  Mexico 7 L.K. Adhikary  India 8 ...

Men's–Heavyweight Rank Athlete Nation John Kemper  United States Wayne Robbins  Canada Achmed Ibrahim  Egypt 4 Manfred Grossler  Austria 5 Rolando Pintoy  Philippines 6 ...

Women's–Lightweight Rank Athlete Nation Pam Brooks  United States Josee Baumgartner  France Christine Reed  United States 4 Debbie Trenholm  United States 5 Jacqueline Roos  Netherlands 6 Kathy Basacker  United States 7 Josiane Jamar  Belgium 8 Stella Martinez  United States 9 Dagmar Zuso  Switzerland 9 (?) Susan Roberts  United States 11 Sue Tonks  England 12 Carla York  United States 13 Terri Miladinovich  United States 14 Milda Graham  Canada 15 Kathleen Cosentino  United States 16 Kathy Tuite  United States 17 Michelle Tennier  Canada 18 Wendy Daniels  Canada 19 Claudine Turin  Switzerland 20 Terri Buhne  Australia

Women's–Middleweight Rank Athlete Nation Kike Elomaa  Finland Gail Schroeter  United States Deborah Diana  United States 4 Carla Dunlap  United States 5 Kay Baxter-Wick  United States 6 Shelley Gruwell  United States 7 Linda McCrerey  United States 8 Joanne Cameron  United States 9 Vera Cools  Belgium 10 Carole Bennett  Australia 11 Lynne Bergmame  Canada 12 Marlene Fuhrer  Switzerland 13 Leia Kawaii  United States 14 Monika Chevalley  Switzerland

Other competitors expected prior to Games – United States: Madeline Almeida, Susan Bressler, Gary Leonard, Ernie Santiago, Richard Baldin, John Burkholder; Singapore: Moh Teck Hin^[1]