Bev Francis vs Carla Dunlap
Bev Francis 
Carla Dunlap 
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Bev Francis vs Carla Dunlap head-to-head record and every decided contest between them on record.
- Meetings
- 4
- Bev Francis
- 2 ahead
- Carla Dunlap
- 2 ahead
- Span
- 1984–1988
- At the Olympia
- Bev Francis 2–1 Carla Dunlap in 3
In 4 meetings, including 3 at the Ms. Olympia, Bev Francis and Carla Dunlap are dead even, finishing ahead 2 times apiece.
Every contest Bev Francis and Carla Dunlap both entered
| Year | Contest | Division | Bev Francis | Carla Dunlap | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | #10 | Bev Francis |
| 1987 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #3 | #12 | Bev Francis |
| 1986 | Ms. Olympia | Women's Bodybuilding | #10 | #9 | Carla Dunlap |
| 1984 | Grand Prix Las Vegas | Women's Bodybuilding | #8 | #1 | Carla Dunlap |
How this is counted: a meeting is one contest where both athletes were judged in the same division. Standing on the same stage in different divisions is not a meeting, because the two were never scored against each other. Bev Francis and Carla Dunlap meet that test 4 times. For scale, this database holds 11 recorded results for Bev Francis and 24 for Carla Dunlap across their full careers. Counted from the contest record as of September 21, 2026.
Bev Francis and Carla Dunlap at their peak
Peak window = the athlete's Olympia-title years where available, otherwise their best-placement years. Derived from recorded contest results. It is a span of years, not a rating.
Bev Francis reached her competitive peak from 1986 to 1988, her strongest placement years on record (14% win rate across 7 contests in the window).
Carla Dunlap reached her competitive peak from 1983 to 1983, winning 1 Olympia title in Women's Bodybuilding.
Score these two prime windows against each other on Prime vs Prime, where Olympia dominance is weighted for the size of the field each athlete beat.
Bev Francis and Carla Dunlap, beyond the scoreline
The part of this matchup a results table cannot hold, written by hand rather than derived from the record.
Bev Francis
Six Olympia appearances between 1986 and 1991, with third in 1987, 1988 and 1989 and second in 1990 and 1991. She won the World Pro Championships in 1987.
Her physique was more muscular than the judging of the time was willing to reward, and the argument about whether it should have been is one of the defining disputes in the division's history. She finished second twice and never won it.
Carla Dunlap
1983 is the season: the Ms. Olympia, the World Pro Championships and the Grand Prix Las Vegas, all in one year. She was second at the 1982 Olympia and won the Nationals heavyweight class the same season.
She also won the Night of Champions in 1981 and the American Championships heavyweight class, and defended the Grand Prix Las Vegas in 1984.
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Career Overlap Timeline
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Career Stats Comparison
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Every figure here comes from where each athlete placed in the contest record. Judging sheets and point spreads are not in the database, so a comparison tells you who finished higher on the night. It does not tell you by how much, or how close the call was.
- A head-to-head result needs both athletes at the same contest in the same division. Two athletes on the same stage in different divisions were never judged against each other, so that show is not counted as a meeting.
- Only contests both athletes actually entered can be settled here. Careers that never overlapped produce a side-by-side record and no head-to-head, because there is nothing to count.
- Career totals cover the results we hold. A missing regional or amateur show lowers a total; it never invents one.
- A shared placement is left as a tie. It is reported separately rather than split between the two athletes.