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Australia 1989

Australia 1989 was held in Melbourne, Australia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Michael Melksham.

Year
1989
Date
Jan 1, 1989
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
9
Competitors
31

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Australia 1989

Michael Melksham Champion

1989 Melbourne, Australia Dec 31, 1988

Australia 1989 was held in Melbourne, Australia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Michael Melksham.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Bodybuilding champion Kim Knott, who won in 1988, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

1st
Michael Melksham
Australia
2nd
Peter Wall
Australia
3rd
Sherif Derias
Australia

Australia 1989 contested 9 divisions across 31 athletes, 7 open and 2 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 2 countries. Michael Melksham took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 9 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented Australia (28) - United States (2)

Masters divisions 2

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Michael Melksham First recorded win Australia
2nd Peter Wall Australia
3rd Sherif Derias Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Gennaro Ferra First recorded win Australia
2nd Enzo Giuffre Australia
3rd Barry Whitnell Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Bruce Leong Title defense, 2nd win here United States
2nd Gino DeChellis Australia
3rd Richard Dziadowicz Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Les Rudolf First recorded win Australia
2nd Kevin O'Grady Australia
3rd Tony Struck Australia
4th Steve Taylor (1) Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen

Place Athlete Country
1st Darren Garvie First recorded win Australia
2nd Nicolas Harding Australia
3rd Rick Morgan Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Irene Nickole First recorded win Australia
2nd Kerryn Jackson Australia
3rd Jacqui Cook Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure

Place Athlete Country
1st Jackie McKnight First recorded win Australia
2nd Vicky Zarmarian Australia
3rd Judy Campbell Australia
4th Donna McQueen Australia
5th Judy Green Australia
6th Jeanette Harper Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Women's Bodybuilding - Masters

Place Athlete Country
1st Anna Allwood First recorded win Australia
2nd Pam Reid (2) Australia
3rd Catherine Connelly Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Doug Powell First recorded win -
2nd Don Mahoney United States
3rd Jeff Gibbings Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
31
Divisions
9
Size rank
15 of 21

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2015 Renae Johnstone Physique
2014 Shaz Campbell Bodybuilding
2012 Anne Sievers Bodybuilding
2010 Shaz Simpson Bodybuilding
2009 Lisa Bailey Bodybuilding
2008 Nickie Ware Bodybuilding
2007 Marian Wilford Bodybuilding
2004 Joanne Rogers Bodybuilding
2003 Vicki Reid Open
2002 Sandra-Lee Jose Open
2001 Joanne Rogers Open
2000 Joanne Rogers Open
1997 Gillian Bromley Bodybuilding
1995 Lisa Egan Bodybuilding

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The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

This page lists the divisions and finishing order held for this contest, with the source named on it wherever one was recorded. It reports what was published. It does not re-judge the show, and it does not reconcile disagreements between sources.

  • Score and bodyweight columns appear only for divisions where those figures exist in the data. A division without them was recorded as placings only, not as a show that gave no scores.
  • Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
  • Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
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