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British Championships 1989

British Championships 1989 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Ian Harrison.

Year
1989
Date
Oct 15, 1989
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
7
Competitors
42

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British Championships 1989

Ian Harrison Champion

1989 London, United Kingdom Oct 14, 1989

British Championships 1989 was held in London, United Kingdom. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Ian Harrison.

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

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Ian Harrison
Ian Harrison
United Kingdom
2nd
Gary Taylor
Gary Taylor
United Kingdom
3rd
Eddie Ellwood
Eddie Ellwood
United Kingdom

British Championships 1989 contested 7 divisions across 42 athletes. Ian Harrison took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 7 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Ian Harrison United Kingdom
2nd Gary Taylor United Kingdom
3rd Eddie Ellwood United Kingdom
4th Mick Theo United Kingdom
5th Amoury Francis United Kingdom
6th Andy Enry United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st J D Dawodu First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Gary Shelmerdine United Kingdom
3rd James Shelmerdine United Kingdom
4th Jim Connor United Kingdom
5th Herman Jiminez United Kingdom
6th Norris McLoud United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Cavan Darby First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd David Lake United Kingdom
3rd Tommy Rix United Kingdom
4th Tony Millar United Kingdom
5th Peter Peck United Kingdom
6th Ken Salt United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Ian Atkinson First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Michael Duffy United Kingdom
3rd Steve Clarke United Kingdom
4th Carlo Gabb United Kingdom
5th Ben Ryan United Kingdom
6th Steve Kreiton United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Paula Bircumshaw First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Loretta Lomax United Kingdom
3rd Colleen Yates United Kingdom
4th Jill Munro United Kingdom
5th Joanne Lee United Kingdom
6th Cathy Lugg United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Sonja Newsam First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Kay Caseley United Kingdom
3rd Anita Bean (2) -
4th Tina Parker United Kingdom
5th Susan Blandford United Kingdom
6th Laura Thompson United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Erika Lawal First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Trez Lambert United Kingdom
3rd Shelly Harvey United Kingdom
4th Joan Nicholson United Kingdom
5th Cheryl Murphy United Kingdom
6th Angie Robson United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
42
Divisions
7
Size rank
15 of 24

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2024 Yemi Adefioye Classic Physique
2023 Riccardo Croci Men's Physique
2016 Lorna MacDonald Physique
2015 Carly Thornton Physique
2013 Silvana Imbrogno Bodybuilding
2012 Rosanna Harte Bodybuilding
2011 Rene Campbell Bodybuilding
2010 Lisa Cross Bodybuilding
2008 Louise Rogers Figure
2007 Shalmieno Paper Figure
2006 Claire McKee Figure

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What this page holds

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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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