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California Championships 1981

California Championships 1981 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Edward Zajac.

Year
1981
Date
Jul 15, 1981
Federation
NPC
Divisions
1
Competitors
5

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California Championships 1981

Edward Zajac Champion

1981 Los Angeles, CA, USA Jul 14, 1981

California Championships 1981 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Edward Zajac.

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

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Edward Zajac
Edward Zajac
United States
2nd
Mike Torchia
Mike Torchia
United States
3rd
Rufus Howard
Rufus Howard
United States

California Championships 1981 contested 1 division across 5 athletes. Edward Zajac took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Edward Zajac First recorded win United States
2nd Mike Torchia United States
3rd Rufus Howard United States
4th James Joseph United States
5th Jon Loyd United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
5
Divisions
1
Size rank
30 of 32

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2012 Dallas Malloy (2) Bodybuilding
2009 Patricia Corbett Bodybuilding
1981 Edward Zajac Open

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What this page holds

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.
  • A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.