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Hercules 1983

Hercules 1983 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Sylvia Hulsker.

Year
1983
Location
USA
Federation
NBBF
Divisions
4
Competitors
6

Results by Division

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Hercules 1983 Results

Sylvia Hulsker Champion

1983 USA

Hercules 1983 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Sylvia Hulsker.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 1, 2026 Accurate?

About this show

Full placings from the Hercules 1983 in USA, where 4 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight and Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight. 6 athletes competed.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Sylvia Hulsker First recorded win Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
3rd Gerrie Nieland Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
2nd Tineke Bootsman Netherlands
3rd Gerda Hakkens Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Joyce Paardekam First recorded win Netherlands
2nd Sandra Dronkers Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
4
Size rank
6 of 15

The biggest field since 1981.

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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
  • A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
  • 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.