Ironman Championships 2002
Ironman Championships 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Chris Butler.
- Year
- 2002
- Date
- Jan 1, 2002
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 11
- Competitors
- 39
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight | Chris Butler | Noel Frias |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Terence Hairston | Jeff Shepard |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Kyoichiro Morinaga | David Papaleo |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Mike Martini | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Luciano Basoni | Benjamin Chan |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight | Bill Relyea | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight | – | Shigeru Ueki |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight | – | Stacy Burnham |
| Other Divisions - Grand Masters | Ed Calles | Bud Ravenscroft |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Benjamin Chan | Robert Moore |
| Other Divisions - Ultra Grand Masters | Harry Grant | Nobby Orene |
Ironman Championships 2002
Ironman Championships 2002 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Chris Butler.
Defending BantamWeight champion Michael Lee, who won in 2001, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Ironman Championships 2002 contested 11 divisions across 39 athletes, 8 open and 3 age-restricted Masters. Chris Butler took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 9 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 3
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris Butler First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Noel Frias | United States |
| 3rd | Brandon Pedevill | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Terence Hairston | United States |
| 2nd | Jeff Shepard | United States |
| 3rd | Val Petroff | United States |
| 4th | Tony Wisniewski | United States |
| 5th | Ronny Camacho | United States |
| 6th | Anthony Dodd | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kyoichiro Morinaga First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | David Papaleo | United States |
| 3rd | Lazarus Guidry | United States |
| 4th | Robert Johnson (1) | United States |
| 5th | Jonathon Cote | United States |
| 6th | Mark Foley | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Martini First recorded win | United States |
| 3rd | Mark Lae | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Luciano Basoni First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Benjamin Chan | United States |
| 3rd | Andre Nielsen | United States |
| 4th | Peter Hennessy | United States |
| 5th | Tino Struckmann | United States |
| 6th | Jonny Worth | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Relyea First recorded win | United States |
| 3rd | Charles Antonio | United States |
| 4th | Adam Lockwood | United States |
| 5th | Brandon Tarn | United States |
| 6th | Rocco Cristofaro | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Shigeru Ueki | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Superheavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Stacy Burnham | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Grand Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Calles First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Bud Ravenscroft | United States |
| 3rd | James Cross | United States |
| 4th | Roger Humrich | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Chan First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Robert Moore | United States |
| 3rd | Ed Hill | United States |
| 4th | Noel Frias | United States |
| 5th | Jay Bernzweig | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Ultra Grand Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harry Grant | United States |
| 2nd | Nobby Orene | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 39
- Divisions
- 11
- Size rank
- 2 of 6
The biggest field since 2001.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Chrs Spafford | Open |
| 1988 | Steve MacKenzie | Teen |
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.
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