Junior Mr America 1980
Junior Mr America 1980 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Stephen Sepaniak.
- Year
- 1980
- Date
- Jan 1, 1980
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 19
Results by Division
Junior Mr America 1980
Junior Mr America 1980 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Stephen Sepaniak.
Defending Medium champion Charles Glass, who won in 1979, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Junior Mr America 1980 contested 4 divisions across 19 athletes. Stephen Sepaniak took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 4 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 | Stephen Sepaniak First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Terry Brooks | United States |
| 3rd | Robert Coburn | United States |
| 4th | Mike Christian | United States |
| 5th | Caesar Juliani | United States |
| 6th | Doug Gaylor | United States |
| 7th | Ray Vanderbeek | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ernie Santiago | United States |
| 2nd | Darrell Guilbeau | United States |
| 3rd | Danny Mattingly | United States |
| 4th | Mike Riedel | United States |
| 5th | Philip Gutierrez | United States |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roger Sandvold First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robbie Gore First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Michael Grieco | United States |
| 3rd | Christopher Jiron | United States |
| 4th | Anthony Pandolfo | United States |
| 5th | Richard Clench | United States |
| 6th | Bill Galbreth | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 19
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 21 of 51
The biggest field since 1979.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Dave Johns | Open |
| 1975 | Willie Johnson | Open |
| 1974 | Ron Thompson | Open |
| 1973 | Paul Hill | Open |
| 1972 | Pete Grymkowski | Open |
| 1971 | Casey Viator | Open |
| 1970 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1969 | Boyer Coe | Open |
| 1968 | Jim Haislop | Open |
| 1967 | Dennis Tinerino | Open |
| 1966 | Sergio Oliva | Open |
| 1965 | Jerry Daniels | Open |
| 1964 | John DeCola | Open |
| 1963 | Randy Watson (1) | Open |
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.