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Junior USA 1983

Junior USA 1983 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to John Kemper.

Year
1983
Date
May 15, 1983
Location
USA
Federation
NPC
Divisions
8
Competitors
33

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight John Kemper Don Stenger
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight Tim Underwood Mike Hay
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight James Bass
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight Paul Jean-Guillaume Alan Graham
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Ken Hamel Paul Pigue
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightheavyweight Billy Joe Barrett Chuck Siska
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Eddie Ruiz Tom Connor
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Middleweight Walt Tyndall Ron Grosso
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Junior USA 1983

John Kemper Champion

1983 USA May 14, 1983

Junior USA 1983 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to John Kemper.

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

Defending HeavyWeight champion Philip Outlaw, who won in 1982, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
John Kemper
John Kemper
United States
2nd
Don Stenger
United States
3rd
Troy Beck
United States

Junior USA 1983 contested 8 divisions across 33 athletes, 4 open and 4 age-restricted Masters. John Kemper took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 8 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Masters divisions 4

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st John Kemper First Junior USA title United States
2nd Don Stenger United States
3rd Troy Beck United States
4th James Insko United States
5th Eugene Bolling United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Tim Underwood United States
2nd Mike Hay United States
3rd Terrell Roberson United States
4th Eddie Brown United States
5th Randy May 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 James Bass First recorded win United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Heavyweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Ken Hamel First recorded win United States
2nd Paul Pigue United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightheavyweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Billy Joe Barrett First recorded win United States
2nd Chuck Siska United States
3rd Rich Yarbro United States
4th Frank Turner United States
5th Mark Wolfson United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Lightweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Eddie Ruiz United States
2nd Tom Connor United States
3rd Harold Collins United States
4th Bill Burrell United States
5th Dave McDaniel United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Middleweight Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Walt Tyndall United States
2nd Ron Grosso United States
3rd Mike Graham United States
4th Jim Griffin United States
5th John Allen United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
33
Divisions
8
Size rank
36 of 40

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2021 Priscila Kavaliausku Bodybuilding
2020 Crystal Shelnutt Bodybuilding
2015 Jessica McKenzie Bodybuilding
2013 Rebecca Andrades Bodybuilding
2001 Rhonda Costello Figure

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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.