Los Angeles Championships 1981
Los Angeles Championships 1981 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Patrick Gish.
- Year
- 1981
- Date
- Nov 15, 1981
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 21
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Patrick Gish | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Bob Paris | Howard Johnson |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Harry Grant | Ron Solbach |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Joseph Fustor | Charles Carter |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Melvin Lucas | Doyle Washington |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | – | Mike Saap |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Art Peacock | Harry Teegarden |
Los Angeles Championships 1981 Results
Los Angeles Championships 1981 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Patrick Gish.
About this show
The Los Angeles Championships 1981 was held on November 15, 1981 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. 7 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight and Other Divisions - Masters. 21 athletes competed.
Masters divisions 1
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 | Patrick Gish First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bob Paris First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Howard Johnson | United States |
| 3rd | Bill Burney | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Harry Grant First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Ron Solbach | United States |
| 3rd | Don Beotte | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joseph Fustor First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Charles Carter | United States |
| 3rd | Robert Verons | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Melvin Lucas First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Doyle Washington | United States |
| 3rd | Jon Aranita | United States |
| 4th | Jeff Cohen | United States |
| 5th | Rick Zurbriggen | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Mike Saap | United States |
| 3rd | Mario Dominguez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Art Peacock First Los Angeles Championships title | United States |
| 2nd | Harry Teegarden | United States |
| 3rd | Tom Huey | United States |
| 4th | Harry Grant | United States |
| 5th | Karl Marshall | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 21
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 21 of 29
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Marisol Penner | Physique |
| 2015 | Karina Grau | Figure |
| 2014 | Missy Bennett | Physique |
| 2013 | Jennifer Jaques-Conn | Physique |
| 2011 | Karen Garrett | Bodybuilding |
| 1993 | Leo Ingram | HeavyWeight |
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.