Mr California 1978
Mr California 1978 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short co-winners were Patrick Ruelle, Ron Teufel, and Tony Pearson.
- Year
- 1978
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 6
- Competitors
- 18
Results by Division
Mr California 1978 Results
Mr California 1978 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Ron Teufel.
Defending Open champion Dave Johns, who won in 1977, did not return.
About this show
The Mr California 1978 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. 6 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Junior, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Teen, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Junior and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Teen. 18 athletes competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Junior
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
Our source records 3 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ron Teufel | United States |
| 1st | Patrick Ruelle | United States |
| 1st | Tony Pearson | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robert Jodkiewicz | United States |
| 2nd | John Manoogian | United States |
| 3rd | Dave Wissehr | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frank Pantoja First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Johnny Ramirez | United States |
| 3rd | Mitchell Glaude | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Larry Jackson | United States |
| 2nd | Charles Glass | United States |
| 3rd | Denny Malloy | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steven Broughton First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Jerry Bailey | United States |
| 3rd | Jack Bostic | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joe Roberts First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Bill Cambra | United States |
| 3rd | Bill Hayman | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 18
- Divisions
- 6
- Size rank
- 6 of 40
The biggest field since 1976.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Dave Johns | Open |
| 1976 | Kalman Szkalak | Open |
| 1975 | Dale Adrian | Open |
| 1974 | Scott Wilson | Open |
| 1973 | Mike Besikof | Open |
| 1972 | Tyrone Youngs | Open |
| 1971 | Ed Corney | Open |
| 1969 | Paul Love | Open |
| 1968 | Charles Collras | Open |
| 1967 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1966 | Ralph Kroger | Open |
| 1963 | Don Howorth | Open |
| 1962 | George Sheffield | Open |
| 1960 | Larry Scott | 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 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.