Mr Florida 1983
Mr Florida 1983 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to James Nelson.
- Year
- 1983
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 4
Results by Division
Mr Florida 1983 Results
Mr Florida 1983 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to James Nelson.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Mike Parsons, who won in 1981, did not return.
About this show
The Mr Florida 1983 was held in Tampa, FL, USA. 4 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall. 4 athletes competed.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Nelson 2nd win here | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Craig Harris First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Doug Larrison First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Terry Brooks | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 4
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 17 of 28
The biggest field since 1981.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Mike Arnold | Open |
| 1976 | Jorge Navarrete | Open |
| 1975 | Robby Robinson | Open |
| 1974 | Mike Richard | Open |
| 1973 | Bill Lewis Jr | Open |
| 1971 | Dennis Wood | Open |
| 1970 | John Schleicher | Open |
| 1969 | Gene Massey | Open |
| 1968 | Craig Whitehead | Open |
| 1967 | Scott Cooper | Open |
| 1966 | Doug Betts | Open |
| 1965 | Jim Haislop | Open |
| 1964 | Harry Smith | Open |
| 1963 | Jim Durrance | 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.
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