Mr International 1978
Mr International 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Joe Nazario.
- Year
- 1978
- Date
- Jan 1, 1978
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 33
Results by Division
Mr International 1978
Mr International 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Joe Nazario.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Roy Callendar, who won in 1977, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Mr International 1978 contested 3 divisions across 33 athletes, competitors from 11 countries. Joe Nazario took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 3 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 | Joe Nazario | United States |
| 2nd | Ben Herder | Netherlands |
| 3rd | Ray Mentzer | United States |
| 4th | Don Peters | United States |
| 5th | Maurice LeGault | Canada |
| 6th | George Paine | United States |
| 7th | Morris Jacobson | United States |
| 8th | Mahmoud Jizawi | Denmark |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carlos Rodriguez 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Anthony Pandolfo | United States |
| 3rd | John Burkholder | United States |
| 4th | Ugo Romano | Italy |
| 5th | Franz Aldrian | United States |
| 6th | Tevfik Ulusoglu | United States |
| 7th | Philip Dhiamini | United States |
| 8th | Leopoldo Oreo | United States |
| 9th | Gilles Pomerleau | Canada |
| 10th | Ricardo Valdes | United States |
| 11th | Ali Tez | Turkey |
| 12th | Jocelyn Pelletier | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roger Callard First Mr International title | United States |
| 2nd | Samir Bannout | Lebanon |
| 3rd | Frank Calta | United States |
| 4th | Sammie Willis | United States |
| 5th | Mehdi Khaneghani | Iran |
| 6th | Andreas Cahling | Sweden |
| 7th | Kevin McNamara | United States |
| 8th | Douglas Beaver | United States |
| 9th | Raymond Sansoucy | Canada |
| 10th | Erwin Note | Belgium |
| 11th | Filippo Alfani | Italy |
| 12th | Joe Caserta | United States |
| 13th | Leon Van Der Westhuizen | South Africa |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 33
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 2 of 17
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.