Mr International 1979
Mr International 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Greg DeFerro.
- Year
- 1979
- Date
- Jan 1, 1979
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 23
Results by Division
Mr International 1979
Mr International 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Greg DeFerro.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Joe Nazario, who won in 1978, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Mr International 1979 contested 3 divisions across 23 athletes, competitors from 10 countries. Greg DeFerro 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 | Greg DeFerro First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Josef Vesely | Serbia |
| 3rd | Toby Hoffman | United States |
| 4th | Ben Herder | Netherlands |
| 5th | Robert Reis | United States |
| 6th | Don Peters | United States |
| 7th | Christian Janatsch | Austria |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rogelio Montenegro | United States |
| 2nd | Leon Brown | United States |
| 3rd | Esmat Sadek | France |
| 4th | Ray Beaulieu | Canada |
| 5th | Dean Tornabene | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Johnny Fuller First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Andreas Cahling | Sweden |
| 3rd | Len Archambault | United States |
| 4th | Vic Tanny Jr | United States |
| 5th | Jay Silva | United States |
| 6th | Henry Caulker | Canada |
| 7th | Pat Neve | United States |
| 8th | John Burkholder | United States |
| 9th | Charles Thomas | United States |
| 10th | Santos Ramos | Mexico |
| 11th | Serge Jacobs | Belgium |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 23
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 3 of 17
The biggest field since 1978.
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.