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Mr New York State 1979

Mr New York State 1979 was held in New York, NY, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Dave Pomponio.

Year
1979
Date
Jan 1, 1979
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Dave Pomponio David Ingangi
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Mr New York State 1979

Dave Pomponio Champion

1979 New York, NY, USA Dec 31, 1978

Mr New York State 1979 was held in New York, NY, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Dave Pomponio.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 13, 2026 Accurate?

Defending champion John Boos, who won in 1973, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Dave Pomponio
United States
2nd
David Ingangi
United States
3rd
Gene Lumumba
Gene Lumumba
United States

Mr New York State 1979 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Dave Pomponio took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Dave Pomponio First recorded win United States
2nd David Ingangi United States
3rd Gene Lumumba United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
12 of 17

The biggest field since 1965.

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What this page holds

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.
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