Nationals 1996
Nationals 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Ken Jones.
- Year
- 1996
- Date
- Nov 15, 1996
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 8
- Competitors
- 123
Results by Division
Nationals 1996
Nationals 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Ken Jones.
Defending BantamWeight champion Jimmy Momany, who won in 1995, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Nationals 1996 contested 8 divisions across 123 athletes, competitors from 3 countries. Ken Jones took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 8 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 - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ken Jones First Nationals title | United States |
| 2nd | Mikael Males | United States |
| 3rd | Michael Silverstein | United States |
| 4th | Sereiryth Leandre | United States |
| 5th | Earl Snyder | United States |
| 6th | André Hill | United States |
| 7th | Ronnie Davis | United States |
| 8th | Pasquale Grieco | United States |
| 9th | Jonathan Hunt | United States |
| 10th | Gerald Hobby | United States |
| 11th | Ronald Nurse | United States |
| 12th | R D Noren | United States |
| 13th | David Wilson Jr | United States |
| 14th | Gerald McAfee | United States |
| 15th | Bernard Reed | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jay Cutler | United States |
| 2nd | Tom Prince | United States |
| 3rd | Orville Burke | United States |
| 4th | David Palumbo | United States |
| 5th | Darrell Terrell | United States |
| 6th | Ronnie Adams | United States |
| 7th | George Turmon | United States |
| 8th | Bob Cicherillo | United States |
| 9th | Earl Crosswhite Jr | United States |
| 10th | Lucio Paolini | United States |
| 11th | Shari Kamali | United States |
| 12th | Jeff Gauthier | United States |
| 13th | Bill Wilmore | United States |
| 14th | Joel Cutulle | United States |
| 15th | James Buford | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Willie Stallings | United States |
| 2nd | Arne List | United States |
| 3rd | Chuck Sanow | United States |
| 4th | Mark Natalli | United States |
| 5th | Sylvester Soloman | United States |
| 6th | Dexter Jackson | United States |
| 7th | Jason Arntz | United States |
| 8th | Greg Davis | United States |
| 9th | Damon Island | United States |
| 10th | Parenthesis Devers | United States |
| 11th | Richard Perard | United States |
| 12th | Payam Mahmoodzadeh | United States |
| 13th | Tee Jay | United States |
| 14th | James Restivo | United States |
| 15th | Darien Bond | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jack Smith First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Harry Jonassaint | United States |
| 3rd | Roddy Gaubert | United States |
| 4th | Al Escobar | United States |
| 5th | Lloyd Brent Jones | United States |
| 6th | Tony Rivotto | United States |
| 7th | Rey Ronquillo | United States |
| 8th | Philip John | United States |
| 9th | Peter Fong | United States |
| 10th | Philip Bradfield | United States |
| 11th | Larry Tevelson | United States |
| 12th | Ernst Pierre Pierre Jr | United States |
| 13th | Alvin Chambers | United States |
| 14th | Milton Berry Jr | United States |
| 15th | Adam Weinberg | United States |
| 16th | Josh Todd | United States |
| 17th | Robert Enriquez | United States |
| 18th | Terry Taylor | United States |
| 19th | Maris Lee | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andy Dinetta First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Johnny Moya | United States |
| 3rd | Joseph Lazzaro | United States |
| 4th | Tommy Horne | United States |
| 5th | Jeff Snyder | United States |
| 6th | Johnny Stewart | United States |
| 7th | David Marinelli | United States |
| 8th | Eric Otero | United States |
| 9th | Vladimir Senatus | United States |
| 10th | Steve Dufrene | United States |
| 11th | Tom Pattyn | United States |
| 12th | Garrett Atterberry | United States |
| 13th | Richard Madama | United States |
| 14th | Martin Wright | United States |
| 15th | Mark Eldridge | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Betty Pariso | United States |
| 2nd | Nicole Bass | United States |
| 3rd | Ann-Marie Crooks | United States |
| 4th | Lesa Lewis | United States |
| 5th | Jennifer Greenbaum | United States |
| 6th | Heather Foster | Jamaica |
| 7th | Annie Rivieccio | United States |
| 8th | Sheilahe Brown | United States |
| 9th | Thresa Bostick | United States |
| 10th | Saundra Cabrera | United States |
| 11th | Nursel Gurler | United States |
| 12th | Mary Beth Carlson | United States |
| 13th | Anita Briggs | United States |
| 14th | Renee O'Neill | United States |
| 15th | Cheryl Harris | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Renee Johns | United States |
| 2nd | Angie Ashcraft | United States |
| 3rd | Jodi Friedman | United States |
| 4th | Yaz Boyum | United States |
| 5th | Diana Monti | United States |
| 6th | Denise Gerard | United States |
| 7th | Jolane Butler | United States |
| 8th | Stephanie Begley | United States |
| 9th | Mary Ellen Doss (2) | United States |
| 10th | Dawn Riehl | United States |
| 11th | Kathy Dehoyos | United States |
| 12th | Alice Rodriguez | United States |
| 13th | Dolores Moya | United States |
| 14th | Tracy Wilson | United States |
| 15th | Theresh Marzano | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gayle Moher First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Marcy Sigety | United States |
| 3rd | Rachel Mathias | United States |
| 4th | Michelle Ivers-Brent | United States |
| 5th | Lauren Hart | United States |
| 6th | Jody McDonnell | United States |
| 7th | Debbie Laszewski | United States |
| 8th | Andie Morisse | United States |
| 9th | Caron Hospedales | United States |
| 10th | Alison Murray | United States |
| 11th | Mah-Ann Mendoza | United States |
| 12th | Vikki Meads | United States |
| 13th | Tammy Simpson | United States |
| 14th | Dana Capobianco | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 123
- Divisions
- 8
- Size rank
- 24 of 38
The biggest field since 1985.
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.

