New York City Championships 1996
New York City Championships 1996 was held in New York, NY, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Edwin Alvarez.
- Year
- 1996
- Date
- Jan 1, 1996
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Federation
- NPC
- Divisions
- 8
- Competitors
- 27
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight | Edwin Alvarez | Keith Henson |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Stephen Salerno | David Clark |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Steven Pecora | Chris Mazzella |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Jason Behman | Chuck Kirsch |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Jesus Perez | Durlan Castro |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Sean Squillaro | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Bantamweight | – | – |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Debbie Santo , Madge Thompson (2) | – |
New York City Championships 1996 Results
New York City Championships 1996 was held in New York, NY, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Edwin Alvarez.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Marianne Sanzogni, who won in 1986, did not return.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen, Women's Bodybuilding - Bantamweight and Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight were contested at the New York City Championships 1996 on January 1, 1996 in New York, NY, USA. 27 athletes competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Edwin Alvarez First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Keith Henson | United States |
| 3rd | Grant Cooper | United States |
| 4th | Charles Lasalle | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stephen Salerno First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | David Clark | United States |
| 3rd | David Tranvaag | United States |
| 4th | Rudy Richards | United States |
| 5th | Mirek Eigner | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steven Pecora First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Chris Mazzella | United States |
| 3rd | Ray Vassallo | United States |
| 4th | Damian Dube | United States |
| 5th | Eric Goldstein | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jason Behman First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Chuck Kirsch | United States |
| 3rd | John Velazquez | United States |
| 4th | John Carrozza | United States |
| 5th | Edwin Rodriguez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jesus Perez First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Durlan Castro | United States |
| 3rd | Michael Martino | United States |
| 4th | Frank Trujillo | United States |
| 5th | Errick Carter | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sean Squillaro First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
No placement data
Placement data for this division has not been recorded.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Debbie Santo | United States |
| 1st | Madge Thompson (2) | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 27
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 2 of 6
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ming Chew | Open |
| 1983 | Linda WoođHoyte | Open |
| 1982 | Sheritha McKenzie | 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, 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.