North American Championships 1981
North American Championships 1981 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Marty Vranicar.
- Year
- 1981
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 4
Results by Division
North American Championships 1981 Results
North American Championships 1981 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Marty Vranicar.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Mike Christian, who won in 1979, did not return.
About this show
The North American Championships 1981 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 4 divisions were judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight. 4 athletes competed.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marty Vranicar First North American Championships title | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jesse Gautreaux | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Joe Distinti First North American Championships title | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | James Youngblood First North American Championships title | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 4
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 38 of 40
The biggest field since 1979.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Lisa Kelchner | Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | Emanuella Silvagni | Open |
| 2004 | Cathy Wood | Bodybuilding |
| 1972 | Warren Frederick | Open |
| 1962 | Yves Lafontaine | Open |
| 1949 | Clarence Ross | 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 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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