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North American Championships 1998

North American Championships 1998 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to David Wilson Jr.

Year
1998
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
9
Competitors
79

Results by Division

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North American Championships 1998 Results

David Wilson Jr Champion

1998 Pittsburgh, PA, USA

North American Championships 1998 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to David Wilson Jr.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 6, 2026 Accurate?

Defending BantamWeight champion Claude Morissette, who won in 1996, did not return.

About this show

The North American Championships 1998 was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA. 9 divisions were judged, across 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 - Welterweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight and more. 79 athletes from 2 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

1st
David Wilson Jr
David Wilson Jr
United States
2nd
Gerald Hobby
United States
3rd
Ronnie Anderson
United States

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight

Place Athlete Country
1st David Wilson Jr United States
2nd Gerald Hobby United States
3rd Ronnie Anderson United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

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.

Men's Open 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.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Amy Pazzo United States
2nd Sharon Robelle United States
3rd Anita Ramsey (2) United States
4th Debbie Laszewski United States
5th Thresa Bostick United States
6th Ronny Lipari United States
7th Melody Bennett United States
8th Juliana Compeindo (2) United States
9th Andriene Taylor (2) United States
10th Sheilahe Brown United States
12th Jayne Trcka (2) United States
13th Marcia Ferguson (2) United States
14th Judy Serpa United States
15th Eleanor McBride United States
16th Charlie Hunt United States
17th Christine Forte United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Tracy Sackmann (2) First North American Championships title -
2nd Melanie Horton Canada
3rd Kerri Krothy United States
4th Maricela Enriquez United States
5th Tracy Mason United States
6th Jennifer Lupi United States
7th Gail Bowles United States
8th Antoinette Norman United States
9th Tonia Villalobos United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Alice Rodriguez First recorded win United States
2nd Deborah Barnes United States
3rd Shirley Loturo United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
79
Divisions
9
Size rank
17 of 40

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
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
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.
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