Pro Mr America 1979
Pro Mr America 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium co-winners were Tommy Aybar and Joe Spooner.
- Year
- 1979
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- WBBG
- Divisions
- 6
- Competitors
- 19
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Tommy Aybar , Joe Spooner | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Dave Burgess | Derek Prescod |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Bertie James | Tony Atlas |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen | Mike Saddler | Chris Neely |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Don Scott | John Bianculli |
| Other Divisions - Masters 50+ | Kenny Hall | Bug Andrews |
Pro Mr America 1979 Results
Pro Mr America 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Joe Spooner.
Defending Medium champion Stan Blinder, who won in 1978, did not return.
About this show
Full placings from the Pro Mr America 1979 in USA, where 6 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen, Other Divisions - Masters and Other Divisions. 19 athletes competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
Masters divisions 2
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 - Medium
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 | Joe Spooner | United States |
| 1st | Tommy Aybar | United States |
| 3rd | Craig Jackson | United States |
| 3rd | Horace Leon Ivey | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dave Burgess | United States |
| 2nd | Derek Prescod | United States |
| 3rd | George Karras | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bertie James First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Tony Atlas | United States |
| 3rd | Ken Cole | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Saddler First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Chris Neely | United States |
| 3rd | Chuck Kirsch | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Don Scott | United States |
| 2nd | John Bianculli | United States |
| 3rd | Larry Powers | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kenny Hall Title defense, 4th win here | United States |
| 2nd | Bug Andrews | United States |
| 3rd | Hector Faberlle | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 19
- Divisions
- 6
- Size rank
- 2 of 19
The biggest field since 1977.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Anibal Lopez | Open |
| 1976 | Scott Wilson | Open |
| 1975 | Ralph Kroger | Open |
| 1974 | Warren Frederick | Open |
| 1973 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1972 | Bill Grant | Open |
| 1971 | Peter Caputo | Open |
| 1970 | Rick Wayne | Open |
| 1969 | Johnny Maldonado | Open |
| 1968 | Harold Poole | Open |
| 1967 | Harold Poole | Open |
| 1954 | Elias Rodriguez | Open |
| 1951 | John Farbotnik | Open |
| 1949 | Armand Tanny | 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.
- A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
- 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.