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USA World Qualifier 1978

USA World Qualifier 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Mike Mentzer.

Year
1978
Date
Jan 1, 1978
Location
USA
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
3
Competitors
9

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USA World Qualifier 1978

Mike Mentzer Champion

1978 USA Dec 31, 1977

USA World Qualifier 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Mike Mentzer.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

USA World Qualifier 1978 contested 3 divisions across 9 athletes. Mike Mentzer took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 3 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 - Heavyweight

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Mike Mentzer First USA World Qualifier title United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Carlos Rodriguez First USA World Qualifier title United States
2nd Anthony Pandolfo United States
3rd Sammie Willis United States
4th Lionel Gaubert United States
5th James Gaubert United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Tom Platz United States
2nd Tony Pearson United States
3rd James Seitzer United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

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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.
  • 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.