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World Amateur Championships 1985

World Amateur Championships 1985 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Peter Hensel.

Year
1985
Location
USA
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
6
Competitors
64

Results by Division

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World Amateur Championships 1985 Results

Peter Hensel Champion

1985 USA

World Amateur Championships 1985 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Peter Hensel.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 3, 2026 Accurate?

Defending HeavyWeight champion Mike Christian, who won in 1984, did not return.

About this show

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight, Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight and Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight were contested at the World Amateur Championships 1985 in USA. 64 athletes from 28 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Peter Hensel
Peter Hensel
Germany
2nd
Ulf Larsson
Ulf Larsson
Sweden
3rd
Ron Love
Ron Love
Netherlands

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Peter Hensel Germany
2nd Ulf Larsson Sweden
3rd Ron Love Netherlands
4th Olev Annus Estonia
5th Ralf Moeller Germany
6th Alois Pek Serbia
14th Susanne Saarela Finland
participated Koos Hemminga Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Dominique Darde France
2nd Janice Ragain (2) United States
3rd Hildegard Schaeffer Germany
4th Della Shahabi United Kingdom
5th Asa Gillberg Sweden
6th Connie Heusdans Netherlands
7th Tina Van Duyn (2) -
8th Christine Laurent France
9th Anita Pinnock United Kingdom
10th Shelly Huber Canada
11th Anni Sorensen Germany
12th Vivian Bermudez (2) United States
13th Mishay Santos (2) -
15th Liv Sundby Norway
16th Kirstin Schuett Australia
17th Ibi Kovacs Hungary
18th Paloma Ramos Spain
19th Marilynn Carle United States
20th Patsy Delaender Belgium
21st Melony Feaster Bahamas
22nd Adela Arevalo Mexico

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Juliette Bergmann First World Amateur Championships title Netherlands
2nd Renate Holland (2) United States
3rd Donna Lea Canada
4th Katherine Illingworth Australia
5th Marsha Radford (2) United States
6th Veronique Balmer (2) United States
7th Camilla Palazzi Sweden
8th Astrid Aschwender Switzerland
9th Carole Leroi Belgium
10th Isabelle Calmajis French Polynesia
11th Christine Vandaele Belgium
12th Lupe Leito Netherlands Antilles
13th Junko Ogaki Japan
14th Marjorie Budet Puerto Rico
15th Masami Kitazawa Japan

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated July 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
64
Divisions
6
Size rank
36 of 41

The biggest field since 1983.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2017 Jenica Stan Junior Physique
2016 Heidrun Ertsaas Figure Junior
2013 Olga Beliakova Bodybuilding
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