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World Championships 1999

World Championships 1999 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short title went to Dennis Giusto.

Year
1999
Date
Nov 15, 1999
Location
USA
Federation
WABBA
Divisions
16
Competitors
182

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World Championships 1999

Dennis Giusto Champion

1999 USA Nov 14, 1999

World Championships 1999 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short title went to Dennis Giusto.

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

Defending Open champion Christine Envall placed 3rd.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short

1st
Dennis Giusto
Dennis Giusto
United States
2nd
Edmundo Lancia
United States
3rd
Alessandro Savi
Alessandro Savi
United States

World Championships 1999 contested 16 divisions across 182 athletes, 13 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 12 countries. Dennis Giusto took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short. 8 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (142) - United Kingdom (10) - Australia (8)

13 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.

Masters divisions 3

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Patrick Tuor First recorded win Netherlands
2nd Costantino Galeazzo United States
3rd Boris Kleine United States
4th Delroy Stewart United States
5th Vasilios Grivas United States
6th Jean Philippe Becuwe United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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 - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Ovidijura Burbulis United States
1st Paul Harkin United States
2nd Alexandre Baldin United States
2nd Felix Decker Germany
3rd Nick Ansell United States
3rd Salvatore Cancemi United States
4th Luis Alterats United States
4th Mario Hoffmann United States
5th Antony Presliano United States
5th Bjorn Van Der Weide United States
6th Marcel Schlegel Germany
6th Ashish Sankharkar United States
7th Paulius Stankevicius United States
8th Christian Gerauer United States
9th Martin Ringhofer United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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

Place Athlete Country
1st Patrice Cols United States
1st Sergio DeAlessandris United States
1st Fabrizio Franceschetti United States
2nd Mehmet Yildrim United States
2nd Pietro Ferrazzano United States
2nd Tony Loicano United States
3rd Jesus Santos United States
3rd Karsten Wagner United States
3rd Bennour Mondher United States
4th Butch Nieves United States
4th Philippe Foussard France
4th Thierry Guissolan United States
5th Ricardo Aguiar United States
5th Ramsford Smith United Kingdom
5th Shawn Dukes United States
6th Djillali Medjhadi United States
6th Gaston Martinez United States
6th Eugenij Vyskubov United States
7th Dirk Stensel United States
8th Frank Graf United States
participated Rudy Huygaerts United States
participated Antonio Commisuli United States
participated Joey Arendt United States
participated Nicolae Giurgi Canada

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Steffen Müller First recorded win Germany
2nd René Meier United States
3rd Hannes Engelschall United States
4th Steve Tayler United Kingdom
5th Shannon Monroe United States
6th Giuseppe Cozzi United States
7th Oliver Von Sierakowski United States
participated Luca Brioni United States
participated Darius Bunknaitis United States
participated Enzo D'Alessandro Australia
participated Sergio Garcia United States
participated Robert McRobbie United Kingdom
participated Tsipnobitis Paschas United States
participated Borris Shamraev United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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 - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Dejan Madzarovic United States
1st Frank Freis United States
1st Mathias Ozim United States
2nd Thierry Tillieux United States
2nd Marlon Mijnals Netherlands
2nd Lassaoui Abdelai United States
3rd Jean François Hoareaux United States
3rd Pino Alessi United States
3rd Christian Attard United States
4th Ricardo Coelho United States
4th Ondoa Omougou United States
4th Klaus Berger United States
5th Manuel Cuevas Sevilla United States
5th Gerhard Grossauer United States
6th Renaldo Muradin Netherlands
6th Archie Speller United States
7th Sergej Ribakov United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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 - Tall

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Anja Timmer First recorded win United States
2nd Sandra Waterschoot United States
3rd Christine Envall Australia
4th Julia Abel United Kingdom
5th Daniela Escher United States
6th Melody Leese United States
7th Louise Halliwell United States
8th Jutta Vermey United States
9th Galina Podolneva United States

Official scores are unavailable.

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.

Women's Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Eva Pogacnik Slovenia
1st Natalia Pronina United States
2nd Sylvie Chiavuzzo Switzerland
3rd Ruth Garcia Spain
4th Clendina Chaves United States
5th Maria Diaz United States
6th Isabelle Zubiar Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Medium

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

Place Athlete Country
7th Andrea Gagliano United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

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

Place Athlete Country
8th Andrea Mencarelli United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Juani Martinez First recorded win United States
2nd Tina Pusch Germany
3rd Loretta McMillan United States
4th Thomassine Catalano France
5th Natalia Pronina United States
6th Marina Burinskaya United States
7th Ingeberg Babel United States
8th Angela Barnes United States
participated Egle Marcinkevichute United States
participated Suzanne McKeith Australia
participated Theodora Pappa United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Women's Figure - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Giovanna Rosa First recorded win United States
2nd Brigitte Crepieux France
3rd Lynn Perrott United Kingdom
4th Dianne Jardim Australia
5th Lorraine March United States
6th Oxana Shchezhyna United States
7th Simona Misevichiene Lithuania
8th Sigita Lodaite United States
participated Melissa Sutherland United States
participated Saskia Spiegeler United States
participated Marie-Pierre Ripert United States
participated Marie Legros United States
participated Nagele Inese United States
participated Isabelle Andre France
participated Nathalie Baufort United States
participated Gaylene Richards United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

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.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Gerard Leroy United States
1st John Citrone United Kingdom
2nd Uwe Seiter United States
2nd Aivars Visockis United States
3rd Garry Mekethar United States
3rd Jack Van Der Steen United States
4th Mauriece Hamler United States
4th Kym Johncock Australia
5th Dominique LePrince France
5th Philippe Meret United States
6th Max Pangerl United States
6th Dmitrij Zolin United States
7th Bernd Prause United States
participated Gary Kamil United States
participated Lyginas Zigmundas United States
participated Giancarlo Castelli United States
participated Graham Park United Kingdom
participated Mike Mitchell United States
participated Saulius Misevichius United States
participated Brad McMillan Australia
participated Les Clemm -
participated Lutz Lenk United States
participated John Brooks United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men

Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men

Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
182
Divisions
16
Size rank
18 of 43

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2017 Danni Teresa Bodybuilding
1991 Rosana Marrone Figure
1988 Beate Plank Figure
1986 Marie Mahabir Open
1984 Thierry Pastel Open
1978 Bridget Pasquill Open

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