World Championships 2000
World Championships 2000 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Marina Gusmini.
- Year
- 2000
- Date
- Nov 15, 2000
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- WABBA
- Divisions
- 15
- Competitors
- 120
Results by Division
World Championships 2000
World Championships 2000 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Marina Gusmini.
Defending Bodybuilding champion Anja Timmer, who won in 1999, did not return.
World Championships 2000 contested 15 divisions across 120 athletes, 12 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 9 countries. Marina Gusmini took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 11 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 3
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marina Gusmini First recorded win | Italy |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marc Ghys First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Alessandro Savi | United States |
| 3rd | Michael Feuchter | United States |
| 4th | Jose Maria | United States |
| 5th | Archie Speller | United States |
| 6th | Ramon Gutierrez | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Extra Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Costantino Galeazzo First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Massimiliano Petrarca | United States |
| 3rd | Carsten Werner | United States |
| 4th | Olaf Michaelis | United States |
| 5th | Herminio Deniz | United States |
| 6th | Evangelos Laz Arou | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Harkin Title defense, 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Ken Van Wezel | United States |
| 3rd | Shane Parke | Australia |
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 | Charles Duca | Australia |
| 1st | Mauro Zamparimi | United States |
| 1st | Brian Connolly | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Grant Mayo | Australia |
| 2nd | Pier Giorgio Ravenna | United States |
| 2nd | Santiago Ortega | United States |
| 3rd | Dirk Weber | United States |
| 3rd | Domenico Lampidecchia | United States |
| 3rd | Markus Schubert | United States |
| 4th | Thierry Guissolan | United States |
| 4th | Chris Lucks | United States |
| 4th | Alfonso Cosenza | United States |
| 5th | Stefan Niegengerdt | United States |
| 5th | Bert DeBoer | Netherlands |
| 5th | Domenico Lascari | United States |
| 6th | Gaston Martinez | United States |
| 6th | Tawhiti Henare | United States |
| 6th | Roberto Fedeli | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Vandenberg | Australia |
| 2nd | Patrick Warner | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | John Verstegen | Netherlands |
| 4th | Barry Duffield | 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 | Juan Barreto | United States |
| 1st | Nick Jones | Australia |
| 1st | Ronny Rockel | Germany |
| 2nd | Paolo Ianni | United States |
| 2nd | Salvatore Cirillo | United States |
| 2nd | Gerard Leroy | United States |
| 3rd | Maurizio Caricchia | United States |
| 3rd | Thierry Tillieux | United States |
| 3rd | Gary Jones | United States |
| 4th | Luca Convertini | Italy |
| 4th | Jean Bauzniakoff | United States |
| 4th | Jack Maru | United States |
| 5th | Fabrizio Salso | United States |
| 5th | Antonio Zannini | United States |
| 5th | Tony Sila | United States |
| 6th | Philiep Van Nuffel | United States |
| 6th | John Fontana | United Kingdom |
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
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gary Guinn | United States |
| 1st | Silvio Sanchez | United States |
| 1st | Harold Marillier | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Guy Grundy | Australia |
| 2nd | Mauro Brandone | United States |
| 2nd | Thiery Tache | France |
| 3rd | Antonio Vergiani | United States |
| 3rd | Luca Silvestrini | United States |
| 3rd | Virgilio Olivari | United States |
| 4th | Henk Visser | Netherlands |
| 4th | Leo D'Arcangelo | United States |
| 4th | Laurent Monnet | France |
| 5th | Scott Burgess | Australia |
| 5th | Pedro Andrade | United States |
| 5th | Enrico Levantino | United States |
| 6th | Dyamel Ghariani | United States |
| 6th | Carl Waitoa | United States |
| 6th | Mario Barrero | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alexander Bardine First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Andrey Iakoubov | United States |
| 3rd | Stuart Core | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Alberto Alonso | - |
| 5th | Luisdiso Vakalisa | United States |
| 6th | Domenico LaBarbera | 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 | Christine Envall | Australia |
| 1st | Ingrid Distler (2) | United States |
| 2nd | Claudia Bianchi | United States |
| 2nd | Elia Ilaria | United States |
| 2nd | Cathy Millan | United States |
| 3rd | Susanne Bock | Germany |
| 3rd | Patrizia Cortesi | United States |
| 3rd | Joanne Rogers | United States |
| 4th | Smilka Kohlgruber | United States |
| 4th | Marjolein Waterschoot | United States |
| 5th | Sally Fisher | United States |
| 5th | Popi Tripodi | United States |
| 6th | Sophia DeChiazza | United States |
| 6th | Eulalia Santos | Portugal |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Loretta McMillan | United States |
| 2nd | Terri Roberts | United States |
| 3rd | Chantelle Price | United States |
| 4th | Karen Lindsay | United States |
| 5th | Nanda Gunneweg | United States |
| 6th | Angela Barnes | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Silvie Esmenjaud First recorded win | France |
| 2nd | Joanne Dawe | United States |
| 3rd | Nicola Tulette | United States |
| 4th | Vanessa Houghton | New Zealand |
| 5th | Renae McGregor | Australia |
| 6th | Valerie Harrison | 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 | Jack Van Der Steen First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Dmitrij Zolin | United States |
| 2nd | Max Pangerl | United States |
| 3rd | Kym Johncock | Australia |
| 3rd | Uwe Seiter | United States |
| 4th | John Lee | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Alexander Bardine | United States |
| 5th | Jack Wadsworth | United States |
| 5th | Laurent Panchaud | United States |
| 6th | Gharalezee Fherry | United States |
| 6th | John Brooks | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 40+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Juan Barreto First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Brian Connolly | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Paolo Ianni | United States |
| 4th | Pier Giorgio Ravenna | United States |
| 5th | Antonio Vergiani | United States |
| 6th | Alfonso Cosenza | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Urbino Aristide | United States |
| 2nd | Domenico Lascari | United States |
| 3rd | Luigi Lanzalonga | United States |
| 4th | Eddie Parker | United States |
| 5th | Sebastiano DiRosa | United States |
| 6th | Harry Griffiths | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 120
- Divisions
- 15
- Size rank
- 23 of 43
The biggest field since 1999.
Past winners of this event
| 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 |
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.