World Pro Championships 1979
World Pro Championships 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Roy Callendar.
- Year
- 1979
- Date
- Nov 15, 1979
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 2
- Competitors
- 9
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Roy Callendar | Albert Beckles |
| Women's Bodybuilding | Lisa Lyon | Claudia Wilbourn |
World Pro Championships 1979
World Pro Championships 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Roy Callendar.
Defending Open champion Bob Birdsong, who won in 1975, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
World Pro Championships 1979 contested 2 divisions across 9 athletes, competitors from 6 countries. Roy Callendar took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 2 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
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roy Callendar First World Pro Championships title | Canada |
| 2nd | Albert Beckles | Barbados |
| 3rd | Tony Emmott | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Ben Herder | Netherlands |
| 5th | Ed Corney | United States |
| 6th | Ivan Djirlic | Australia |
| 7th | Rafet Kolenovic | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lisa Lyon First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Claudia Wilbourn | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 9
- Divisions
- 2
- Size rank
- 13 of 14
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Ronnie Coleman | Open |
| 1985 | Mary Roberts | Open |
| 1980 | Jusup Wilkosz | Open |
| 1975 | Bob Birdsong | 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.