Bodybuilding at the 1981 World Games
Medal events in both men's (4) and women's (2) bodybuilding were included in World Games I. They were held on July 30–31, 1981, at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in San Jose, California. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in California's Santa Clara Valley. In the bodybuilding competition, the preliminary rounds featured two-on-two competition. Point scoring was based on mandatory posing (front, back and side poses) and optional posing determined by the athlete. 26 of  the countries at these Games participated in bodybuilding, making it one of the most represented sports. Results. Sources: Men's–Heavyweight 1 John Kemper – USA 2 Wayne Robbins – Canada 3 Achmed Ibrahim – Egypt 4 Manfred Grossler – Austria 5 Rolando Pintoy – Philippines 6 ... Men's–Light-Heavyweight 1 Jacques Neuville – France 2 Jesse Gautreaux – USA 3 Keijo Reiman – Finland 4 Ulf Bengtsson – Sweden 5 Osamu Usui – Japan 6 Cesar Lopez – Mexico 7 L.K. Adhikary – India 8 ... Men's–Middleweight 1 James Youngblood – USA 2 Billy Knight – Australia 3 Erwin Note – Belgium 4 Ray Beaulieu – Canada 5 Lucien Gunther – Holland 6 Michel Dermaux – Belgium 7  Paijo Bin Jemadi – Malaysia, tie 7 Teh Ah Fook – Malaysia, tie 9 Vicente Segovia – Spain 10 Michael Hekel – Switzerland 11 Moloy Roy – India Men's–Lightweight 1 Renato Bertagna – Italy 2 Esmat Sadek – Egypt 3 Joseph Disinti – USA 4 Harry Derglin – Switzerland 5 Ralph Lopez – Puerto Rico 6 Guillermo Franco – Guatemala 7 Katsumi Ishimura – Japan 8 Luis Guzman – Puerto Rico Women's–Middleweight 1 Kike Elomaa – Finland 2 Gail Schroeter – USA 3 Deborah Diana – USA 4 Carla Dunlap – USA 5 Kay Baxter-Wick – USA 6 Shelley Gruwell – USA 7 Linda McCrerey – USA 8 Joanne Cameron – USA 9 Vera Cools – Belgium 10 Carole  Bennett – Australia 11 Lynne Bergmame – Canada 12 Marlene Fuhrer – Switzerland 13 Leia Kawaii – USA 14 Monika Chevalley – Switzerland Women's–Lightweight 1 Pam Brooks – USA 2 Josee Baumgartner – France 3 Christine Reed – USA 4 Debbie Trenholm – USA 5 Jacqueline Roos – Holland 6 Kathy Basacker – USA 7 Josiane Jamar – Belgium 8 Stella Martinez – USA 9 Dagmar Zuso – Switzerland 9(?) Susan Roberts – USA 11 Sue Tonks – England 12 Carla York – USA 13 Terri Miladinovich – USA 14 Milda Graham – Canada 15 Kathleen Cosentino – USA 16 Kathy Tuite – USA 17 Michelle Tennier – Canada 18 Wendy Daniels – Canada 19 Claudine Turin – Switzerland 20 Terri Buhne – Australia  Other competitors expected prior to Games – United States: Madeline Almeida, Susan Bressler, Gary Leonard, Ernie Santiago, Richard Baldin, John Burkholder; Singapore: Moh Teck Hin