The World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships (formerly IFBB Mr. Universe) is a male bodybuilding contest organised by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness (IFBB) and first held in 1959. The name was changed in 1976 to avoid confusion with the NABBA Mr. Universe.
The 2009 championships were held in Doha, Qatar in November.
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From 1959-1969 there was just one category of competition - open. In 1970 the competition was split into three height classes: Short (under 5'5"), Medium (under 5'8"), and Tall (5'8") with an overall winner also decided. In 1976 they were abandoned in favour of weight classes. These have changed over the years but as of 2005 they are (weight in brackets is the maximum for this category):
An overall winner award was not awarded between 1976 and 1995. In 2006, overall winner awards were awarded in both the bodybuilding and classic bodybuilding disciplines.
| Year | Location | Overall Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Montreal, Canada | Eddie Sylvestre |
| 1960 | Montreal, Canada | Chuck Sipes |
| 1961 | No Contest | |
| 1962 | New York, USA | George Eiferman |
| 1963 | New York, USA | Harold Poole |
| 1964 | New York, USA | Larry Scott |
| 1965 | New York, USA | Earl Maynard |
| 1966 | New York, USA | Dave Draper |
| 1967 | Montreal, Canada | Sergio Oliva |
| 1968 | Miami, USA | Frank Zane |
| 1969 | New York, USA | Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| 1970 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia | Franco Columbu |
| 1971 | Paris, France | Albert Beckles |
| 1972 | Baghdad, Iraq | Ed Corney |
| 1973 | Geneva, Switzerland | Lou Ferrigno |
| 1974 | Verona, Italy | Lou Ferrigno |
| 1975 | Pretoria, South Africa | Ken Waller |
| 1976 | Montreal, Canada | Roger Walker |
| 1977 | Nîmes, France | Kalman Szkalak |
| 1978 | Acapulco, Mexico | Mike Mentzer |
| 1979 | Columbus, USA | David Souza |
| 1980 | Manila, Philippines | Harry Sack |
| 1981 | Cairo, Egypt | Lance Dreher |
| 1982 | Brugge, Belgium | Dale Ruplinger |
| 1983 | Singapore | Bob Paris |
| 1984 | Las Vegas, USA | Mike Christian |
| 1985 | Gothenburg, Sweden | David Souza |
| 1986 | Tokyo, Japan | Ralf Möller |
| 1987 | Madrid, Spain | Ralf Möller |
| 1988 | Brisbane, Australia | Premchand Dogra |
| 1989 | Paris, France | David Souza |
| 1990 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Tommy Rodrigues |
| 1991 | Katowice, Poland | Tommy Rodrigues |
| 1992 | Graz, Austria | David Souza |
| 1993 | Seoul, South Korea | David Souza |
| 1994 | Shanghai, China | David Souza |
| 1995 | Famagusta Cyprus | Agathoklis Agathokleous |
| 1996 | Amman, Jordan | Jeno Kiss |
| 1997 | Prague, Czech Republic | Ahmed Haidar |
| 1998 | İzmir, Turkey | Hamdallah Atkutlug |
| 1999 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Jaroslav Horvath |
| 2000 | Malacca, Malaysia | Serguei Dimitriev |
| 2001 | Yangon, Myanmar | Thomas Scheu |
| 2002 | Cairo, Egypt | Jose Carlos Santos |
| 2003 | Mumbai, India | El Shahat Mabrouk |
| 2004 | Moscow, Russia | Olegas Zhuras |
| 2005 | Shanghai, China | Dennis Wolf |
| 2006 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Ali Tabrizi |
| 2007 | Jeju City, South Korea | Robert Piotrkowicz |
| 2008 | Manama, Bahrain | Ali Tabrizi |
| 2009 | Doha, Qatar | Ali Tabrizi |
| 2010 | Baku, Azerbaijan | Mohammed Touri |
List of World Amateur Bodybuilding Championships medalists