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Elmer Farnham is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States.

2 career wins

Elmer Farnham

GenderMale
StatusRetired
Medium confidence 4 recorded results, Historical/community source Updated July 10, 2026 Accurate?

Elmer Farnham is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from the United States with a competitive record spanning 1938–1940.

Across 4 recorded contest results, Elmer Farnham has 2 first-place finishes.

No win rate is shown. With 4 recorded contest results on file, a single placing would move the figure by twenty points or more, so the percentage would describe how much of this career the database holds rather than anything about the athlete. The counts above are neither rounded nor capped.

Missing from this profile

No height, weight or birthdate on record.

Career Record

Total Results
4
Wins
2
Career
1938–1940
Country
United States
Verified
Sources
2

Every season on record

1938 to 1940 shown · 4 results on record

Peak Year 1939 (2 wins)

Measured against Elmer Farnham’s own seasons, not against the field.

1938
1939
1940
Olympia 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Other
Pro Debut
1938
First Win
1939
Last Contest
1940

All results

Every contest result on record for Elmer Farnham, 4 in all. Won by names the winner of the division Elmer Farnham competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.

YearContestDivisionPlaceWon by
1940 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding Unplaced John Grimek
1939 America's Finest Physique Other Divisions #1 Winner
1939 York Perfect Man Other Divisions #1 Winner
1938 Mr America Men's Open Bodybuilding #2 Bert Goodrich

Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Elmer Farnham that source is MuscleMemory. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. That archive no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name here and not offered as a link.