Iron Man 1972
Iron Man 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding co-winners were Dominick DiBetta and Ken Holbert.
- Year
- 1972
- Date
- Jan 1, 1972
- Location
- USA
- Divisions
- 1
- Competitors
- 4
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Dominick DiBetta , Ken Holbert | Jim Lem |
Iron Man 1972
Iron Man 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Dominick DiBetta.
Defending champion Russ Cotterman, who won in 1971, did not return.
Iron Man 1972 contested 1 division across 4 athletes. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
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
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Dominick DiBetta | United States |
| 1st | Ken Holbert | United States |
| 2nd | Jim Lem | United States |
| 3rd | Alan Kirshner | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 4
- Divisions
- 1
- Size rank
- 7 of 23
The biggest field since 1970.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Glenn Maur | Open |
| 1977 | Dave Mujaked | Open |
| 1976 | Charles Glass | Open |
| 1975 | Paul Love | Open |
| 1974 | Dennis Holmes | Open |
| 1973 | Charles Francillette | Open |
| 1971 | Russ Cotterman | Open |
| 1970 | Ed Corney | Open |
| 1969 | Michael Dayton | Open |
| 1968 | Bob Kemper | Open |
| 1967 | Joseph Townsell | Open |
| 1965 | Eugene Dickerson | Open |
| 1964 | Leon Burks | Open |
| 1963 | Harold Love | 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.

