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Junior Mr America 1945

Junior Mr America 1945 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Lauriano.

Year
1945
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

Results by Division

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Junior Mr America 1945 Results

Joe Lauriano Champion

1945 USA

Junior Mr America 1945 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Lauriano.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 1, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Open champion Steve Stanko, who won in 1944, did not return.

About this show

Full placings from the Junior Mr America 1945 in USA, where 1 division was judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding. 3 athletes competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Joe Lauriano
United States
2nd
Joseph Thaler
United States
3rd
Robert Strange
United States

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Joe Lauriano First recorded win United States
2nd Joseph Thaler United States
3rd Robert Strange United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
50 of 51

The biggest field since 1944.

Past winners of this event

What this page holds

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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
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