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Junior Mr America 1956

Junior Mr America 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ray Schaefer.

Year
1956
Date
Jan 1, 1956
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
4

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Ray Schaefer Ron Lacy
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Junior Mr America 1956

Ray Schaefer Champion

1956 USA Dec 31, 1955

Junior Mr America 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Ray Schaefer.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 13, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Open champion Vic Seipke, who won in 1955, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Ray Schaefer
Ray Schaefer
United States
2nd
Ron Lacy
Ron Lacy
United States
3rd
Gene Bohaty
Gene Bohaty
United States

Junior Mr America 1956 contested 1 division across 4 athletes. Ray Schaefer took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Ray Schaefer United States
2nd Ron Lacy United States
3rd Gene Bohaty United States
4th Jack King (1) United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
4
Divisions
1
Size rank
48 of 51

The biggest field since 1955.

Past winners of this event

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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, 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.