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Junior Mr America 1959

Junior Mr America 1959 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Elmo Santiago.

Year
1959
Date
Jan 1, 1959
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
5

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Junior Mr America 1959

Elmo Santiago Champion

1959 USA Dec 31, 1958

Junior Mr America 1959 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Elmo Santiago.

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

Defending East champion Tom Sansone, who won in 1958, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Elmo Santiago
United States
2nd
Vern Weaver
Vern Weaver
United States
3rd
Buddy Basil
United States

Junior Mr America 1959 contested 1 division across 5 athletes. Elmo Santiago 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 Elmo Santiago First Junior Mr America title United States
2nd Vern Weaver United States
3rd Buddy Basil United States
4th Mike Ferraro United States
5th George Wojnowski United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
5
Divisions
1
Size rank
45 of 51

The biggest field since 1958.

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.