Mr America 1976
Mr America 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Means.
- Year
- 1976
- Date
- Jan 1, 1976
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 35
Results by Division
Mr America 1976
Mr America 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Means.
Defending Open champion Dale Adrian, who won in 1975, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
Mr America 1976 contested 4 divisions across 35 athletes. Joe Means 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 | Joe Means | United States |
| 2nd | Kalman Szkalak | United States |
| 3rd | Pat Neve | United States |
| 4th | Clint Beyerle | United States |
| 5th | Dave Johns | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
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 - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mike Mentzer | United States |
| 1st | Dave Johns | United States |
| 2nd | Roger Callard | United States |
| 2nd | Joe Means | United States |
| 3rd | Fred Shandor | United States |
| 3rd | Robert Smith | United States |
| 4th | Charles Thomas | United States |
| 4th | Richard Baldwin | United States |
| 5th | Bob Gallucci | United States |
| 6th | Eddie Love | United States |
| 7th | Vic Seipke | United States |
| 8th | Paul Santos | United States |
| 9th | Alex McNeil | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
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 - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Pat Neve | United States |
| 1st | Danny Padilla | United States |
| 2nd | Carlos Rodriguez | United States |
| 2nd | Ron Teufel | United States |
| 3rd | David Mastorakis | United States |
| 3rd | Tom Platz | United States |
| 4th | John Burkholder | United States |
| 4th | Lawrence Gordon | United States |
| 5th | Robert DePalma | United States |
| 6th | James Davies | United States |
| 7th | Tom Hicks | United States |
| 8th | Steve Borodinsky | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
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 - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Kalman Szkalak | United States |
| 1st | Jorge Navarrete | United States |
| 2nd | Ray Mentzer | United States |
| 2nd | Clint Beyerle | United States |
| 3rd | Joe Nazario | United States |
| 3rd | Dusty Caldwell | United States |
| 4th | Doug Nagy | United States |
| 4th | Robert Klez | United States |
| 5th | James Buckley | United States |
| 6th | Willie Robinson | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 35
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 25 of 62
The biggest field since 1975.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Ron Thompson | Open |
| 1973 | Jim Morris | Open |
| 1972 | Steve Michalik | Open |
| 1970 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1969 | Boyer Coe | Open |
| 1968 | Jim Haislop | Open |
| 1967 | Dennis Tinerino | Open |
| 1966 | Bob Gajda | Open |
| 1965 | Jerry Daniels | Open |
| 1964 | Val Vasilieff | Open |
| 1963 | Vern Weaver | Open |
| 1962 | Joe Abbenda | Open |
| 1961 | Ray Routledge | Open |
| 1960 | Lloyd Lerille | 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.