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Mr Australia 1965

Mr Australia 1965 was held in Melbourne, Australia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Les Spendlove.

Year
1965
Date
Jan 1, 1965
Divisions
2
Competitors
6

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Les Spendlove Carlo Zumbo
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro Brian Lamprill Victor Vella
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Mr Australia 1965

Les Spendlove Champion

1965 Melbourne, Australia Dec 31, 1964

Mr Australia 1965 was held in Melbourne, Australia. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Les Spendlove.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 8, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Open champion Leong Cheong Sim, who won in 1964, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Les Spendlove
Australia
2nd
Carlo Zumbo
Australia
3rd
Roman Kurda
Australia

Mr Australia 1965 contested 2 divisions across 6 athletes. Les Spendlove took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 2 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Les Spendlove First recorded win Australia
2nd Carlo Zumbo Australia
3rd Roman Kurda Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro

Place Athlete Country
1st Brian Lamprill First recorded win Australia
2nd Victor Vella Australia
3rd Michael Hunt Australia

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
2
Size rank
2 of 8

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1974 Ted Matoush Open
1973 Roger Walker Open
1972 Frank Columbera Open
1970 Carlo Zumbo Open
1966 Henry Iwanski Professional
1965 Les Spendlove Open
1964 Leong Cheong Sim Open
1960 Michael Hunt Professional

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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.
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