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Mr Belgium 1956

Mr Belgium 1956 was held in Brussels, Belgium. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Andre Van Kemscke.

Year
1956
Date
Jan 1, 1956
Divisions
4
Competitors
25

Results by Division

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Mr Belgium 1956

1956 Brussels, Belgium Dec 31, 1955

Mr Belgium 1956 was held in Brussels, Belgium. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Andre Van Kemscke.

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

2-time winner Jean Naitali, who won in 1955, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

1st
Andre Van Kemscke
Belgium
2nd
Jacques Tieppo
Belgium
3rd
Edouard Robinski
Belgium

Mr Belgium 1956 contested 4 divisions across 25 athletes. Andre Van Kemscke took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 4 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 - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Andre Van Kemscke First recorded win Belgium
2nd Jacques Tieppo Belgium
3rd Edouard Robinski Belgium
4th Andre Merlo Belgium
5th Guido Ranieri Belgium
6th Jean Schoonbroodt Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Louis Bauduin First recorded win Belgium
2nd Marcel Desmedt Belgium
3rd Andre Coel Belgium
4th Alfred Perot Belgium
5th Ernest Ismeni Belgium
6th Rene Julemont Belgium
6th Jose Altounian Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Henri Glorieux Title defense, 3rd win here Belgium
2nd Albert Finck Belgium
3rd Gerard Zappa Belgium
4th Pierre Swerts Belgium
5th Jean Bewels Belgium
6th Carlo Blommaert Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Pierre Vandervondelen 2nd win here Belgium
2nd Jean Nelis Belgium
3rd Carlos Mercenier Belgium
4th Jerry Sewastjanow Belgium
5th Pascal Frare Belgium
6th Henri Keerstocht Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
25
Divisions
4
Size rank
9 of 28

The biggest field since 1953.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1958 Louis Vanhove Open
1951 Julien Straet Open
1950 Georges Dardenne Open
1949 Jean Ladeuze Open
1948 Jean Ladeuze Open
1947 Jean Ladeuze Open

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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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