Mr California 1952
Mr California 1952 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding co-winners were Norman Marks and Bob Shealey.
- Year
- 1952
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 1
- Competitors
- 8
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Norman Marks , Bob Shealey | Monte Wolford |
Mr California 1952 Results
Mr California 1952 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Bob Shealey.
Defending champion Malcolm Brenner, who won in 1951, did not return.
About this show
The Mr California 1952 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. 1 division was judged, across Men's Open Bodybuilding. 8 athletes competed.
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
Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bob Shealey | United States |
| 1st | Norman Marks | United States |
| 2nd | Monte Wolford | United States |
| 3rd | Ken Cameron | United States |
| 4th | Irvin Koszewski (Zabo) | United States |
| 5th | Pepper Gomez | United States |
| 6th | Keith Stephan | United States |
| 7th | Alvin Lee | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 8
- Divisions
- 1
- Size rank
- 17 of 40
The biggest field since 1946.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Dave Johns | Open |
| 1976 | Kalman Szkalak | Open |
| 1975 | Dale Adrian | Open |
| 1974 | Scott Wilson | Open |
| 1973 | Mike Besikof | Open |
| 1972 | Tyrone Youngs | Open |
| 1971 | Ed Corney | Open |
| 1969 | Paul Love | Open |
| 1968 | Charles Collras | Open |
| 1967 | Chris Dickerson | Open |
| 1966 | Ralph Kroger | Open |
| 1963 | Don Howorth | Open |
| 1962 | George Sheffield | Open |
| 1960 | Larry Scott | 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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
- 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.