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Mr Eastern USA 1976

Mr Eastern USA 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Steve Shields.

Year
1976
Date
Jan 1, 1976
Location
USA
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
6
Competitors
22

Results by Division

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Mr Eastern USA 1976

Steve Shields Champion

1976 USA Dec 31, 1975

Mr Eastern USA 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Steve Shields.

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

Defending champion Paul Price, who won in 1975, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Steve Shields
United States
2nd
Phil Evanisko
United States
3rd
John Iacobelli
United States

Mr Eastern USA 1976 contested 6 divisions across 22 athletes, 5 open and 1 age-restricted Masters. Steve Shields took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 6 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Masters divisions 1

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Steve Shields United States
2nd Phil Evanisko United States
3rd John Iacobelli United States
4th Dwayne Broadway United States
5th Robert Lauda United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Charles Thomas First recorded win United States
2nd Ken Covington United States
3rd Steve Reed United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Robert Auberg First recorded win United States
2nd Kennedy Gomez United States
3rd Ken Dyon United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Ray Mentzer First recorded win United States
2nd Robert Rogers United States
3rd Stan Blinder United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen

Place Athlete Country
1st John Duckworth First recorded win United States
2nd Dwayne Broadway United States
3rd Russ Ericson United States
4th Bogdan Nowacki United States
5th Anthony Blachowicz United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Robert Lauda First recorded win United States
2nd Frank Guest United States
3rd Dean McDonnell United States
4th Essex Cook United States
5th Ted Taylor United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
22
Divisions
6
Size rank
1 of 6

The biggest edition on record, across 6 we hold.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1976 Steve Shields Open
1975 Paul Price Open
1974 Joe Dodd Open
1973 John Boos Open
1970 Bob Gallucci Open

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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.