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Mr Europe 1961

Mr Europe 1961 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Guy Mierczuk.

Year
1961
Date
Jan 1, 1961
Location
Europe
Divisions
3
Competitors
19

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Mr Europe 1961

Guy Mierczuk Champion

1961 Europe Dec 31, 1960

Mr Europe 1961 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Guy Mierczuk.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 13, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Physique champion Christian Jaureguy, who won in 1960, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Guy Mierczuk
Chile
2nd
Louis Marthin
Chile
3rd
Sylvios Blackman
Chile

Mr Europe 1961 contested 3 divisions across 19 athletes, competitors from 3 countries. Guy Mierczuk took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 3 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented Chile (8) - France (4) - Belgium (3)

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Guy Mierczuk Chile
2nd Louis Marthin Chile
3rd Sylvios Blackman Chile
4th Antoni Pietroszek Chile
5th Przemysław Kwiatkowski Chile
6th Mario Salata Chile
7th Kurt Marnul Chile
8th Hans Lohrer Chile
9th Roger DeWitte Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Physique

Place Athlete Country
1st Christian Barreau First recorded win France
2nd Pierre Sarver France
3rd Maurice DeMeyer Belgium
4th Francois Mertens Belgium
5th Felicien Peler France
6th Gerhard Alhers -
7th Jean Magnani France
8th Giuseppe Magro -
9th Marco Giesberg -
10th Jean-Paul Marti -

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Physique

Place Athlete Country
1st Christian Barreau France
2nd Jean Magnani France
3rd Marco Giesberg -
4th Felicien Peler France

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
19
Divisions
3
Size rank
10 of 22

The biggest field since 1956.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1961 Guy Mierczuk Open
1958 Roger Schaeffer Open
1955 James Mathe Open
1953 James Mathe Open
1948 Sylestre Lindberg Open
1939 Oscar Heidenstam Open
1937 Jacques Pasquet 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.
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