Mr Los Angeles 1961
Mr Los Angeles 1961 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Leon Burks.
- Year
- 1961
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Federation
- AAU
- Divisions
- 2
- Competitors
- 4
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Leon Burks | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Charles Pranke | Don Howorth |
Mr Los Angeles 1961 Results
Mr Los Angeles 1961 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Leon Burks.
Defending Open champion Hugo Labra, who won in 1960, did not return.
About this show
Full placings from the Mr Los Angeles 1961 in Los Angeles, CA, USA, where 2 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding. 4 athletes competed.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Leon Burks | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Charles Pranke First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Don Howorth | United States |
| 3rd | Bernie Ernst | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 4
- Divisions
- 2
- Size rank
- 21 of 33
The biggest field since 1956.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Doug Jukich | Open |
| 1979 | Les Galvin | Open |
| 1977 | John Brown | Open |
| 1976 | Ron Bourque | Open |
| 1975 | Bill Markakis | Open |
| 1974 | Dale Adrian | Open |
| 1973 | Bob Birdsong | Open |
| 1971 | Vic Tanny Jr | Open |
| 1970 | Jim Morris | Open |
| 1969 | Gordon Wong | Open |
| 1968 | Charles Collras | Open |
| 1967 | Don Peters | Open |
| 1966 | Gable Boudreaux | Open |
| 1965 | Bill McArdle | 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.