Mr Muscle Beach 1949
Mr Muscle Beach 1949 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Malcolm Brenner.
- Year
- 1949
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Divisions
- 1
- Competitors
- 5
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Malcolm Brenner | George Gesch |
Mr Muscle Beach 1949 Results
Mr Muscle Beach 1949 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Malcolm Brenner.
Defending champion Jimmy Lawlor, who won in 1948, did not return.
About this show
Men's Open Bodybuilding were contested at the Mr Muscle Beach 1949 in Los Angeles, CA, USA. 5 athletes competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Malcolm Brenner First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | George Gesch | United States |
| 3rd | Bob Aston | United States |
| 4th | Joe Gold | United States |
| 4th | Bill Gross | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 5
- Divisions
- 1
- Size rank
- 6 of 16
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Tom Kitch | Open |
| 1964 | Ken Leslie | Open |
| 1958 | Hossein Shokouh | Open |
| 1957 | Sam Martin | Open |
| 1956 | Millard Williamson | Open |
| 1955 | Dennis Nelson | Open |
| 1954 | Jerry Ross | Open |
| 1953 | Dominick Juliano | Open |
| 1952 | Henry Lenz | Open |
| 1951 | Ken Cameron | Open |
| 1950 | Pepper Gomez | Open |
| 1949 | Malcolm Brenner | Open |
| 1948 | Jimmy Lawlor | Open |
| 1947 | Chuck Grayling | 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.

