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Mr Muscle Beach 1952

Mr Muscle Beach 1952 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Henry Lenz.

Year
1952
Date
Jan 1, 1952
Divisions
2
Competitors
6

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Henry Lenz Leroy Williams
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior Wally Emery Bernard Bruce
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Mr Muscle Beach 1952

Henry Lenz Champion

1952 Los Angeles, CA, USA Dec 31, 1951

Mr Muscle Beach 1952 was held in Los Angeles, CA, USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Henry Lenz.

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

Defending Open champion Ken Cameron, who won in 1951, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Henry Lenz
United States
2nd
Leroy Williams
United States
3rd
Erwin Paris
United States

Mr Muscle Beach 1952 contested 2 divisions across 6 athletes. Henry Lenz took Men's Open Bodybuilding. 2 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Henry Lenz First recorded win United States
2nd Leroy Williams United States
3rd Erwin Paris United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

Place Athlete Country
1st Wally Emery First recorded win United States
2nd Bernard Bruce United States
3rd Chuck Stones United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
2
Size rank
4 of 16

Past winners of this event

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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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