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Mr Southern States 1972

Mr Southern States 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Gene Massey.

Year
1972
Date
Mar 15, 1972
Location
USA
Federation
AAU
Divisions
1
Competitors
2

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Gene Massey Joe Medeiros
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Mr Southern States 1972

Gene Massey Champion

1972 USA Mar 14, 1972

Mr Southern States 1972 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Gene Massey.

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

Defending champion Richard Baldwin, who won in 1971, did not return.

Mr Southern States 1972 contested 1 division across 2 athletes. Gene Massey took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Gene Massey United States
2nd Joe Medeiros United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
2
Divisions
1
Size rank
8 of 9

The biggest field since 1971.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1974 Robby Robinson Open
1973 Joe Medeiros Open
1972 Gene Massey Open
1971 Richard Baldwin Open
1968 Frank Szymanski Open
1967 Jim Haislop Open
1964 Billy Fraser 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.