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Mr Universe 1947

Mr Universe 1947 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Steve Stanko.

Year
1947
Date
Oct 15, 1947
Location
USA
Divisions
1
Competitors
9

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Mr Universe 1947

Steve Stanko Champion

1947 USA Oct 14, 1947

Mr Universe 1947 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Steve Stanko.

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

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Steve Stanko
United States
2nd
John Farbotnik
John Farbotnik
United States
3rd
Eric Pedersen
Eric Pedersen
United States

Mr Universe 1947 contested 1 division across 9 athletes, competitors from 2 countries. Steve Stanko took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (7) - Canada (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Steve Stanko First Mr Universe title United States
2nd John Farbotnik United States
3rd Eric Pedersen United States
4th George Eiferman United States
4th René Leger (1) -
participated Jules Bacon United States
participated Keevil Daly Canada
participated Joe Lauriano United States
participated Juhani Vellamo United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated July 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
9
Divisions
1
Size rank
71 of 72

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1948 John Grimek Open
1947 Steve Stanko 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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