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Mr Universe 1960

Mr Universe 1960 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to John Hewlett.

Year
1960
Date
Oct 15, 1960
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
3
Competitors
10

Results by Division

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Mr Universe 1960

John Hewlett Champion

1960 USA Oct 14, 1960

Mr Universe 1960 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to John Hewlett.

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

Defending Medium champion John Hewlett held the title.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

1st
John Hewlett
United Kingdom
2nd
Basil Grant
United Kingdom
3rd
David Stroud
United Kingdom

Mr Universe 1960 contested 3 divisions across 10 athletes, competitors from 3 countries. John Hewlett took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium. 3 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United Kingdom (7) - United States (2) - Belgium (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st John Hewlett Title defense, 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd Basil Grant United Kingdom
3rd David Stroud United Kingdom
4th Tony Emmott United Kingdom
5th Beresford Morris United Kingdom
6th Kamal Bhandari United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Lloyd Lerille First Mr Universe title United States
2nd Pierre Vandensteen Belgium
3rd Tony Rothwell United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.

Place Athlete Country
1st Henry Downs United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
10
Divisions
3
Size rank
70 of 72

The biggest field since 1959.

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.
  • 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.