Mr Universe 1970
Mr Universe 1970 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Frank Zane.
- Year
- 1970
- Date
- Oct 15, 1970
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 31
Results by Division
Mr Universe 1970
Mr Universe 1970 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Frank Zane.
Defending Medium champion Boyer Coe, who won in 1969, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
Mr Universe 1970 contested 3 divisions across 31 athletes, competitors from 11 countries. Frank Zane 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.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frank Zane First Mr Universe title | United States |
| 2nd | Albert Beckles | Barbados |
| 3rd | Lars Lunde | United States |
| 4th | Janko Rudman | Sweden |
| 5th | Ehrling Wahlgren | United States |
| 6th | Roy Perrott | United Kingdom |
| participated | Guillaume Verschuren | Belgium |
| participated | Roy Duval | United Kingdom |
| participated | Francis Hesketh | United States |
| participated | George Hinds | United States |
| participated | Baldo Lois | United States |
| participated | Michael Riley | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Chris Dickerson First Mr Universe title | United States |
| 2nd | Franco Columbu | Italy |
| 3rd | Pierre Vandensteen | Belgium |
| 4th | Frank Columbera | Australia |
| 5th | Michael Baker | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Kamal Bozan | United States |
| participated | Mahmoud Jerasheh Tehabsem | United States |
| participated | Elias Petsas | United States |
| participated | Armando Buttigieg | Malta |
| participated | Michael Wyatt | United Kingdom |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Frank Richard | Ukraine |
| 2nd | Helmut Riedmeier | Germany |
| 3rd | Brian Eastman | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Karl Kainrath | Austria |
| 5th | Gunter Heinlein | Germany |
| 6th | Paul Grant | United Kingdom |
| participated | Henry Greaves | United Kingdom |
| participated | Mouloud Lagouag | Belgium |
| participated | Jean Marc Mauron | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 31
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 34 of 72
The biggest field since 1951.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | John Grimek | Open |
| 1947 | Steve Stanko | 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, 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.