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Mr Universe 1976

Mr Universe 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Kozo Sudo.

Year
1976
Date
Oct 15, 1976
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
3
Competitors
18

Results by Division

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Mr Universe 1976

Kozo Sudo Champion

1976 USA Oct 14, 1976

Mr Universe 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Kozo Sudo.

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

Defending Medium champion Kozo Sudo held the title.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

1st
Kozo Sudo
Kozo Sudo
Japan
2nd
Bertil Fox
Bertil Fox
United Kingdom
3rd
Dale Adrian
Dale Adrian
United States

Mr Universe 1976 contested 3 divisions across 18 athletes, competitors from 7 countries. Kozo Sudo 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) - Japan (3) - United States (3)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Place Athlete Country
1st Kozo Sudo Title defense, 2nd win here Japan
2nd Bertil Fox United Kingdom
3rd Dale Adrian United States
4th Masashi Enomoto Japan
5th Ruggero Mantelli Italy
6th Robert Hendrickx Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Shigeru Sugita Japan
2nd Gerard Buinoud France
3rd Mahmoud Jeraseh United States
4th Michael Duffy United Kingdom
5th Fateh Habosh -
6th Brian Taylor United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
18
Divisions
3
Size rank
47 of 72

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
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.