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Mr Universe 1985

Mr Universe 1985 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Tony Francis.

Year
1985
Date
Oct 15, 1985
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
4
Competitors
16

Results by Division

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Mr Universe 1985

Tony Francis Champion

1985 USA Oct 14, 1985

Mr Universe 1985 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Tony Francis.

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

Defending Medium champion Mike Quinn, who won in 1984, did not return.

Mr Universe 1985 contested 4 divisions across 16 athletes, competitors from 6 countries. Tony Francis took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 4 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 (4) - Netherlands (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior

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

Place Athlete Country
1st Tony Francis First recorded win United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Tim Belknap Title defense, 2nd win here United States
2nd Larry Bernstein United States
3rd Terry Phillips United Kingdom
4th Joel Destin France
5th Ramsford Smith United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Ronald Matz First recorded win -
2nd Charles Clairmonte United Kingdom
3rd André Maille Canada
4th Gary Lewer Australia
5th Owen Neil United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
16
Divisions
4
Size rank
68 of 72

The biggest field since 1984.

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.