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Mr Universe 1996

Mr Universe 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Billy Jones.

Year
1996
Date
Oct 15, 1996
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
5
Competitors
90

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Mr Universe 1996

Billy Jones Champion

1996 USA Oct 14, 1996

Mr Universe 1996 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Billy Jones.

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

Defending Medium champion Shane Stratton, who won in 1995, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

1st
Billy Jones
Billy Jones
United Kingdom
2nd
Ramsford Smith
United Kingdom
3rd
Steve Creighton
Steve Creighton
United Kingdom

Mr Universe 1996 contested 5 divisions across 90 athletes, 4 open and 1 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 7 countries. Billy Jones took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium. 5 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 States (49) - United Kingdom (25) - Netherlands (9)

Masters divisions 1

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Serge Dessel Hungary
2nd Eric Tilman Netherlands
3rd Rob Van Der Dussen Netherlands
4th Vincent Wedderburn United Kingdom
5th Giorgio Maggi United States
6th Gary Bennett United States
7th Heinz Dickgeiber United States
8th Michael O'Hanlon United Kingdom
participated Jesus Barrero United States
participated Robert Colacino United States
participated Kobi Dikori United States
participated David DuBuisson United States
participated Nove Hadzistajanov United States
participated Pierre Mifsud United States
participated Dominic Schieda United States
participated Wayne Hainton United States
participated Gilbert Alaskadi United Kingdom
participated John Verstegen Netherlands

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Jason Corrick First recorded win United Kingdom
2nd Quinn Lay Australia
3rd Frank Vassil United States
4th William Howard United Kingdom
5th Mark Turvey United Kingdom
6th Wayne Clarey United Kingdom
7th Marlon Mijnals Netherlands
8th Peter Roche United Kingdom
participated Gary Scales United Kingdom
participated Michael Monis United States
participated Barry Lockwood United Kingdom
participated Vidas Janonis United States
participated Perry Hakkens Netherlands
participated Michael Feuchter United States
participated Edmund Davids United States
participated Victor Alley United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Federico Focherini Germany
2nd Sergei Ogorodnikov Russia
3rd Dayo Audi United Kingdom
4th Kin Mitchell Netherlands
5th Patrick Cuel United States
6th Eddie Abbew United Kingdom
7th Eli Hanna United States
8th Lee Apperson United States
participated Robert Abela United States
participated Juan Jose Albalat United States
participated Hannes Engelschall United States
participated Steve Johnson (1) United States
participated Wim Moens Netherlands
participated Raphael Rueveni United States
participated Bart Van Den Moler United States
participated Ronald Van Kleef Netherlands
participated Randy Vogelzang Netherlands
participated Ian Wilkie United States
participated Mark Windle United States
participated Eric Hartley United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Masters divisions

Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.

Other Divisions - Masters Men

Place Athlete Country
1st Walter Engelskircher First recorded win United States
2nd Jim Connor United Kingdom
3rd John Citrone United Kingdom
4th Don Mahoney United States
5th Uli Caspary United States
6th Jim Boulton United Kingdom
7th Peter Stewart Australia
8th Dmitrij Zolin United States
participated Al Zabiela United Kingdom
participated Willi Bendel United States
participated James Wallace United States
participated Ray Stacey United States
participated Stuart Sharpe United States
participated Manfred Schmitz-Kania United States
participated Eddie Parker United States
participated Anatolij Kazus United States
participated Francesco Fumo United States
participated Rudy D'Hooge United States
participated Patrick Collard United Kingdom
participated John Brooks United States
participated Jan Brink United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
90
Divisions
5
Size rank
8 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.
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