Mr Universe 2000
Mr Universe 2000 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Stuart Core.
- Year
- 2000
- Date
- Oct 15, 2000
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 6
- Competitors
- 42
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Stuart Core | Philip Bell |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium | Henk Jan Heinen | Ronny Rockel |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall | Jose Manuel Acosta | Giuseppe Cozzi |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short | Alison Maria | Roy Menig |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall | Sergei Ogorodnikov | Eli Hanna |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Carl Rung | Jon Jordan |
Mr Universe 2000
Mr Universe 2000 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Stuart Core.
Defending Medium champion Franco Male, who won in 1999, did not return.
Mr Universe 2000 contested 6 divisions across 42 athletes, 5 open and 1 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 6 countries. Stuart Core took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 6 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 1
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Stuart Core | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Philip Bell | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Henk Jan Heinen | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Ronny Rockel | Germany |
| 3rd | Fabrizio Franceschetti | United States |
| 4th | Enrique Cuevas | United States |
| 5th | Todd Hruby | United States |
| 6th | Harold Pennie | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Karsten Wagner | United States |
| 8th | Mustapha Bellaha | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jose Manuel Acosta First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Giuseppe Cozzi | United States |
| 3rd | Steve Tylee | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Steffen Müller | Germany |
| 5th | Julian Casey | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Patrick Warner | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Pascal DeLoos | United States |
| 8th | Eric Cannizzo | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Alison Maria | Netherlands |
| 2nd | Roy Menig | Netherlands |
| 3rd | Paul Sutton | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Mohammed Bhatti | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Scott Ramdhani | United States |
| 6th | Dennis Giusto | United States |
| 7th | Conrad Nagel | United States |
| 9th | Vangelis Vitos | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sergei Ogorodnikov | Russia |
| 2nd | Eli Hanna | United States |
| 3rd | Chris Wall | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Eric Hartley | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Kin Mitchell | Netherlands |
| 6th | Andre Van Der Mescht | United States |
| 7th | Harold Marillier | United Kingdom |
| 8th | Mario Hemmer | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Carl Rung First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Jon Jordan | United States |
| 3rd | Max Pangerl | United States |
| 4th | Georges Chaumier | Canada |
| 5th | Philippe Meret | United States |
| 6th | John Lee | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Steve Britton | United States |
| 8th | Frick Swanepoel | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 42
- Divisions
- 6
- Size rank
- 30 of 72
The biggest field since 1999.
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.

