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Mr USA 1948

Mr USA 1948 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Clarence Ross.

Year
1948
Date
Jan 1, 1948
Location
USA
Divisions
1
Competitors
14

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Mr USA 1948

Clarence Ross Champion

1948 USA Dec 31, 1947

Mr USA 1948 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Clarence Ross.

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

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Clarence Ross
Clarence Ross
United States
2nd
Steve Reeves
Steve Reeves
United States
3rd
Alan Stephan
Alan Stephan
United States

Mr USA 1948 contested 1 division across 14 athletes. Clarence Ross took Men's Open Bodybuilding. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Men's Open Bodybuilding

Place Athlete Country
1st Clarence Ross First Mr USA title United States
2nd Steve Reeves United States
3rd Alan Stephan United States
4th Eric Pedersen United States
5th Floyd Page United States
6th Walter Marcyan United States
participated Jimmy Payne United States
participated Bob McCune United States
participated Norman Marks United States
participated Jack LaLanne United States
participated Phil Courtois United States
participated Carl Cathey United States
participated Walt Baptiste United States
participated Leo Stern United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated July 30, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
14
Divisions
1
Size rank
26 of 38

Past winners of this event

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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.
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