Mr World 1970
Mr World 1970 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Rick Wayne.
- Year
- 1970
- Date
- Jan 1, 1970
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 5
- Competitors
- 19
Results by Division
Mr World 1970
Mr World 1970 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium title went to Rick Wayne.
Defending Open champion Tony Carroll, who won in 1969, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
Mr World 1970 contested 5 divisions across 19 athletes, competitors from 6 countries. Rick Wayne 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.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Rick Wayne 2nd win here | Saint Lucia |
| 2nd | Roy Callendar | Canada |
| 3rd | Steve Burnett | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Franco Columbu First Mr World title | Italy |
| 2nd | Boyer Coe | United States |
| 3rd | Ladislav Szalay | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Pro Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Arnold Schwarzenegger First Mr World title | Austria |
| 2nd | Sergio Oliva | Cuba |
| 3rd | Dave Draper | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Curtis Haywood | United States |
| 1st | Franco Columbu | Italy |
| 2nd | Johnny Maldonado | United States |
| 2nd | Anibal Lopez | United States |
| 3rd | Elliot Gilchrist | United States |
| 3rd | James Handley | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ken Waller | United States |
| 1st | Dave Draper | United States |
| 2nd | Vic Downs | Canada |
| 2nd | Gene Massey | United States |
| 3rd | Kent Kuehn | United States |
| 3rd | Franklyn Greene | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 19
- Divisions
- 5
- Size rank
- 6 of 20
The biggest field since 1969.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Bertil Fox | Open |
| 1974 | Ian Lawrence | Open |
| 1973 | Roy Duval | Open |
| 1972 | Ron Thompson | Open |
| 1971 | Albert Beckles | Open |
| 1969 | Tony Carroll | Open |
| 1948 | Steve Reeves | Open |
| 1938 | Emile Bonnet | 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.