Mr World 1973
Mr World 1973 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding co-winners were Willie Johnson and Bill Grant.
- Year
- 1973
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 5
- Competitors
- 35
Results by Division
Mr World 1973 Results
Mr World 1973 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Bill Grant.
Defending Open champion Ron Thompson, who won in 1972, did not return.
About this show
Full placings from the Mr World 1973 in USA, where 5 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium, Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall. 35 athletes from 5 countries competed.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding
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
Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bill Grant | United States |
| 1st | Willie Johnson | United States |
| 2nd | Roy Duval | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Douglas Beaver | United States |
| 4th | Owen Smith | United States |
| 5th | Dave Johns | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roy Duval | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Willie Johnson | United States |
| 3rd | Douglas Beaver | United States |
| 4th | Dave Johns | United States |
| 5th | Owen Smith | United States |
| 6th | Chen Choy Wint | Jamaica |
| 7th | John Boos | United States |
| 8th | Joe Dodd | United States |
| 9th | Chuck Rotter | United States |
| 10th | James Karas | United States |
| 11th | Curtis Haywood | United States |
| 12th | James Handley | United States |
| 13th | Paul Pharand | United States |
| 14th | James Allen (1) | United States |
| 15th | Davy Crockett | United States |
| 16th | James Friedel | United States |
| 17th | George Rumas | United States |
| 18th | Cristobal Magual | United States |
| 19th | Harold Bakkelund | United States |
| 20th | Safeli Kananda | United States |
| 21st | Frederick Smith | Jamaica |
| 22nd | Precious McKenzie | United States |
| 23rd | Hugh Huggins | United States |
| 24th | Tom Campanaro | United States |
| 25th | Woody McCullough | Canada |
| 26th | Peter Fiore | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ed Corney First Mr World title | United States |
| 2nd | Steve Burnett | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Johnny Maldonado First Mr World title | United States |
| 2nd | Fredy Beranger | France |
| 3rd | William Mitchell (1) | United States |
| 4th | Elliot Gilchrist | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ken Waller 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Dennis Tinerino | United States |
| 3rd | Bill Grant | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 35
- Divisions
- 5
- Size rank
- 2 of 20
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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
- 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.