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Mr World 1977

Mr World 1977 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Pete Grymkowski.

Year
1977
Date
Jan 1, 1977
Location
USA
Federation
IFBB
Divisions
3
Competitors
9

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Mr World 1977

Pete Grymkowski Champion

1977 USA Dec 31, 1976

Mr World 1977 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Pete Grymkowski.

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

Defending Open champion Bertil Fox, who won in 1976, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

1st
Pete Grymkowski
Pete Grymkowski
United States
2nd
Burton James
United States
3rd
Dave Dupree
Dave Dupree
United States

Mr World 1977 contested 3 divisions across 9 athletes, competitors from 4 countries. Pete Grymkowski took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 3 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 (4) - Mexico (3) - Saint Lucia (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Pete Grymkowski First Mr World title United States
2nd Burton James United States
3rd Dave Dupree United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Hector Pliego Mexico
2nd Cesar Lopez Mexico
3rd Earl Saniford Saint Lucia

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight

Place Athlete Country
1st Steve Davis United States
2nd Andreas Cahling Sweden
3rd Santos Ramos Mexico

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
9
Divisions
3
Size rank
13 of 20

The biggest field since 1976.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
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

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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.
  • 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.