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Mr YMCA 1956

Mr YMCA 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Doyle Brewer.

Year
1956
Date
Jan 1, 1956
Location
USA
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Doyle Brewer Arthur Matte
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Mr YMCA 1956

Doyle Brewer Champion

1956 USA Dec 31, 1955

Mr YMCA 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Doyle Brewer.

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

Defending champion George Paine, who won in 1953, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Doyle Brewer
United States
2nd
Arthur Matte
United States
3rd
Glenn Wolfe
United States

Mr YMCA 1956 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Doyle Brewer 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 Doyle Brewer First recorded win United States
2nd Arthur Matte United States
3rd Glenn Wolfe United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
2 of 4

The biggest field since 1953.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1960 George Pradew Open
1956 Doyle Brewer Open
1953 George Paine Open
1947 Yas Kuzuhara 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.