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Pro Mr USA 1978

Pro Mr USA 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Spooner.

Year
1978
Date
Jan 1, 1978
Location
USA
Federation
WBBG
Divisions
1
Competitors
3

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Pro Mr USA 1978

Joe Spooner Champion

1978 USA Dec 31, 1977

Pro Mr USA 1978 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Joe Spooner.

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

Defending champion Joe Nazario, who won in 1977, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Joe Spooner
Joe Spooner
United States
2nd
Harcourt Skinner
United States
3rd
George Karras
United States

Pro Mr USA 1978 contested 1 division across 3 athletes. Joe Spooner 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 Joe Spooner United States
2nd Harcourt Skinner United States
3rd George Karras United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
3
Divisions
1
Size rank
4 of 4

The biggest field since 1977.

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
1979 Tony Atlas Open
1978 Joe Spooner Open
1977 Joe Nazario Open
1975 Ralph Kroger 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.