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Pro Mr USA 1979

Pro Mr USA 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Tony Atlas.

Year
1979
Date
Jan 1, 1979
Location
USA
Federation
WBBG
Divisions
1
Competitors
5

Results by Division

Division Winner Runner-up
Men's Open Bodybuilding Tony Atlas Bertie James
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Pro Mr USA 1979

Tony Atlas Champion

1979 USA Dec 31, 1978

Pro Mr USA 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Tony Atlas.

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

Defending champion Joe Spooner, who won in 1978, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding

1st
Tony Atlas
United States
2nd
Bertie James
United States
3rd
Ken Cole
United States

Pro Mr USA 1979 contested 1 division across 5 athletes. Tony Atlas 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 Tony Atlas First recorded win United States
2nd Bertie James United States
3rd Ken Cole United States
4th Richard Segedin United States
5th Tommy Aybar United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 26, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
5
Divisions
1
Size rank
1 of 4

The biggest edition on record, across 4 we hold.

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.