Universe 1976
Universe 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Roger Walker.
- Year
- 1976
- Date
- Nov 15, 1976
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 3
- Competitors
- 51
Results by Division
Universe 1976
Universe 1976 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Roger Walker.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Universe 1976 contested 3 divisions across 51 athletes, competitors from 17 countries. Roger Walker 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.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roger Walker | Australia |
| 2nd | Darcy Beccles | Barbados |
| 3rd | Karl Kainrath | Austria |
| 4th | Aziz Abdul Karim | Iraq |
| 5th | Gerard Podorsky | United States |
| 6th | Chris Keyser | United States |
| 7th | Juhani Nyholm | Finland |
| 7th | Mehmet Kocagosken | United States |
| 9th | Marc Devooght | Belgium |
| 9th | Gial Soliman | United States |
| 11th | Ulf Bengtsson | Sweden |
| 12th | Alex Carmeli | United States |
| 13th | Hermann Achatz | United States |
| 14th | Hans Baus | United States |
| 15th | Jacques Soder | France |
| 16th | Jacques Ribet | United States |
| 17th | Angelo Lucas | United States |
| 18th | Jack Koursaris | United States |
| 19th | Ashraf Mohamed | United States |
| 20th | Mgour Ommor | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mohamed Makkawy | United States |
| 2nd | Danny Padilla | United States |
| 3rd | Adolf Ziegner | Austria |
| 4th | Renato Bertagna | Italy |
| 5th | Bernard Scaley | United States |
| 6th | Rogelio Montenegro | United States |
| 6th | Jeffrey Alexander | United States |
| 6th | Nicolas Kemp | Belgium |
| 9th | Parnac Atan | United States |
| 10th | Jocelyn Pelletier | United States |
| 11th | James Daley | Guatemala |
| 12th | Corah Cotobally | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Robby Robinson Title defense, 2nd win here | United States |
| 2nd | Mike Mentzer | United States |
| 3rd | Ahmet Enünlü | Turkey |
| 4th | Peter Stach | Serbia |
| 5th | Walter Bubenicek | Austria |
| 6th | Loftus Roach | Barbados |
| 7th | Jans Felderchofer | United States |
| 8th | Jorma Raty | Finland |
| 9th | Janko Rudman | Sweden |
| 9th | Manuel Elizondo | Mexico |
| 9th | Mederic Annette | France |
| 12th | Samir Bannout | Lebanon |
| 13th | Erwin Note | Belgium |
| 13th | Rusty Fraser | United States |
| 15th | Mohamed Kashkoush | - |
| 16th | Gus Giannakopoulos | Greece |
| 17th | Santos Ramos | Mexico |
| 18th | Mias Bierman | United States |
| 18th | Arthur Barker | Canada |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 51
- Divisions
- 3
- Size rank
- 25 of 55
The biggest field since 1975.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Samantha Feenburg | Physique |
| 2016 | Cemile Tarim | Bodybuilding |
| 2015 | Franca Cal | Bodybuilding |
| 2014 | Enza Cordio | Bodybuilding |
| 2000 | Olga Tikhonova | Bodybuilding |
| 1999 | Taylor Young | Bodybuilding |
| 1998 | Julia Abel | Open |
| 1989 | Tatjana Scholl | Bodybuilding |
| 1988 | Lisa Campbell | Bodybuilding |
| 1987 | Connie McCloskey | Bodybuilding |
| 1986 | Monika Steiner | Bodybuilding |
| 1979 | Karen Griffiths | Open |
| 1978 | Sandra Kong | Open |
| 1968 | Frank Zane | 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, 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.