Universe 1977
Universe 1977 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Kalman Szkalak.
- Year
- 1977
- Date
- Nov 15, 1977
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- PBA
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 32
Results by Division
Universe 1977
Universe 1977 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Kalman Szkalak.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Roger Walker, who won in 1976, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Universe 1977 contested 4 divisions across 32 athletes, competitors from 15 countries. Kalman Szkalak took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 4 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 | Kalman Szkalak First Universe title | United States |
| 2nd | Mike Mentzer | United States |
| 3rd | Paul Grant | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Alois Pek | Serbia |
| 5th | Karl Kainrath | Austria |
| 6th | Gunnar Rosbo | Norway |
| 7th | Istvan Bitter | Hungary |
| 8th | Charles Rae | United States |
| 9th | Firass Al Barazzi | United States |
| 10th | Johannis Kostoglakis | Greece |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Danny Padilla First Universe title | United States |
| 2nd | Mohamed Makkawy | United States |
| 3rd | Renato Bertagna | Italy |
| 4th | Bernard Sealy | United States |
| 5th | Robert Dantlinger | Serbia |
| 6th | Rohmat Juraimi | Singapore |
| 7th | Jorma Raty | Finland |
| 8th | Moh Teck Hin | Singapore |
| 9th | Ugo Romano | Italy |
| 10th | Max Schweighardt | Austria |
| 10th | Freddy Vandendaele | Belgium |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roy Callendar | Canada |
| 2nd | Darcy Beccles | Barbados |
| 3rd | Peter Stach | Serbia |
| 4th | Walter Bubenicek | Austria |
| 5th | Loftus Roach | Barbados |
| 6th | Mederic Annette | France |
| 7th | Henry Caulker | Canada |
| 8th | Neftali Cerino | Mexico |
| 9th | Jean-Pierre DeRuyter | Belgium |
| 10th | Klaus Haid | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Teen
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Brian Dwyer | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 32
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 34 of 55
The biggest field since 1976.
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.