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Universe - Pro 1956

Universe - Pro 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Jack Delinger.

Year
1956
Date
Jan 1, 1956
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
11

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Universe - Pro 1956

Jack Delinger Champion

1956 USA Dec 31, 1955

Universe - Pro 1956 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Jack Delinger.

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

Defending Short champion Leo Robert, who won in 1955, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Jack Delinger
Jack Delinger
United States
2nd
John Isaacs
John Isaacs
United States
3rd
James Saunders
James Saunders
United Kingdom

Universe - Pro 1956 contested 2 divisions across 11 athletes, competitors from 4 countries. Jack Delinger took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short. 2 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.

Best represented United States (5) - United Kingdom (2) - Belgium (2)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Bill Pearl First Universe - Pro title United States
2nd Reuben Martin United States
3rd Arnold Dyson United Kingdom
4th Peter Farrar United States
5th Pierre Vandervondelen Belgium
6th Rene Campiglia France

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
11
Divisions
2
Size rank
15 of 65

Past winners of this event

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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.
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