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Universe - Pro 1957

Universe - Pro 1957 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Arthur Robin.

Year
1957
Date
Jan 1, 1957
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
11

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Universe - Pro 1957

Arthur Robin Champion

1957 USA Dec 31, 1956

Universe - Pro 1957 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Arthur Robin.

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Defending Short champion Jack Delinger, who won in 1956, did not return.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Arthur Robin
France
2nd
James Saunders
James Saunders
United Kingdom
3rd
Andre Coel
Andre Coel
Belgium

Universe - Pro 1957 contested 2 divisions across 11 athletes, competitors from 5 countries. Arthur Robin 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 (4) - Belgium (3) - United Kingdom (2)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Reg Lewis First Universe - Pro title United States
2nd Gilles Poirier Canada
3rd Reuben Martin United States
4th Pierre Vandervondelen Belgium
5th John Yearsley United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
11
Divisions
2
Size rank
10 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.
  • 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.