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Universe - Pro 1962

Universe - Pro 1962 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Len Sell.

Year
1962
Date
Jan 1, 1962
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
9

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Universe - Pro 1962

Len Sell Champion

1962 USA Dec 31, 1961

Universe - Pro 1962 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Len Sell.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated August 13, 2026 Accurate?

Defending Short champion Len Sell held the title.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Len Sell
United Kingdom
2nd
Vince Gironda
United States
3rd
Earl Clark
Earl Clark
United States

Universe - Pro 1962 contested 2 divisions across 9 athletes, competitors from 4 countries. Len Sell 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 (6) - United Kingdom (1) - Germany (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Len Sell Title defense, 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd Vince Gironda United States
3rd Earl Clark United States
4th Leopold Merc United States
5th Vincent Gilles United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Ray Routledge First Universe - Pro title United States
2nd Reinhard Smolana Germany
3rd Claude Maupuy France
4th Sam Martin United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
9
Divisions
2
Size rank
28 of 65

The biggest field since 1958.

Past winners of this event

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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.