Skip to main content

Universe - Pro 1963

Universe - Pro 1963 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Yves Permal.

Year
1963
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
15

Results by Division

All Contests

Universe - Pro 1963 Results

Yves Permal Champion

1963 USA

Universe - Pro 1963 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Yves Permal.

Medium confidence Historical/community source Updated September 7, 2026 Accurate?

2-time winner Len Sell, who won in 1962, did not return.

About this show

Full placings from the Universe - Pro 1963 in USA, where 2 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall. 15 athletes from 5 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Yves Permal
France
2nd
Vincent Gilles
United States
3rd
Leopold Merc
United States

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Yves Permal France
2nd Vincent Gilles United States
3rd Leopold Merc United States
4th Earl Clark United States
5th Nicolas Kemp Belgium
6th Montague Osher United States
participated Henry Caulker Canada
participated Mario Dos Santos United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Joe Abbenda First Universe - Pro title United States
2nd Serge Nubret Guadeloupe
3rd Earl Maynard United States
4th Jannie Graaf United States
5th Mickey Hargitay United States
participated Olav Hansen United States
participated Umberto Devetak United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
15
Divisions
2
Size rank
3 of 65

Past winners of this event

Winner of the headline division for each edition of this event on record.
Year Winner Division
2019 Josh Maley Open
2018 Lee Seung Chul Open
2017 Shaun Joseph-Tavernier Open
2016 Tony Mount Open
2014 David Titterton Open
2010 Charles Mario Open
2009 Alexej Netesanov Professional
2008 Alessandro Savi Open
2007 Orazio Salvatori Open
2006 Steve Sinton Open
2005 Sergei Ogorodnikov Open
2004 Hassan Alsaka Open
2003 Gary Lister Open
2002 Gary Lister Open
What this page holds

The placings as recorded, and nothing past them

This page lists whatever divisions and finishing order are 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 and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
  • A date shows only where the source recorded the day of the show. Most historical listings give a year or a month and nothing finer, so those editions are dated by year alone rather than by a day we would have had to invent.
  • A contest with no placings on record shows its listed date and place and nothing more. The page does not guess from that date whether the show has happened.