Skip to main content

Universe - Pro 1964

Universe - Pro 1964 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Leopold Merc.

Year
1964
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
6

Results by Division

All Contests

Universe - Pro 1964 Results

Leopold Merc Champion

1964 USA

Universe - Pro 1964 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Leopold Merc.

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

Defending Short champion Yves Permal, who won in 1963, did not return.

About this show

Full placings from the Universe - Pro 1964 in USA, where 2 divisions were judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short and Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall. 6 athletes from 3 countries competed.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Leopold Merc
United States
2nd
Raymond Morris
United States
3rd
Vincent Gilles
United States

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Leopold Merc First recorded win United States
2nd Raymond Morris United States
3rd Vincent Gilles United States

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Earl Maynard First Universe - Pro title United States
2nd Serge Nubret Guadeloupe
3rd Reinhard Smolana Germany

Official scores are unavailable.

Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
6
Divisions
2
Size rank
52 of 65

The biggest field since 1963.

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.