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Universe - Pro 1965

Universe - Pro 1965 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Paul Wynter.

Year
1965
Date
Jan 1, 1965
Location
USA
Federation
NABBA
Divisions
2
Competitors
11

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Universe - Pro 1965

Paul Wynter Champion

1965 USA Dec 31, 1964

Universe - Pro 1965 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short title went to Paul Wynter.

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

Defending Short champion Leopold Merc placed 3rd.

Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

1st
Paul Wynter
Paul Wynter
United States
2nd
Yves Permal
France
3rd
Leopold Merc
United States

Universe - Pro 1965 contested 2 divisions across 11 athletes, competitors from 5 countries. Paul Wynter 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 (3) - France (1)

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short

Place Athlete Country
1st Paul Wynter 3rd win here United States
2nd Yves Permal France
3rd Leopold Merc United States
4th Vincent Gilles United States
5th Jose Donato United States
participated Nicolas Kemp Belgium

Official scores are unavailable.

Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall

Place Athlete Country
1st Reg Park 2nd win here United Kingdom
2nd George Paine United States
3rd Reinhard Smolana Germany
4th Basil Grant United Kingdom
5th Derek Gibbons United Kingdom

Official scores are unavailable.

Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory

This edition in context

Competitors
11
Divisions
2
Size rank
13 of 65

The biggest field since 1963.

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.