Universe - Pro 1979
Universe - Pro 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding co-winners were Roy Callendar and Bertil Fox.
- Year
- 1979
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 1
- Competitors
- 13
Results by Division
| Division | Winners | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding | Roy Callendar , Bertil Fox | Albert Beckles |
Universe - Pro 1979 Results
Universe - Pro 1979 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding title went to Roy Callendar.
Defending champion Bertil Fox held the title.
About this show
Full placings from the Universe - Pro 1979 in USA, where 1 division was judged across Men's Open Bodybuilding. 13 athletes from 9 countries competed.
Multiple class winners. This division was recorded without its weight classes, so several athletes share first place - each won a different class. These placements are not a single ranking and no overall champion can be identified from them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding
Our source records 2 athletes in first place for this division, which cannot all be right. The placings below are shown exactly as recorded, and this division is being checked against the official scorecard.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roy Callendar | Canada |
| 1st | Bertil Fox | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Albert Beckles | Barbados |
| 2nd | Dave Johns | United States |
| 3rd | Salvador Ruiz | Greece |
| 3rd | Tony Emmott | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Shigeru Sugita | Japan |
| 4th | Ben Herder | Netherlands |
| 5th | Ed Corney | United States |
| 5th | Bill Hemsworth | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Janko Rudman | Sweden |
| 6th | Ivan Djirlic | Australia |
| 7th | Rafet Kolenovic | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Results updated March 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 13
- Divisions
- 1
- Size rank
- 5 of 65
The biggest field since 1975.
Past winners of this event
| 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 |
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.
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