1984 IFBB Amateur World Championships (Mr. Universe)

This was a classic contest and one of the greatest ever Amateur World Championships. Imagine seeing all of these great amateurs on stage – Heavyweights Mike Christian, Berry de Mey and Olev Annus. They went on to have wonderful Pro careers.

Then in the Light-heavyweights it was Rich Gaspari v the massive Josef Grolmus.

Then in the Middleweights it was USA’s John Hnatyschak edging out Australia’s Graeme Lancefield. Graeme went on to become the inaugural Masters Universe winner with NABBA in 1991. Finally in the Lightweight division, UK’s Wilfred Sylvester was a clear cut winner.

HeavyWeight
1.  Mike Christian
2.  Berry DeMey
3.  Olev Annus
4.  Christer Eriksson
5.  Alfred Neugebauer
6.  Mark Hintz

Light-HeavyWeight
1.  Rich Gaspari
2.  Josef Grolmus
3.  Keijo Reiman   (Finland)
4.  Ulf Larsson   (Sweden)
5.  Marc Bolduc
6.  Ian Dowe
7.  Arnold Buurman

MiddleWeight
1.  John Hnatyschak
2.  Graeme Lancefield   (Australia)
3.  Erwin Knoller   (West Germany)
4.  El Shahat Mabrouk   (Egypt)
5.  Yasushi Koyama    小山裕史   (Japan)
6.  Erwin Note   (Belgium)

LightWeight
1.  Wilfred Sylvester
2.  Herman Hoffend
3.  Esmat Sadek
4.  Calvin Nyuli   (Canada)
5.  Juan Carlos Lopez
6.  Antonio Stella   (Italy)