1996 NABBA World Championships: Men – Show

Held in the magnificent Liederhalle Congress Centre, Stuttgart, Germany on 8th June 1996, the world’s best male and female bodybuilders competed for glory.

The men competed in six different classes including Juniors, Masters and 4 open height classes.

This video presents the top six men as they pose in all six classes, plus posedowns, presentations and the exciting overall judging and posedown for the title of Overall 1996 Mr. World.

Highlights include: 

A fantastic lineup of Juniors – winner Dimitris Anastasakis from Greece; John Citrone winning the masters, giving him a grand slam of every title he could win throughout his illustrious and long bodybuilding career; Colin Murphie, current Mr. Australia, who placed 4th in an incredible tight field; Serge Dessel of France taking the overall title from the handsome and symmetrical Carlo Sic of Germany. (Dessel is pictured front cover.) Serge won the title thanks to his overall great size, shape, symmetry and condition. Of special note were his razor sharp abs, huge legs and pretty decent arms to complete the winning package.

As usual Olivier Ripert gave a master class display of posing. He is one of the greatest posers I have ever seen on the NABBA stage and his Class 4 world title was well deserved. Of special note were his huge arms and near perfect symmetry. If you want to learn how to pose, then please study the performance from Olivier! In Class 1 it was the great condition and symmetry of Sergey Ogorodnikov from Russia that saw him claim the class title.

1996 NABBA World Championships – Results

MEN

• Men’s Class winners were as follows:
• Tall Class 1: Sergey Ogorodnikov (Russia)
• Medium-Tall Class 2: Serge Dessel (France)
• Medium-Short Class 3: Carlo Sic (Germany)
• Short Class 4: Olivier Ripert (France)
• Juniors: Dimitris Anastasakis (Greece)
• Masters O/40: John Citrone (England)

Men’s Overall Winner:  Serge Dessel (France)

MEN’S JUNIORS
1.  Dimitris Anastasakis (Greece)
2.  Andreas Lerke (Germany)
3.  Panagiodis Papageorgiu (Greece)
4.  Markus Schlierloh (Germany)
5.  Rouslan Evmenenko (Belarus)
6.  Andrej Butkevic (Lithuania)
7.  Thomas Rosner (Germany)
8.  Paul Hildreth (UK)

MEN’S MASTERS OVER 40
1.  John Citrone (England)
2.  Jean Francois Lacroix (France)
3.  Dimitrij Zolin (Russia)
4.  Uli Gaspary (Germany)
5.  Graeme Lancefield (Australia)
6.  Roland Jaux (France)
7.  Santo Milazzo (Italy)
8.  Jonny Niemann (Germany)
DNP:
Earl Maduro (Netherlands)
Ludwig Fried (Austria)
John Brooks (New Zealand)
Wolfgang Frings (Germany)
Erwin Cremer (Germany)
Wolfgang Weiboldt (Germany)

MEN’S OPEN: CLASS 4
1.  Olivier Ripert (France)
2.  Bobby Windley (USA)
3.  Uwe Horter (Germany)
4.  Colin Murphie (Australia)
5.  Salvatore Blanco (Italy)
6.  Amedeo Salvati (Italy)
7.  Marlon Mijnals (Netherlands)
8.  Dirk Vaes (Belgium)
DNP:
Danielle Lungu (Netherlands)
Walter Mulhaus (Austria)
Enrico Luckermann (Germany)
Vidas Janonis (Lithuania)
Massimo Travan (Italy)

MEN’S OPEN:  CLASS 3
1.  Carlo Sic (Germany)
2.  Danny McLean (Scotland)
3.  Ronny Rockel  (Germany)
4.  Graham Black (UK)
5.  Brad McLennan (Australia)
6.  Gerhard Augustin (Austria)
7.  Roy Menig (Netherlands)
8.  Norbert Valkanover (Austria)
DNP:
George Papadakis (Greece)
Igor Tchivel (Belarus)
Pierre Perrier (France)
Claude Marty (France)
Mario Rieger (Germany)
Theodoros Afendulidis (Greece)
Christian Afford (France)
Omar Marta (Netherlands)

MEN’S OPEN:  CLASS 2
1.  Serge Dessel (France)
2.  Holger Dannheim (Germany)
3.  Paulo Tamarri (Italy)
4.  Rene Meier (Germany)
5.  Giorgio Maggi ( Italy)
6.  Mohamed Mohsen (USA)
7.  Oliver Reinhardt (Germany)
8.  Algiradas Kilchauskas (Lithuania)
DNP:
Leo Costa (USA)
Chris D’Aguiar (N.Z.)
Robert Colacino (USA)
Tony Modral (UK)
Toni Papanikolau (Greece)
Leonidas Rigoutsos (Greece)
Christian Lehner (Austria)

MEN’S OPEN:  CLASS 1
1.  Sergey Ogorodnikov (Russia)
2.  Dayo Audi (UK)
3.  Patrick Cuel (France)
4.  Torsten Hala (Germany)
5.  Danny Pavlovich (Australia)
6.  Roland Schwan (Germany)
7.  Vassilis Grivas (Greece)
8.  Giovanni Thompson (Netherlands)
DNP:
Les Rudolf (Australia)
Ard Eggen (Netherlands)
Raimond Bottesi (Austria)
Jiannis Kunalis (Greece)
Dirk Jackel (Germany)
Alex Svertkov (Russia)
Rolandas Pocius (Lithuania)