1998 NABBA UNIVERSE (50TH YEAR): MEN’S PUMP ROOM

Two great Pump Room videos are available. Men’s and Women’s – both capturing the excitement and tension backstage as these great athletes prepare to fight their battles on stage.

In this video it is the men pumping and oiling. What a Contest! What a piece of Fantastic History!

4 Great Legends were presented on stage at the evening Show – Reeves, Pearl, Park and Hargitay. The night before saw the 50th Anniversary dinner with the Legends all speaking.

1998 had it all, with the biggest crowd yet seen at the wonderful ICC in Birmingham!

GMV Productions was there to capture all the excitement and action with our 2 cameras. The Pump Room is an absolute highlight for backstage raw muscle action.

It was a repeat victory for Pro Champion – Eddy Ellwood, weighing in at a shredded 285lbs, as well as for John Citrone (190 lbs) in the Masters. And the Wonder from Down Under Pina Theodoridis winning her second overall Figure Class title. John Citrone holds the record for the most NABBA titles ever won.

The Overall Titles Went to –

Gary Lister (UK) NABBA Tropicana Amateur Mr. Universe
Eddy Ellwood (UK) NABBA Ultimate Nutrition Professional Mr. Universe
John Citrone (UK) NABBA Peak Body Masters Universe
Pina Theodoridis (Australia) Miss Universe Figure
Julia Abel (UK) Miss Universe Physique

Other Class Winners Were –

Andy Raynes Class 4
Steve Creighton Class 3
Simon Cohen Class 2
Lynn Perott Figure Class 1

MEN’S RESULTS

Overall Amateur Mr. Universe:  Gary Lister – UK

Men’s Masters
1.  John Citrone  UK
2.  Peter Andreas  Germany
3.  Bernd Prowse  Germany
4.  Tom Long  Australia
5.  Deny Hoyle  UK
6.  Steve Britton  UK
7.  Mark Turvey  UK
8.  Gary Kamil  USA
9.  Uli Caspary  Germany
10. Pepe Mercury  Australia
DNP:
Aivars Visockis
Bob Hills
Bennie Lubbers
Franco Fumo
Eduardo de la Asuncion
John Brooks
Graham Park
Willi Bendel
Earl Maduro
Phil Bradshaw
John Barber

Men’s Class 4
1.  Andy Raynes  UK
2.  Olivier Ripert  France
3.  Nick Jones  Australia
4.  Alison Maria  Holland
5.  Darryl Aldis  UK
6.  Uwe Horter  Germany
7.  Rob Good  UK
8.  Wayne Clark  UK
DNP:
Alan Vissian
Christian Attard
Ralf Heuckerroth
Gary Scales
Ian Lloyd
Kamal El Gargani

Men’s Class 3
1.  Steve Creighton  UK
2.  Ronny Rockel  Germany
3.  Charles Duca  Australia
4.  Oliver Reinhardt  Germany
5.  Ramsford Smith  UK
6.  Pascal Delhoume  France
7.  Jamie Emanuel  UK
8.  Grant Mayo  Australia
DNP:
Pierre Mifsud
Dorian Surjan
Phil Davies
Pascal Favre Coutillet
Lubos Obornik
Tony Loiacono
Omar Martha
Henk Jan Heinen
Melissariz Theodoris
Bada Andrea
Peter Vertominen

Men’s Class 2
1.  Simon Cohen  UK
2.  Helge Seliger  Germany
3.  Karlo Sic  Germany
4.  Rob van der Dussen  Holland
5.  Steve Tylee  UK
6.  Michaerl O’Hanlon  UK
7.  Eric Tilman  Holland
8.  Geoff Hargreaves  UK
DNP:
Wayne Bainton
Darren O’Brien
Danie Butler
Tony Zerafa
John Verstegen
Dimitris Zois
Kobi Dilori

Men’s Class 1
1.  Gary Lister  UK
2.  Dayo Audi  UK
3.  Eric Hartley  UK
4.  Bernd Fullner  Germany
5.  Chris Wall  UK
6.  Michael Cadogan  UK
DNP:
Yves Terrier
Alexander Fischbach
Gerhard Pretorius
Chris Snedden
Trevor Crouch
Kin Mitchell
Johan Groenwald
Peter La Reau

Professional Mr Universe

1.  Eddy Ellwood  UK
2.  Eli Hanna  Israel
3.  Franco Incalza  Italy
4.  Fabrizio Zittucro  Italy
5.  Emmanuel Weill  France
6.  Claudio Lombardi  Italy