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1997 NABBA UNIVERSE: MEN’S PREJUDGING
The world’s best men and women from 22 countries battled head to head in Birmingham England for the prestigious titles of NABBA Amateur Mr. Universe, NABBA Master’s Universe, NABBA Ms. Universe (Physique) and NABBA Ms. Universe (Figure). This year 91 fantastic men and 53 awesome women trod the Universe stage in an almost gladiatorial battle of epic proportions.
In the 49th year of the Universe, we saw an amazing crop of new young athletes with all categories closely fought. Men’s Prejudging presents the posing routines of all the non top 6 finalists, plus Round 3 comparisons and lineups for all 6 classes (4 Amateur, Professional and Masters).
Overall titles went to:
Eddy Ellwood (England) – Professional Mr. Universe
Grant Thomas (England) – Amateur Mr. Universe
John Citrone (England) – Masters Mr. Universe – third time.
Claudia Mühlhaus (Germany) – Miss Universe Figure
Patricia Veldman (Benelux) – Miss Universe Physique
1997 NABBA UNIVERSE RESULTS: MEN
Overall Amateur Mr Universe: Grant Thomas UK
Professional Mr Universe: Eddy Ellwood UK
MASTERS
1 John Citrone UK
2 Bernt Prause German
3 Kym Johncock Australia
4 Jean Francois Lacroix France
5 Don Mahoney Australia
6 Aivars Visockis Latvia
7 Patrick Collard UK
8 Graham Lakey UK
9 Earl Maduro Benelux
10 Jan Brink Benelux
Massimo Scafoletti Italy
Henry Caulker Canada
Zvi Soika Israel
Willi Bendel Germany
Vidmantas Malakauskas Lithuania
Wim Looyen Benelux
John Brooks New Zealand
MR CLASS 4
1 Frank Vassil USA
2 Olivier Ripert France
3 Roy Menig Benelux
4 Nick Jones Australia
5 Massimo Travan Italy
6 Ian Lloyd UK
7 Sammy Ayochok Philippines
8 Stevie Wright UK
MR CLASS 3
1 Grant Thomas UK
2 Carlo Sic Germany
3 Steven Creighton UK
4 Graham Black UK
5 Pascal Delhoume France
6 Ramsford Smith UK
7 Derek Saunders UK
8 Jamie Manuel UK
9 Gary Vandenberg Australia
10 Paul House UK
11 Rui Mu Australia
Sergei Dorodnov Russia
Ken Clarke UK
Fabien Gil France
Alex Stuknof Israel
Gregg Leighton USA
Stephen Lloyd UK
Antonio Jose Neto Sousa Spain
Clinton Fleischack South Africa
Peco Kotevski Macedonia
MR CLASS 2
1 Dirk Karrengarn Germany
2 Simon Cohen UK
3 Eric Tilman Benelux
4 Paolo Tamarri Italy
5 Thomas Balinge Benelux
6 Justin Wessels Australia
7 Rene Meier Germany
8 John Verstegen Benelux
9 Eugene Buys Benelux
10 Tony Modral UK
Nove Hadgistojanov Macedonia
Wayne Tancock UK
Pierre Perrieru France
Patrick Coppens Belgium
Graham Madderson UK
Buddy Driemann USA
Steve Tylee UK
Javier Martinez Izquierdo Spain
Theunis Olckers South Africa
Dominic Scheda Malta
Kostas Spiropoulos Greece
Tony Zerafa Malta
Wayne Bainton South Africa
Vince Wedderburn UK
MR CLASS 1
1 Gary Lister UK
2 Sergey Ogorodnikov Russia
3 Dayo Audi UK
4 Kin Mitchell Benelux
5 Chris Sneddon UK
6 Gary Guinn USA
7 Lee Apperson USA
8 Randy Vogelzang Benelux
Trevor Crouch UK
Pierre van der Westhuizen South Africa
Eric Schembri Malta
Gerhard Pretorius South Africa
Wim Jooren Benelux
PROFESSIONAL
1 Eddy Ellwood UK
2 Peter Reid UK
3 Joe DeAngelis USA
4 Terry Fisher UK
5 Serge Dessel France
6 Marco Falcone Italy
7 Dimitry Kraskovsky Belarus
8 Reimund Tosolini Germany
9 Fabrice Boucher France