French Championships 1998
French Championships 1998 was held in Paris, France. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Jean Luc Garcia.
- Year
- 1998
- Date
- Jan 1, 1998
- Location
- Paris, France
- Federation
- IFBB
- Divisions
- 17
- Competitors
- 77
Results by Division
French Championships 1998
French Championships 1998 was held in Paris, France. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight title went to Jean Luc Garcia.
Defending BantamWeight champion Eric Arriola, who won in 1994, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
French Championships 1998 contested 17 divisions across 77 athletes, 14 open and 3 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 2 countries. Jean Luc Garcia took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight. 17 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
14 open divisions. Scroll the list to reach the rest.
Masters divisions 3
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Bantamweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight Junior
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mickael Bril First recorded win | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | David Ramos First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Nourdine Zahafkadra | France |
| 3rd | Richard Varrucciu | France |
| 4th | Patrick Torielli | France |
| 5th | Eric Choteau | France |
| 6th | Emile Pierre Hoarau | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight Junior
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight Junior
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Welterweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Marcel Chayard First recorded win | France |
| 2nd | Emmanuel Colasberna | France |
| 3rd | Jean Marc Defoor | France |
| 4th | Eric Vanthieghem | France |
| 5th | Jean Claude M'Tima | France |
| 6th | Claude Regnier | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightweight
Women's Bodybuilding - Middleweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Guindel Ngo First recorded win | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Figure - Short
Women's Figure - Tall
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters 50+ Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Roger Prevost 2nd win here | France |
| 2nd | Giuseppe Amato | France |
| 3rd | Marcel Delange | United States |
| 4th | Gerard Brenot | France |
| 5th | Albert Benhaim | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Heavyweight Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Lionel Sorin 2nd win here | France |
| 2nd | Jean Lequertier | France |
| 3rd | Jean Pierre Noel | France |
| 4th | Jean Marc Poisson | France |
Official scores are unavailable.
Other Divisions - Masters Lightweight Men
Complete Results updated June 11, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 77
- Divisions
- 17
- Size rank
- 12 of 26
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Laurence Prevost | Bodybuilding |
| 2013 | Caroline Gaume | Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | Nelly Lacombe | Bodybuilding |
| 2010 | Noura Rekima | Bodybuilding |
| 2009 | Sylvie Janson | Bodybuilding |
| 2007 | Fanny Lippert | Bodybuilding |
| 2005 | Anne Wiart | Open |
| 2002 | Chantal Pons | Bodybuilding |
The placings as recorded, and nothing past them
This page lists the divisions and finishing order 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.
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