Mr Universe 1987
Mr Universe 1987 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Steve Avery.
- Year
- 1987
- Date
- Oct 15, 1987
- Location
- USA
- Federation
- NABBA
- Divisions
- 4
- Competitors
- 37
Results by Division
Mr Universe 1987
Mr Universe 1987 was held in USA. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior title went to Steve Avery.
Defending Junior champion Andy Hornby, who won in 1986, did not return.
Mr Universe 1987 contested 4 divisions across 37 athletes, competitors from 6 countries. Steve Avery took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior. 4 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steve Avery First recorded win | United Kingdom |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Medium
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Steven Strunk First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Simon Lancaster | United Kingdom |
| 3rd | Peter Andreas | Netherlands |
| 4th | Joe Meeko | United States |
| 5th | Rudiger Becker | United States |
| 6th | Claudio Mostacci | United States |
| 7th | Ian Coates | United Kingdom |
| 8th | Gunter Osweiler | United States |
| participated | Daniel Vrancx | United States |
| participated | Mario Ojeda | United States |
| participated | Jesus Moreno | United States |
| participated | Kevin McNamara | United States |
| participated | Ernst Gemeinhardt | United States |
| participated | Musret Custovic | United States |
| participated | Eugene Berezinski | United States |
| participated | Norman Coghlan | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Short
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Jerry Scalesse | United States |
| 2nd | Sammy Ioannidis | Australia |
| 3rd | Larry Bernstein | United States |
| 4th | Terry Phillips | United Kingdom |
| 5th | Ramsford Smith | United Kingdom |
| 6th | Fikret Hodzic | Serbia |
| 7th | Paul Patterson | United Kingdom |
| 8th | Ralph Piers | United States |
| participated | David Clarke | United States |
| participated | John Danckaert | United States |
| participated | Manuel Miranda | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Tall
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Basil Francis First recorded win | United Kingdom |
| 2nd | Gary Lewer | Australia |
| 3rd | Owen Neil | United Kingdom |
| 4th | Tiekie Joubert | United States |
| 5th | Peter Moen | United States |
| 6th | Eddie Ellwood | United Kingdom |
| 7th | Otto Rosanec | United States |
| 8th | Stefano Fuccelli | United States |
| 9th | Jan Van Roy | Belgium |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated July 12, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 37
- Divisions
- 4
- Size rank
- 32 of 72
The biggest field since 1951.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | John Grimek | Open |
| 1947 | Steve Stanko | Open |
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.
- Where the record has two athletes sharing a place, both are listed. A tie is never broken to produce a single winner.
- Venue, federation, date and competitor count show only when the source supplied them. A field left out means nothing was sourced for it, never a zero.
- A contest with no results has either not taken place yet or has no placements published. Check the status line above the results to tell which.