Musclemania Europe 2002
Musclemania Europe 2002 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Guido Backsmann.
- Year
- 2002
- Date
- Jan 1, 2002
- Location
- Europe
- Federation
- Musclemania
- Divisions
- 7
- Competitors
- 33
Results by Division
| Division | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight | Guido Backsmann | Markus Rohde |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Junior | Michele Amicore | – |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | – | Daniel Ivkovic |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight | Mariano Villena | Michael Gallo |
| Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight | Beat Schlegel | Murat Tombul |
| Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight | Wendy Wyss | – |
| Other Divisions - Masters | Wolfgang Sperling | Luigi LaPica |
Musclemania Europe 2002
Musclemania Europe 2002 was held in Europe. The Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight title went to Guido Backsmann.
Defending HeavyWeight champion Goran Nikolic, who won in 2001, did not return.
Top 3 Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
Musclemania Europe 2002 contested 7 divisions across 33 athletes, 6 open and 1 age-restricted Masters, competitors from 3 countries. Guido Backsmann took Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight. 6 divisions crowned a champion; each is judged independently. No round scores were published for this event, so placings are shown without them.
Masters divisions 1
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Heavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Guido Backsmann First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Markus Rohde | United States |
| 3rd | Fahdi Issa | United States |
| 4th | Dieter Hutridi | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
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 | Michele Amicore First recorded win | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Daniel Ivkovic | - |
| 3rd | Marko Wedekind | - |
| 4th | Michael Cronie | Netherlands |
| 5th | Dexter Robeson | United States |
| 6th | Kristijan Soban | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Lightweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Mariano Villena | United States |
| 2nd | Michael Gallo | Germany |
| 3rd | Dave Müller | United States |
| 4th | Dietmar Hanbold | United States |
| 5th | Sicco Heersink | Netherlands |
| 6th | Leonardo Karapetric | - |
| 7th | Sabata Ahmetovic | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Men's Open Bodybuilding - Middleweight
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Beat Schlegel First recorded win | - |
| 2nd | Murat Tombul | - |
| 3rd | Holger Kunath | - |
| 4th | Filip DeBrauwer | United States |
| 5th | Rainer Burkhardt | - |
| 6th | Darko Horvatic | - |
| 7th | Victor Moino | - |
| 8th | Markus Schneckenpointer | - |
| 9th | Carmin Hertweck | - |
| 10th | Patrick Nockels | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Women's Bodybuilding - Lightheavyweight
Only the winner of this division was recorded by the source. The full placings are not in the database.
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wendy Wyss First recorded win | United States |
Official scores are unavailable.
Masters divisions
Age-graded classes, judged separately from the open divisions above.
Other Divisions - Masters Men
| Place | Athlete | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Wolfgang Sperling First recorded win | United States |
| 2nd | Luigi LaPica | - |
| 3rd | Peter Butze | - |
| 4th | Herbert Paduch | United States |
| 5th | Bernd Hauke | - |
Official scores are unavailable.
Complete Results updated April 3, 2026 Source: MuscleMemory
This edition in context
- Competitors
- 33
- Divisions
- 7
- Size rank
- 2 of 5
The biggest field since 2001.
Past winners of this event
| Year | Winner | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Erasmus Adiapor | Bodybuilding |
| 2012 | Sheronica Henton | Bodybuilding |
| 2011 | Laura Franceschini | 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.
- 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.